Plugin causes QGIS to crash on startup

It's the plugin processing.

QGIS 2.14 comes with a mechanism that deactivates plugins if they did not successfully load on QGIS startup.

This points out a potential problem in the plugin. Save your work and try to re-enable the plugin and if it fails to load again, file an issue (for the plugin, not for QGIS).


In its first version (2.14.0) there is a problem with this mechanism that doesn't recover the warning once the problem has been fixed.

To disable the warning open the python console, paste the following snippet and press enter.

from PyQt4.QtCore import QSettings
QSettings().remove('/PythonPlugins/watchDog/processing')

Starting from QGIS 2.14.1 and 2.16, there is no longer a reason to use the python console. If the plugin could be loaded manually from the plugin manager the warning will be turned off (since this means that the plugin is actually safe to load).

http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Plugin-processing-problem-tp5256936p5256980.html


It's the processing plugin.

It caught me out at first glance too, because processing is something that you think might be happening to any plugin as it loads.


On a Mac running MacOS 10.11.4 (El Capitan) this worked for me:

Download and install the latest QGIS. (Version 2.14.2 was posted to the download site around May 7, 2016.)

Launch the app and go to Plugins > Manage and install > Installed, then look in the list of plugins for one called "Processing" and check the box. Restart.