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title: "Plex Media Server"
description: "Plex Media Server is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 19.8k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/plex"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/plex.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
---

# Plex Media Server

> Plex Media Server is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 19.8k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Plex Media Server is a built-in integration that connects Home Assistant to a Plex server over the local network. It provides media players, sensors, a button for scanning clients, and an update entity for the server. An action refreshes a Plex library so it scans for new and updated media. Options let the user ignore new managed or shared users, ignore Plex web clients, choose which users are monitored, and use episode art. Home Assistant can discover the server on the network and offer to add it, and setup is done in the UI with host, port, SSL and optional token fields.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=plex)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Found by itself**: Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

### Manual Plex configuration

- **Host**
- **Port**
- **Uses an SSL certificate**
- **Token (optional)**
- **Verify SSL certificate**

### Select Plex server

- **Server**

### After setup

- **Ignore new managed/shared users**
- **Ignore Plex web clients**
- **Monitored users**
- **Use episode art**

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Buttons**: Scan clients
- **Updates**: Update

## Actions

- **Refresh library**: Refreshes a Plex library to scan for new and updated media.
  Fields: Library name, Server name

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Media and entertainment](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/media-and-entertainment.md), TV and streaming
- Brand: [Plex](https://vulpo.app/integrations/plex.md)
- Number: 19.8k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `plex`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/plex/>

In Vulpo: Plex card

## Other ways in for Plex

| Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Plex Recently Added](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/custom-components-sensor-plex-recently-added.md) | Marketplace integration | Installs not shown: shared domain plex\_recently\_added | Works locally | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Plex Recently Added](https://github.com/NemesisRE/sensor.plex_recently_added) | Marketplace integration | Installs not shown: shared domain plex\_recently\_added | Works locally | No update in over 18 months |
| [Plex Media Server](https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/plex.md) | App | 5.1k installs sharing analytics | Connection not stated | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Plex NAS](https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons) | App | 246 installs sharing analytics | Connection not stated | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [zzz\_archived - Plex meta manager](https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons) | App | 11 installs sharing analytics | Connection not stated | Updated in the last 6 months |

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/plex

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