diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
index e9370cc07..3dafaf8dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           --skip-prepare-environment
           --skip-torch-cuda-test
           --test-server
+          --do-not-download-clip
           --no-half
           --disable-opt-split-attention
           --use-cpu all
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30783d9db..792529ece 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SD XL support
  * user metadata system for custom networks
  * extended Lora metadata editor: set activation text, default weight, view tags, training info
+ * Lora extension rework to include other types of networks (all that were previously handled by LyCORIS extension)
  * show github stars for extenstions
  * img2img batch mode can read extra stuff from png info
  * img2img batch works with subdirectories
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@
  * restyle time taken/VRAM display
  * add textual inversion hashes to infotext
  * optimization: cache git extension repo information
+ * move generate button next to the generated picture for mobile clients
+ * hide cards for networks of incompatible Stable Diffusion version in Lora extra networks interface
+ * skip installing packages with pip if they all are already installed - startup speedup of about 2 seconds
 
 ### Minor:
  * checkbox to check/uncheck all extensions in the Installed tab
@@ -25,6 +29,7 @@
  * speedup extra networks listing
  * added `[none]` filename token.
  * removed thumbs extra networks view mode (use settings tab to change width/height/scale to get thumbs)
+ * add always_discard_next_to_last_sigma option to XYZ plot 
  
 ### Extensions and API:
  * api endpoints: /sdapi/v1/server-kill, /sdapi/v1/server-restart, /sdapi/v1/server-stop
@@ -53,9 +58,7 @@
  * fix: check fill size none zero when resize  (fixes #11425)
  * use submit and blur for quick settings textbox
  * save img2img batch with images.save_image()
- * 
-
-
+ * prevent running preload.py for disabled extensions
 
 
 ## 1.4.1
diff --git a/extensions-builtin/Lora/extra_networks_lora.py b/extensions-builtin/Lora/extra_networks_lora.py
index 084c41d08..ba2945c6f 100644
--- a/extensions-builtin/Lora/extra_networks_lora.py
+++ b/extensions-builtin/Lora/extra_networks_lora.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ExtraNetworkLora(extra_networks.ExtraNetwork):
             te_multiplier = float(params.positional[1]) if len(params.positional) > 1 else 1.0
             te_multiplier = float(params.named.get("te", te_multiplier))
 
-            unet_multiplier = float(params.positional[2]) if len(params.positional) > 2 else 1.0
+            unet_multiplier = float(params.positional[2]) if len(params.positional) > 2 else te_multiplier
             unet_multiplier = float(params.named.get("unet", unet_multiplier))
 
             dyn_dim = int(params.positional[3]) if len(params.positional) > 3 else None
diff --git a/extensions-builtin/Lora/networks.py b/extensions-builtin/Lora/networks.py
index 7b4c03123..af8188e36 100644
--- a/extensions-builtin/Lora/networks.py
+++ b/extensions-builtin/Lora/networks.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import network_full
 import torch
 from typing import Union
 
-from modules import shared, devices, sd_models, errors, scripts, sd_hijack, paths
+from modules import shared, devices, sd_models, errors, scripts, sd_hijack
 
 module_types = [
     network_lora.ModuleTypeLora(),
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ def list_available_networks():
     os.makedirs(shared.cmd_opts.lora_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
     candidates = list(shared.walk_files(shared.cmd_opts.lora_dir, allowed_extensions=[".pt", ".ckpt", ".safetensors"]))
-    candidates += list(shared.walk_files(os.path.join(paths.models_path, "LyCORIS"), allowed_extensions=[".pt", ".ckpt", ".safetensors"]))
+    candidates += list(shared.walk_files(shared.cmd_opts.lyco_dir_backcompat, allowed_extensions=[".pt", ".ckpt", ".safetensors"]))
     for filename in candidates:
         if os.path.isdir(filename):
             continue
diff --git a/extensions-builtin/Lora/preload.py b/extensions-builtin/Lora/preload.py
index 863dc5c0b..50961be33 100644
--- a/extensions-builtin/Lora/preload.py
+++ b/extensions-builtin/Lora/preload.py
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ from modules import paths
 
 def preload(parser):
     parser.add_argument("--lora-dir", type=str, help="Path to directory with Lora networks.", default=os.path.join(paths.models_path, 'Lora'))
+    parser.add_argument("--lyco-dir-backcompat", type=str, help="Path to directory with LyCORIS networks (for backawards compatibility; can also use --lyco-dir).", default=os.path.join(paths.models_path, 'LyCORIS'))
diff --git a/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_edit_user_metadata.py b/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_edit_user_metadata.py
index c8730443c..2ca997f7c 100644
--- a/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_edit_user_metadata.py
+++ b/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_edit_user_metadata.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime
 import html
 import random
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class LoraUserMetadataEditor(ui_extra_networks_user_metadata.UserMetadataEditor)
         keys = {
             'ss_sd_model_name': "Model:",
             'ss_clip_skip': "Clip skip:",
+            'ss_network_module': "Kohya module:",
         }
 
         for key, label in keys.items():
@@ -78,6 +80,10 @@ class LoraUserMetadataEditor(ui_extra_networks_user_metadata.UserMetadataEditor)
             if value is not None and str(value) != "None":
                 table.append((label, html.escape(value)))
 
+        ss_training_started_at = metadata.get('ss_training_started_at')
+        if ss_training_started_at:
+            table.append(("Date trained:", datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(float(ss_training_started_at)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')))
+
         ss_bucket_info = metadata.get("ss_bucket_info")
         if ss_bucket_info and "buckets" in ss_bucket_info:
             resolutions = {}
diff --git a/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_extra_networks_lora.py b/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_extra_networks_lora.py
index 4b32098b8..3629e5c0c 100644
--- a/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_extra_networks_lora.py
+++ b/extensions-builtin/Lora/ui_extra_networks_lora.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 import network
 import networks
 
-from modules import shared, ui_extra_networks, paths
+from modules import shared, ui_extra_networks
 from modules.ui_extra_networks import quote_js
 from ui_edit_user_metadata import LoraUserMetadataEditor
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ExtraNetworksPageLora(ui_extra_networks.ExtraNetworksPage):
                 yield item
 
     def allowed_directories_for_previews(self):
-        return [shared.cmd_opts.lora_dir, os.path.join(paths.models_path, "LyCORIS")]
+        return [shared.cmd_opts.lora_dir, shared.cmd_opts.lyco_dir_backcompat]
 
     def create_user_metadata_editor(self, ui, tabname):
         return LoraUserMetadataEditor(ui, tabname, self)
diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index e9667c88e..370f2bf3c 100644
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ run_pip = launch_utils.run_pip
 check_run_python = launch_utils.check_run_python
 git_clone = launch_utils.git_clone
 git_pull_recursive = launch_utils.git_pull_recursive
+list_extensions = launch_utils.list_extensions
 run_extension_installer = launch_utils.run_extension_installer
 prepare_environment = launch_utils.prepare_environment
 configure_for_tests = launch_utils.configure_for_tests
diff --git a/modules/api/models.py b/modules/api/models.py
index 96cfe920e..bf97b1a37 100644
--- a/modules/api/models.py
+++ b/modules/api/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import inspect
-import types
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, create_model
 from typing import Any, Optional
@@ -209,11 +208,9 @@ class PreprocessResponse(BaseModel):
 fields = {}
 for key, metadata in opts.data_labels.items():
     value = opts.data.get(key)
-    if key == 'sd_model_checkpoint':
-        value = None
-    optType = opts.typemap.get(type(metadata.default), type(value))
+    optType = opts.typemap.get(type(metadata.default), type(metadata.default))
 
-    if isinstance(optType, types.NoneType):
+    if metadata.default is None:
         pass
     elif metadata is not None:
         fields.update({key: (Optional[optType], Field(default=metadata.default, description=metadata.label))})
diff --git a/modules/cmd_args.py b/modules/cmd_args.py
index ae78f469e..e401f6413 100644
--- a/modules/cmd_args.py
+++ b/modules/cmd_args.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--update-check", action='store_true', help="launch.py argum
 parser.add_argument("--test-server", action='store_true', help="launch.py argument: configure server for testing")
 parser.add_argument("--skip-prepare-environment", action='store_true', help="launch.py argument: skip all environment preparation")
 parser.add_argument("--skip-install", action='store_true', help="launch.py argument: skip installation of packages")
+parser.add_argument("--do-not-download-clip", action='store_true', help="do not download CLIP model even if it's not included in the checkpoint")
 parser.add_argument("--data-dir", type=str, default=os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))), help="base path where all user data is stored")
 parser.add_argument("--config", type=str, default=sd_default_config, help="path to config which constructs model",)
 parser.add_argument("--ckpt", type=str, default=sd_model_file, help="path to checkpoint of stable diffusion model; if specified, this checkpoint will be added to the list of checkpoints and loaded",)
diff --git a/modules/script_loading.py b/modules/script_loading.py
index 306a1f35f..0d55f1932 100644
--- a/modules/script_loading.py
+++ b/modules/script_loading.py
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ def load_module(path):
     return module
 
 
-def preload_extensions(extensions_dir, parser):
+def preload_extensions(extensions_dir, parser, extension_list=None):
     if not os.path.isdir(extensions_dir):
         return
 
-    for dirname in sorted(os.listdir(extensions_dir)):
+    extensions = extension_list if extension_list is not None else os.listdir(extensions_dir)
+    for dirname in sorted(extensions):
         preload_script = os.path.join(extensions_dir, dirname, "preload.py")
         if not os.path.isfile(preload_script):
             continue
diff --git a/modules/sd_models.py b/modules/sd_models.py
index 5813b5502..fb31a7937 100644
--- a/modules/sd_models.py
+++ b/modules/sd_models.py
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ def load_model(checkpoint_info=None, already_loaded_state_dict=None):
 
     sd_model = None
     try:
-        with sd_disable_initialization.DisableInitialization(disable_clip=clip_is_included_into_sd):
+        with sd_disable_initialization.DisableInitialization(disable_clip=clip_is_included_into_sd or shared.cmd_opts.do_not_download_clip):
             sd_model = instantiate_from_config(sd_config.model)
     except Exception:
         pass
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index a256d0907..1ce7b49e5 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import gradio as gr
 import torch
 import tqdm
 
+import launch
 import modules.interrogate
 import modules.memmon
 import modules.styles
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ demo = None
 
 parser = cmd_args.parser
 
-script_loading.preload_extensions(extensions_dir, parser)
+script_loading.preload_extensions(extensions_dir, parser, extension_list=launch.list_extensions(launch.args.ui_settings_file))
 script_loading.preload_extensions(extensions_builtin_dir, parser)
 
 if os.environ.get('IGNORE_CMD_ARGS_ERRORS', None) is None:
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ options_templates.update(options_section(('training', "Training"), {
 }))
 
 options_templates.update(options_section(('sd', "Stable Diffusion"), {
-    "sd_model_checkpoint": OptionInfo("", "Stable Diffusion checkpoint", gr.Dropdown, lambda: {"choices": list_checkpoint_tiles()}, refresh=refresh_checkpoints),
+    "sd_model_checkpoint": OptionInfo(None, "Stable Diffusion checkpoint", gr.Dropdown, lambda: {"choices": list_checkpoint_tiles()}, refresh=refresh_checkpoints),
     "sd_checkpoint_cache": OptionInfo(0, "Checkpoints to cache in RAM", gr.Slider, {"minimum": 0, "maximum": 10, "step": 1}),
     "sd_vae_checkpoint_cache": OptionInfo(0, "VAE Checkpoints to cache in RAM", gr.Slider, {"minimum": 0, "maximum": 10, "step": 1}),
     "sd_vae": OptionInfo("Automatic", "SD VAE", gr.Dropdown, lambda: {"choices": shared_items.sd_vae_items()}, refresh=shared_items.refresh_vae_list).info("choose VAE model: Automatic = use one with same filename as checkpoint; None = use VAE from checkpoint"),