diff --git a/plugins/english/kdtnovels.ts b/plugins/english/kdtnovels.ts
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+++ b/plugins/english/kdtnovels.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+import { CheerioAPI, load as parseHTML } from 'cheerio';
+import { fetchApi } from '@libs/fetch';
+import { Plugin } from '@/types/plugin';
+import { Filters, FilterTypes } from '@libs/filterInputs';
+import { defaultCover } from '@libs/defaultCover';
+import { NovelStatus } from '@libs/novelStatus';
+
+type ChapterGroup = {
+  label: string;
+  chapters: {
+    slug: string;
+    chapter_no: string;
+    subtitle?: string | null;
+    locked?: boolean;
+  }[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * KDT Novels replaced its LightNovelWP WordPress theme with its own Next.js
+ * site, so it no longer fits the lightnovelwp multisrc template.
+ *
+ * - Listing/search: `/search/?page=<n>&genre=<slug>&q=<term>`, 24 cards
+ *                   (`a.group`) per page, most recently updated first.
+ * - Novel page:     `/series/<slug>/`. The HTML only lists the chapters of
+ *                   the expanded volume; every volume's chapters are in the
+ *                   embedded React Server Components payload.
+ * - Chapter page:   `/<chapter-slug>/`, text in `article.reader-content`.
+ *                   VIP chapters render an unlock prompt instead.
+ */
+class KDTNovels implements Plugin.PluginBase {
+  id = 'kdtnovels';
+  name = 'KDT Novels';
+  version = '2.0.0';
+  icon = 'src/en/kdtnovels/icon.png';
+  site = 'https://kdtnovels.net/';
+
+  private async fetchHtml(url: string): Promise<string> {
+    const res = await fetchApi(url);
+    // Throw (carrying the HTTP status) so a runner-side block is reported
+    // INCONCLUSIVE per docs/testing.md instead of an empty-result FAIL.
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('Request failed: ' + res.status), {
+        status: res.status,
+      });
+    }
+    return res.text();
+  }
+
+  private async fetchPage(url: string): Promise<CheerioAPI> {
+    return parseHTML(await this.fetchHtml(url));
+  }
+
+  private absolute(url: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+    if (!url) return undefined;
+    return url.startsWith('/') ? this.site + url.slice(1) : url;
+  }
+
+  private parseCards($: CheerioAPI): Plugin.NovelItem[] {
+    const novels: Plugin.NovelItem[] = [];
+    $('a.group[href^="/series/"]').each((_, el) => {
+      const card = $(el);
+      const title = card.find('h3');
+      novels.push({
+        name: title.attr('title') || title.text().trim(),
+        path: card.attr('href')!.slice(1),
+        cover: this.absolute(card.find('img').attr('src')) || defaultCover,
+      });
+    });
+    return novels;
+  }
+
+  async popularNovels(
+    pageNo: number,
+    {
+      showLatestNovels,
+      filters,
+    }: Plugin.PopularNovelsOptions<typeof this.filters>,
+  ): Promise<Plugin.NovelItem[]> {
+    let url = this.site + 'search/?page=' + pageNo;
+    if (!showLatestNovels && filters.genre.value) {
+      url += '&genre=' + filters.genre.value;
+    }
+    return this.parseCards(await this.fetchPage(url));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reads the volume groups from the Next.js flight payload, which the page
+   * streams as `self.__next_f.push([1, "<chunk>"])` script calls.
+   */
+  private parseChapterGroups(html: string): ChapterGroup[] | undefined {
+    const pushRegex = /self\.__next_f\.push\(\[1,("(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")\]\)/g;
+    let flight = '';
+    let match;
+    while ((match = pushRegex.exec(html))) {
+      flight += JSON.parse(match[1]);
+    }
+    for (const line of flight.split('\n')) {
+      if (!line.includes('"groups":[')) continue;
+      let row;
+      try {
+        row = JSON.parse(line.slice(line.indexOf(':') + 1));
+      } catch {
+        continue; // a text row, not a JSON one
+      }
+      const found = findGroups(row);
+      if (found) return found;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  async parseNovel(novelPath: string): Promise<Plugin.SourceNovel> {
+    const html = await this.fetchHtml(this.site + novelPath);
+    const $ = parseHTML(html);
+    const title = $('main h1').first();
+
+    const novel: Plugin.SourceNovel = {
+      path: novelPath,
+      name: title.text().trim() || 'Untitled',
+      cover:
+        this.absolute($('meta[property="og:image"]').attr('content')) ||
+        defaultCover,
+      genres: $('main a[href^="/search/?genre="]')
+        .map((_, el) => $(el).text().trim())
+        .get()
+        .join(', '),
+    };
+
+    const summary = $('main .reader-content').first();
+    const paragraphs = summary
+      .find('p')
+      .map((_, el) => $(el).text().trim())
+      .get()
+      .filter(Boolean);
+    novel.summary = paragraphs.length
+      ? paragraphs.join('\n\n')
+      : summary.text().trim();
+
+    // "<author> · Art: <artist>", right below the title; empty when the site
+    // has no credits for the series.
+    // The view counter that follows is a `.flex` paragraph.
+    const credits = title
+      .parent()
+      .next('p:not(.flex)')
+      .text()
+      .split(' · Art: ');
+    if (credits[0].trim()) novel.author = credits[0].trim();
+    if (credits[1]?.trim()) novel.artist = credits[1].trim();
+
+    // Only finished or paused series carry a badge next to the title; the
+    // site's series index lists the rest as ongoing.
+    const badge = title.siblings('span').first().text().trim().toLowerCase();
+    switch (badge) {
+      case '':
+        novel.status = NovelStatus.Ongoing;
+        break;
+      case 'completed':
+        novel.status = NovelStatus.Completed;
+        break;
+      case 'hiatus':
+        novel.status = NovelStatus.OnHiatus;
+        break;
+      default:
+        novel.status = NovelStatus.Unknown;
+    }
+
+    const groups = this.parseChapterGroups(html);
+    if (!groups) throw new Error('Could not find the chapter list.');
+    const chapters: Plugin.ChapterItem[] = [];
+    for (const group of groups) {
+      for (const chapter of group.chapters) {
+        let name = group.label + ' · Ch. ' + chapter.chapter_no;
+        if (chapter.subtitle) name += ': ' + chapter.subtitle;
+        chapters.push({
+          name: chapter.locked ? '🔒 ' + name : name,
+          path: chapter.slug + '/',
+          chapterNumber: chapters.length + 1,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    novel.chapters = chapters;
+
+    return novel;
+  }
+
+  async parseChapter(chapterPath: string): Promise<string> {
+    const $ = await this.fetchPage(this.site + chapterPath);
+    const content = $('article.reader-content').first();
+    if (!content.length) {
+      if ($('main h2').text().includes('This chapter is locked')) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'This chapter is locked. Unlock it on KDT Novels to read it.',
+        );
+      }
+      throw new Error('Could not find the chapter text.');
+    }
+
+    content.find('script, style, noscript').remove();
+    // Illustrations are placeholders that the site's script swaps for images.
+    content.find('.kdt-ilus[data-ilus]').each((_, el) => {
+      const src = this.absolute($(el).attr('data-ilus'));
+      $(el).replaceWith(src ? $('<img>').attr('src', src) : '');
+    });
+
+    // The app renders this HTML as is, so drop event handlers and URLs that
+    // would run script.
+    content.find('*').each((_, el) => {
+      const node = $(el);
+      for (const name of Object.keys(el.attribs)) {
+        if (/^on/i.test(name)) {
+          node.removeAttr(name);
+        } else if (name === 'href' || name === 'src') {
+          const value = el.attribs[name]
+            .split('')
+            .filter(c => c.charCodeAt(0) > 32)
+            .join('')
+            .toLowerCase();
+          if (
+            /^(javascript|vbscript):/.test(value) ||
+            (value.startsWith('data:') && !value.startsWith('data:image/'))
+          ) {
+            node.removeAttr(name);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    return content.html() || '';
+  }
+
+  async searchNovels(
+    searchTerm: string,
+    pageNo: number,
+  ): Promise<Plugin.NovelItem[]> {
+    const $ = await this.fetchPage(
+      this.site +
+        'search/?q=' +
+        encodeURIComponent(searchTerm.trim()) +
+        '&page=' +
+        pageNo,
+    );
+    return this.parseCards($);
+  }
+
+  resolveUrl = (path: string) => this.site + path;
+
+  filters = {
+    genre: {
+      label: 'Genre',
+      value: '',
+      options: [
+        { label: 'All', value: '' },
+        { label: 'Action', value: 'action' },
+        { label: 'Adult', value: 'adult' },
+        { label: 'Adventure', value: 'adventure' },
+        { label: 'Battle Royale', value: 'battle-royale' },
+        { label: 'Childhood Friends', value: 'childhood-friends' },
+        { label: 'Cohabitation', value: 'cohabitation' },
+        { label: 'Comedy', value: 'comedy' },
+        { label: 'Drama', value: 'drama' },
+        { label: 'Ecchi', value: 'ecchi' },
+        { label: 'Fantasy', value: 'fantasy' },
+        { label: 'Gender Bender', value: 'gender-bender' },
+        { label: 'Genderswap', value: 'genderswap' },
+        { label: 'Gore', value: 'gore' },
+        { label: 'Harem', value: 'harem' },
+        { label: 'Horror', value: 'horror' },
+        { label: 'Idol', value: 'idol' },
+        { label: 'Isekai', value: 'isekai' },
+        { label: 'Isekai reincarnation', value: 'isekai-reincarnation' },
+        { label: 'Magic', value: 'magic' },
+        { label: 'Martial Arts', value: 'martial-arts' },
+        { label: 'Mature', value: 'mature' },
+        { label: 'Mecha', value: 'mecha' },
+        { label: 'Monster Girls', value: 'monster-girls' },
+        { label: 'Monsters', value: 'monsters' },
+        { label: 'Mystery', value: 'mystery' },
+        { label: 'Parallel world', value: 'parallel-world' },
+        { label: 'Psychological', value: 'psychological' },
+        { label: 'Psychological drama', value: 'psychological-drama' },
+        { label: 'Reincarnation', value: 'reincarnation' },
+        { label: 'Romance', value: 'romance' },
+        { label: 'Romance school', value: 'romance-school' },
+        { label: 'Romantic Comedy', value: 'romantic-comedy' },
+        { label: 'School', value: 'school' },
+        { label: 'School Life', value: 'school-life' },
+        { label: 'Sci-fi', value: 'sci-fi' },
+        { label: 'Seinen', value: 'seinen' },
+        { label: 'Sexual Violence', value: 'sexual-violence' },
+        { label: 'Shonen', value: 'shonen' },
+        { label: 'Shota', value: 'shota' },
+        { label: 'Shoujo Ai', value: 'shoujo-ai' },
+        { label: 'Shounen', value: 'shounen' },
+        { label: 'Slice of Life', value: 'slice-of-life' },
+        { label: 'Smut', value: 'smut' },
+        { label: 'Supernatural', value: 'supernatural' },
+        { label: 'Survival', value: 'survival' },
+        { label: 'Time Travel', value: 'time-travel' },
+        { label: 'Tragedy', value: 'tragedy' },
+        { label: 'Villainess Otome Game', value: 'villainess-otome-game' },
+        { label: 'Yamikawa', value: 'yamikawa' },
+        { label: 'Youth', value: 'youth' },
+        { label: 'Yuri', value: 'yuri' },
+      ],
+      type: FilterTypes.Picker,
+    },
+  } satisfies Filters;
+}
+
+/** Finds the first `groups` array of chapter groups in a flight row. */
+function findGroups(node: unknown): ChapterGroup[] | undefined {
+  if (!node || typeof node !== 'object') return undefined;
+  const record = node as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const groups = record.groups;
+  if (
+    Array.isArray(groups) &&
+    groups.every(group => Array.isArray(group?.chapters))
+  ) {
+    return groups as ChapterGroup[];
+  }
+  for (const key in record) {
+    const found = findGroups(record[key]);
+    if (found) return found;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+export default new KDTNovels();
diff --git a/plugins/multisrc/lightnovelwp/sources.json b/plugins/multisrc/lightnovelwp/sources.json
index 630aee1f3..f3b8b28d8 100644
--- a/plugins/multisrc/lightnovelwp/sources.json
+++ b/plugins/multisrc/lightnovelwp/sources.json
@@ -310,15 +310,6 @@
       "reverseChapters": true
     }
   },
-  {
-    "id": "kdtnovels",
-    "sourceSite": "https://kdtnovels.net/",
-    "sourceName": "KDT Novels",
-    "options": {
-      "lang": "English",
-      "reverseChapters": true
-    }
-  },
   {
     "id": "hyacinthbloom",
     "sourceSite": "https://hyacinthbloom.com/",
diff --git a/public/static/multisrc/lightnovelwp/kdtnovels/icon.png b/public/static/src/en/kdtnovels/icon.png
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rename from public/static/multisrc/lightnovelwp/kdtnovels/icon.png
rename to public/static/src/en/kdtnovels/icon.png