well, if you look at the FX browser, you'll see: plugin name (vendor) So, if Reaper already tagged FX by vendor so to make them searchable, then you can have a folder there that would have sub-folders with vendors of installed plugins.All that done automatically! I don't see why the "optional" whinning....really. Don't you have a plus sign next to every folder so you can collapse it and thus in this case hide all sub-folders from view? Just look at the pic in post#1. Do you really think another folder there would make things unbearable, if they're not already? But yeah, optional if you say so. One advantage would be for instance, people who are searching for a plugin like the "I can't find my EZDrummer plugin anywhere" would easily go to Vendors/Toontrack and there...