qgis - Plugin not available : point sampling tool

I installed the QGIS Standalone Installer Version 2.14 (64bit). I created a map in the program called QGIS Desktop 2.14.3 with GRASS 7.0.4.

I need one tool from Plugin : Point sampling tool. The problem is that I cannot find it anywhere:

When I check the Plugin settings, I can see that:

I am using Windows 7 enterprise 64bit.

Why the repository is unavailable? Is that the problem? How can I solve it?

I checked also the proxy:

Does anyone have the solution?

Answer

If you can't connect to the online repository, download the plugin manually:

1. 
   

   Access the Point sampling tool plugin from the repository.

   
   
   


2. 
   

   Click the version required:

   
   

   

   
   


3. 
   

   Click the Download button:

   
   

   

   
   


4. 
   
   

   Extract the plugin folder from the zip file and copy/move it to your .qgis2 directory (e.g. C:\Users\You\.qgis2\python\plugins

   
   


5. 
   

   Restart/load QGIS and it should appear as an installed plugin in your Manage and Install Plugins... interface.

   
   

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Note that you can do this for other plugins aswell.