Screenshot of World of Warcraft addons in CurseForge app If you want to read more about these, check out my article on How To Install WoW Addons without Overwolf. For this article, we will take a look at the Overwolf addon manager and WowUp. Once you have downloaded and installed Overwolf or an open-source option, they are all pretty easy to use. Instawow and Cursebreaker have a slightly less intuitive setup but are easy to use once installed. All open source managers are free and do not require an account.Įach of these open source options varies in terms of user-friendliness in setup. Being open-source means that they are not developed by a company but rather by generous members of the community. In the meantime, there are many great open-source addon managers. The good news is that Overwolf has announced that 70% of their revenue will go towards supporting addon authors when that time arrives. In the future, it will likely require an account and have premium/pro plan options which a monthly subscription. Currently, Overwolf is free and does not require an account.
The major commercial option is provided by Overwolf ( ). Overall, there is one major commercial addon manager and several open-source options.
All of the managers I will mention support retail and classic WoW addons. To use an addon manager you will need to download one to your computer. However, note that some addons (Z-perl unit-frames and deadly boss mods for example) have multiple sub-directories which contain said functional files when extracted.How to install WoW AddOns with an Addon Manager Download an Addon Manager Most addons when extracted will generate a single folder containing all the functional files needed make the addon work ( i.e lib folders. Double check you are in the correct directory or restart the WoW client.
If the addons don’t work, then you haven’t installed the addon correctly.
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