# Plugins frequently don't work on Reusable elements / popups **URL:** \ **Category:** Plugins\ **Created:** [June 6, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/plugins-frequently-dont-work-on-reusable-elements-popups/58696 "2019-06-06T15:38:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![richardsonjj36](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/richardsonjj36/32/50971_2.png) [@richardsonjj36](https://forum.bubble.io/u/richardsonjj36)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/plugins-frequently-dont-work-on-reusable-elements-popups/58696/1 "2019-06-06T15:38:23Z")
Plugins frequently tend to not work on Reusable elements / popups… Anyone else notice this? Is there anything I should be doing to fix this? In general, should I be submitting a bug report to Bubble or to the Plugin owner or both? I heavily rely on reusable elements / popups - hoping I can fix this! Thanks for any input. ---
**Author:** ![stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@stone](https://forum.bubble.io/u/stone)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/plugins-frequently-dont-work-on-reusable-elements-popups/58696/2 "2019-06-06T18:37:33Z")
I haven’t really ever had this issue. What plugin is it? One time the instant text plugin wasn’t working for me. But when I sat the visibility to hidden by default and show on load it started working. Might be worth a try. ---
**Author:** ![mebeingken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mebeingken/32/20139_2.png) [@mebeingken](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mebeingken)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/plugins-frequently-dont-work-on-reusable-elements-popups/58696/3 "2019-06-06T19:22:26Z")
In addition to showing plugin elements after page load as Øystein suggests, you can experiment with placing the plugin element on the page itself, even though you are only using in the reusable element or popup. Just drop it on the page in a discreet location and put some placeholder values in, if it has required fields. ---
**Author:** ![jjj230](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e68b1a/32.png) [@jjj230](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jjj230)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/plugins-frequently-dont-work-on-reusable-elements-popups/58696/4 "2019-06-06T22:20:27Z")
I know that when I’m editing a reusable element, if I add a plugin to it that hasn’t already been added to it, and then I go refresh a page that has the reusable element in my browser, the plugin won’t work. The only way to get it to work is by just going to the parent page that contains said reusable element in the editor first. ---
**Author:** ![richardsonjj36](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/richardsonjj36/32/50971_2.png) [@richardsonjj36](https://forum.bubble.io/u/richardsonjj36)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/plugins-frequently-dont-work-on-reusable-elements-popups/58696/5 "2019-06-07T20:18:02Z")
@stone - currently it’s the “Anything to Image” plugin… Works great on a regular page. That wasn’t it, but was worth the try! [![CloudApp](https://d2ddoduugvun08.cloudfront.net/items/2d3Q3I342R383v363C2N/Image%202019-06-07%20at%202.19.42%20PM.png "Image 2019-06-07 at 2.19.42 PM.png") ](https://cl.ly/3992584207ca) ---
**Author:** ![jc15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jc15](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jc15)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/plugins-frequently-dont-work-on-reusable-elements-popups/58696/6 "2022-03-29T21:20:29Z")
I’m having the same issue - @richardsonjj36 were you able to solve this? ---
**Author:** ![SJL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/sjl/32/93757_2.png) [@SJL](https://forum.bubble.io/u/SJL)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/plugins-frequently-dont-work-on-reusable-elements-popups/58696/7 "2022-03-29T21:35:57Z")
Which other plugins are you having the same issue with? ---
**Author:** ![Jici](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/jici/32/30722_2.png) [@Jici](https://forum.bubble.io/u/Jici)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/plugins-frequently-dont-work-on-reusable-elements-popups/58696/8 "2022-03-29T21:39:25Z")
This happen often when plugin doesnt check if element isnon the page or not. You can avoid this issue by making the plugin element not visible on page load and set a conditionnal to show it when parent / popup is visible ---
**Author:** ![jc15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jc15](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jc15)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/plugins-frequently-dont-work-on-reusable-elements-popups/58696/9 "2022-04-01T17:58:39Z")
It’s the timezone plugin provided by minimum studio…I’m thinking it’s an issue with the plugin itself. Whatever I do, it doesn’t seem to work on reusable popup. Even after hiding/making it visible on load. Setting the value as a state. Adding it to multiple pages etc…