diff --git a/src/gui/html/js/events.js b/src/gui/html/js/events.js
index 66ea3bf5..d4c6895d 100644
--- a/src/gui/html/js/events.js
+++ b/src/gui/html/js/events.js
@@ -52,12 +52,7 @@ function updateMasterlist() {
       result.plugins.forEach((resultPlugin) => {
         const existingPlugin = loot.game.plugins.find(plugin => plugin.name === resultPlugin.name);
         if (existingPlugin) {
-          existingPlugin.isDirty = resultPlugin.isDirty;
-          existingPlugin.isPriorityGlobal = resultPlugin.isPriorityGlobal;
-          existingPlugin.masterlist = resultPlugin.masterlist;
-          existingPlugin.messages = resultPlugin.messages;
-          existingPlugin.priority = resultPlugin.priority;
-          existingPlugin.tags = resultPlugin.tags;
+          existingPlugin.update(resultPlugin);
         }
       });
 
@@ -107,8 +102,7 @@ function onSortPlugins() {
           item.name === plugin.name
         ));
         if (existingPlugin) {
-          existingPlugin.crc = plugin.crc;
-          existingPlugin.isEmpty = plugin.isEmpty;
+          existingPlugin.update(plugin);
         }
       });
       /* Send discardUnappliedChanges query. Not doing so prevents LOOT's window
@@ -123,8 +117,7 @@ function onSortPlugins() {
     result.plugins.forEach((plugin) => {
       let existingPlugin = loot.game.plugins.find(item => item.name === plugin.name);
       if (existingPlugin) {
-        existingPlugin.crc = plugin.crc;
-        existingPlugin.isEmpty = plugin.isEmpty;
+        existingPlugin.update(plugin);
       } else {
         existingPlugin = new loot.Plugin(plugin);
       }
@@ -190,11 +183,7 @@ function onClearAllMetadata() {
           existingPlugin.userlist = undefined;
           existingPlugin.editor = undefined;
 
-          existingPlugin.priority = plugin.priority;
-          existingPlugin.isPriorityGlobal = plugin.isPriorityGlobal;
-          existingPlugin.messages = plugin.messages;
-          existingPlugin.tags = plugin.tags;
-          existingPlugin.isDirty = plugin.isDirty;
+          existingPlugin.update(plugin);
         }
       });
 
@@ -384,11 +373,7 @@ function onEditorClose(evt) {
     const edits = evt.target.readFromEditor(plugin);
     promise = loot.query('editorClosed', edits).then(JSON.parse).then((result) => {
       if (result) {
-        plugin.priority = result.priority;
-        plugin.isPriorityGlobal = result.isPriorityGlobal;
-        plugin.messages = result.messages;
-        plugin.tags = result.tags;
-        plugin.isDirty = result.isDirty;
+        plugin.update(result);
 
         plugin.userlist = edits.userlist;
 
@@ -466,11 +451,7 @@ function onClearMetadata(evt) {
         existingPlugin.userlist = undefined;
         existingPlugin.editor = undefined;
 
-        existingPlugin.priority = plugin.priority;
-        existingPlugin.isPriorityGlobal = plugin.isPriorityGlobal;
-        existingPlugin.messages = plugin.messages;
-        existingPlugin.tags = plugin.tags;
-        existingPlugin.isDirty = plugin.isDirty;
+        existingPlugin.update(plugin);
       }
       loot.Dialog.showNotification(loot.l10n.translate('The user-added metadata for "%s" has been cleared.', evt.target.getName()));
       /* Now perform search again. If there is no current search, this won't
diff --git a/src/gui/html/js/helpers.js b/src/gui/html/js/helpers.js
index 3e05f70b..13d3fce2 100644
--- a/src/gui/html/js/helpers.js
+++ b/src/gui/html/js/helpers.js
@@ -24,12 +24,7 @@ function getConflictingPlugins(pluginName) {
         }
         const plugin = loot.game.plugins.find(item => item.name === key);
         if (plugin) {
-          plugin.crc = result[key].crc;
-          plugin.isEmpty = result[key].isEmpty;
-
-          plugin.messages = result[key].messages;
-          plugin.tags = result[key].tags;
-          plugin.isDirty = result[key].isDirty;
+          plugin.update(result[key]);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/html/js/plugin.js b/src/gui/html/js/plugin.js
index a27d888f..743b5542 100644
--- a/src/gui/html/js/plugin.js
+++ b/src/gui/html/js/plugin.js
@@ -189,6 +189,19 @@
       this._isSearchResult = false;
     }
 
+    update(plugin) {
+      if (!plugin) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (plugin.name !== this.name) {
+        throw new Error(`Cannot update ${this.name}'s data using data for ${plugin.name}`);
+      }
+
+      Object.getOwnPropertyNames(plugin).forEach((property) => {
+        this[property] = plugin[property];
+      });
+    }
+
     static fromJson(key, value) {
       if (value !== null && value.__type === 'Plugin') {
         return new Plugin(value);
diff --git a/src/tests/gui/html/js/test_plugin.js b/src/tests/gui/html/js/test_plugin.js
index b386a51e..550d2d47 100644
--- a/src/tests/gui/html/js/test_plugin.js
+++ b/src/tests/gui/html/js/test_plugin.js
@@ -275,6 +275,61 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#update()', () => {
+    let plugin;
+    const updatedPlugin = {
+      name: 'test',
+      foo: 'bar',
+      crc: 0xDEADBEEF,
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      plugin = new loot.Plugin({ name: 'test' });
+    });
+
+    it('should do nothing if its argument is undefined', () => {
+      plugin.update();
+
+      plugin.should.deepEqual(new loot.Plugin({ name: 'test' }));
+    });
+
+    it('should throw if the argument has no name property', () => {
+      should(() => { plugin.update({}); }).throw(Error);
+    });
+
+    it('should throw if the argument\'s name property doesn\'t match the plugin\'s name', () => {
+      should(() => { plugin.update({ name: 'other test' }); }).throw(Error);
+    });
+
+    it('should set property values for all the given argument\'s properties', () => {
+      plugin.update(updatedPlugin);
+
+      plugin.foo.should.equal(updatedPlugin.foo);
+      plugin.crc.should.equal(updatedPlugin.crc);
+    });
+
+    it('should not change property values for properties not present in the argument', () => {
+      plugin.isActive = true;
+
+      plugin.update(updatedPlugin);
+
+      plugin.foo.should.equal(updatedPlugin.foo);
+      plugin.crc.should.equal(updatedPlugin.crc);
+      plugin.isActive.should.be.true();
+    });
+
+    it('should set explicitly undefined values', () => {
+      plugin.isActive = true;
+
+      plugin.update({
+        name: plugin.name,
+        isActive: undefined,
+      });
+
+      should(plugin.isActive).be.undefined();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('#fromJson()', () => {
     it('should return the value object if the JSON is not of the Plugin type', () => {
       const testInputObj = {