Disables Chat and the Settings to show chat.
Install from the Etherpad admin UI (Admin → Manage Plugins,
search for ep_disable_chat and click Install), or from the Etherpad
root directory:
pnpm run plugins install ep_disable_chat
⚠️ Don't runnpm i/npm installyourself from the Etherpad source tree — Etherpad tracks installed plugins through its own plugin-manager, and hand-editingpackage.jsoncan leave the server unable to start.
After installing, restart Etherpad.