The Plugin List Export feature is much more useful now it includes a count of instances for each plugin, however as more VST3 plugins are coming through with one name/file providing both Instrument and Effects plugins, this information is no longer complete.
For instance, VST3 plugins from Xils-Lab and Pianoteq 8 are ones that I know about, where the VST3 is presented classified as Fx|Instrument (or Instrument|Fx) and this is shown correctly in the export. However it is not possible to deduce (without knowledge of the project) from the export file which instance count is for the plugin as an Instrument and which count is for the plugin as an Effect. An example (with no instances):
Pianoteq 8 Modartt Instrument|Fx 8.0.5 VST 3.7.2 enabled 0 C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Pianoteq 8.vst3
Pianoteq 8 Modartt Instrument|Fx 8.0.5 VST 3.7.2 enabled 0 C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Pianoteq 8.vst3
XILS 3.2 XILS-lab Instrument|Fx 2.6.2.1 VST 3.7.3 enabled 0 C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\XILS-Lab\XILS 3.2.vst3
XILS 3.2 XILS-lab Instrument|Fx 2.6.2.1 VST 3.7.3 enabled 0 C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\XILS-Lab\XILS 3.2.vst3
XILS 4 XILS-lab Instrument|Fx 1.6.2.1 VST 3.7.3 enabled 0 C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\XILS-Lab\XILS 4.vst3
XILS 4 XILS-lab Instrument|Fx 1.6.2.1 VST 3.7.3 enabled 0 C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\XILS-Lab\XILS 4.vst3
Feature Request: please add another column (probably just before or after the Instances column) to show whether the count is as an Instrument or an Effect.
It would also be really useful to also include the plugin UID (the “cid” in the PluginManager.xml file) as this would allow these files to be used together to be 100% clear as to instances of plugins.