# Is there any way to use vtkPythonAlgorithmBase Filters WITHOUT pv.LoadPlugin?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-use-vtkpythonalgorithmbase-filters-without-pv-loadplugin/12248
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python, vtk
**Created:** [June 7, 2023, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-use-vtkpythonalgorithmbase-filters-without-pv-loadplugin/12248 "2023-06-07T10:28:23Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-use-vtkpythonalgorithmbase-filters-without-pv-loadplugin/12248/4 "2023-06-08T06:18:23Z")

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> [@konn](#):
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> specified filters by import,

`PV_PLUGIN_CONFIG_FILE` let you point a json file allowing for a finer grain.

That being said, I do thing improving the `LoadPlugin` method to be able to find plugin easily, eg in the local dir, would be a great addition, but that would require funding or contribution.

> [@How are features and bug fixes incorporated into ParaView?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-are-features-and-bug-fixes-incorporated-into-paraview/4735):
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