diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c01a9b6..d4687e1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "theseus-navigator",
-  "version": "0.3.35",
+  "version": "0.3.36",
   "description": "Theseus Navigator — a browser that follows the thread. By Silent Mode, a Deviant project.",
   "author": "Silent Mode",
   "main": "main.js",
diff --git a/settings.html b/settings.html
index e8560fcd..33530bc2 100644
--- a/settings.html
+++ b/settings.html
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
     <a data-sec="passwords">Passwords</a>
     <a data-sec="performance">Performance</a>
     <a data-sec="privacy">Privacy</a>
+    <a data-sec="plugins">Plug-ins</a>
     <a data-sec="addons">Extensions</a>
   </nav>
   <div class="content">
@@ -227,6 +228,11 @@
         <div id="colSummary" class="pmuted" style="font-size:12.5px"></div>
         <div><button id="resetCollisions" class="btn">Reset remembered choices</button></div>
       </div>
+    </section>
+    <!-- PLUG-INS -->
+    <section id="plugins" hidden>
+      <h1>Plug-ins</h1>
+      <p class="lede">Silent Mode components that live alongside Theseus — the system-wide resolver and the built-in wallet. Each ships with its own install / update / on-off controls.</p>
       <div class="row" style="flex-direction:column;align-items:stretch;gap:8px">
         <div class="txt">
           <div class="t">System-wide resolver — Ariadne's Thread</div>
@@ -605,7 +611,7 @@
   // into General in 0.3.21. Leaving the id in this list threw a
   // TypeError inside showSection (getElementById("naming") → null),
   // which broke every click after General/Search/Passwords.
-  const sections = ["general", "search", "passwords", "performance", "privacy", "addons"];
+  const sections = ["general", "search", "passwords", "performance", "privacy", "plugins", "addons"];
   function showSection(sec) {
     if (!sections.includes(sec)) return;
     document.querySelectorAll(".side a").forEach((x) => x.classList.toggle("active", x.dataset.sec === sec));
@@ -1275,6 +1281,15 @@
   });
   document.getElementById("addonsOpenDir").addEventListener("click", () => C.openAddonsDir());
   document.querySelector('.side a[data-sec="addons"]').addEventListener("click", () => { loadAddons(); loadStagedAddonUpdates(); });
+  // Plug-ins tab: refresh Ariadne's live daemon state on every visit so it
+  // doesn't display stale "checking…" text if the background poll finished
+  // while another section was open. Aegis card loads on page-init and its
+  // "Check for updates" button is user-initiated, so we don't auto-poll it
+  // (that would fire a network request every tab-switch).
+  document.querySelector('.side a[data-sec="plugins"]').addEventListener("click", () => {
+    const ar = document.getElementById("ariadneRefresh");
+    if (ar) ar.click();
+  });
 
   // Manual "Check for updates" for extensions — runs the same signed-update
   // polling the boot timer runs, and surfaces what's staged for the next