.plx
1 claimant
0 primary
1 secondary
secondary-only
SWH popularity
From the SWH-MSR-ARV dataset (Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz, MSR 2025; file nb_extensions_alphanum.csv) — one row per (ext, year) in the full SWH archive. Case-aggregated. citation.
31.1K
total occurrences
3.8K
since 2019 (12.2%)
1998–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .plx (30.9K), .PLX (207), .plX (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Perl — every claim across all sources (including secondary ones) points to a single language.
Authoritative sources: △ Linguist · secondary ✗ Pygments · no claim ✗ Wikidata · no claim △ Wikipedia · secondary
Claimants (2)
Languages that list
.plx among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Perl | linguist | secondary |
| Perl | wikipedia | proposed |
Wikidata says… (2)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.plx on Wikidata
(property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox.
Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv.
Click Use as new PL on any row to open the
Add-PL form pre-filled with that entry's name, Wikipedia/Wikidata
URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.
| Format | Class (Wikidata P31) | Suggested label | MIME | Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palladix Ad Lib module Q105863093 file format | file format | — | application/octet-stream | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Picroma Plasma graphics (XML) Q105865762 file format | file format | — | text/xml | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .plx in our local mirror yet.