diff --git a/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/BackgroundSetting.cpp b/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/BackgroundSetting.cpp
index e35e06b0848..f2c923dca7f 100644
--- a/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/BackgroundSetting.cpp
+++ b/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/BackgroundSetting.cpp
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
 namespace sofa::component::setting
 {
 
-int BackgroundSettingClass = core::RegisterObject("Background setting")
-        .add< BackgroundSetting >()
-        .addAlias("Background")
-        ;
+void registerBackgroundSetting(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory)
+{
+    factory->registerObjects(core::ObjectRegistrationData("Background setting.")
+        .add< BackgroundSetting >());
+}
 
 BackgroundSetting::BackgroundSetting():
         d_color(initData(&d_color, "color", "Color of the background")),
diff --git a/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/SofaDefaultPathSetting.cpp b/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/SofaDefaultPathSetting.cpp
index 5dfa6bae98b..d2717e7716b 100644
--- a/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/SofaDefaultPathSetting.cpp
+++ b/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/SofaDefaultPathSetting.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 namespace sofa::component::setting
 {
 
-int SofaDefaultPathSettingClass = core::RegisterObject("Default Paths for Sofa Application")
-        .add< SofaDefaultPathSetting >()
-        .addAlias("SofaDefaultPath")
-        ;
+void registerSofaDefaultPathSetting(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory)
+{
+    factory->registerObjects(core::ObjectRegistrationData("Default Paths for Sofa Application.")
+        .add< SofaDefaultPathSetting >());
+}
 
 SofaDefaultPathSetting::SofaDefaultPathSetting():
         d_gnuplotPath(initData(&d_gnuplotPath, "gnuplotPath", "Path where will be saved the gnuplot files"))
diff --git a/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/StatsSetting.cpp b/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/StatsSetting.cpp
index 8c510310be5..ea1b493b950 100644
--- a/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/StatsSetting.cpp
+++ b/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/StatsSetting.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 namespace sofa::component::setting
 {
 
-int StatsSettingClass = core::RegisterObject("Stats settings")
-        .add< StatsSetting >()
-        .addAlias("Stats")
-        ;
+void registerStatsSetting(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory)
+{
+    factory->registerObjects(core::ObjectRegistrationData("Stats settings.")
+        .add< StatsSetting >());
+}
 
 StatsSetting::StatsSetting():
         d_dumpState(initData(&d_dumpState, false, "dumpState", "Dump state vectors at each time step of the simulation"))
diff --git a/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/ViewerSetting.cpp b/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/ViewerSetting.cpp
index ec477f03f0e..0193dbc22c4 100644
--- a/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/ViewerSetting.cpp
+++ b/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/ViewerSetting.cpp
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ namespace sofa::component::setting
 using namespace sofa::type;
 using namespace sofa::helper;
 
-int ViewerSettingClass = core::RegisterObject("Configuration for the Viewer of your application")
-        .add< ViewerSetting >()
-        .addAlias("Viewer")
-        ;
+void registerViewerSetting(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory)
+{
+    factory->registerObjects(core::ObjectRegistrationData("Configuration for the Viewer of your application.")
+        .add< ViewerSetting >());
+}
 
 ViewerSetting::ViewerSetting()
     : d_resolution(initData(&d_resolution, Vec<2,int>(800, 600), "resolution", "resolution of the Viewer"))
diff --git a/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/init.cpp b/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/init.cpp
index f34ee5276ad..bd3acf65f79 100644
--- a/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/init.cpp
+++ b/Sofa/Component/Setting/src/sofa/component/setting/init.cpp
@@ -21,13 +21,21 @@
 ******************************************************************************/
 #include <sofa/component/setting/init.h>
 #include <sofa/core/ObjectFactory.h>
+#include <sofa/helper/system/PluginManager.h>
+
 namespace sofa::component::setting
 {
 
+extern void registerBackgroundSetting(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory);
+extern void registerSofaDefaultPathSetting(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory);
+extern void registerStatsSetting(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory);
+extern void registerViewerSetting(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory);
+
 extern "C" {
     SOFA_EXPORT_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY void initExternalModule();
     SOFA_EXPORT_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY const char* getModuleName();
     SOFA_EXPORT_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY const char* getModuleVersion();
+    SOFA_EXPORT_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY void registerObjects(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory);
 }
 
 void initExternalModule()
@@ -45,11 +53,22 @@ const char* getModuleVersion()
     return MODULE_VERSION;
 }
 
+void registerObjects(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory)
+{
+    registerBackgroundSetting(factory);
+    registerSofaDefaultPathSetting(factory);
+    registerStatsSetting(factory);
+    registerViewerSetting(factory);
+}
+
 void init()
 {
     static bool first = true;
     if (first)
     {
+        // make sure that this plugin is registered into the PluginManager
+        sofa::helper::system::PluginManager::getInstance().registerPlugin(MODULE_NAME);
+
         first = false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sofa/Component/src/sofa/component/init.cpp b/Sofa/Component/src/sofa/component/init.cpp
index e74214f07af..b037b4eea72 100644
--- a/Sofa/Component/src/sofa/component/init.cpp
+++ b/Sofa/Component/src/sofa/component/init.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void registerObjects(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory)
 {
     factory->registerObjectsFromPlugin("Sofa.Component.AnimationLoop");
     factory->registerObjectsFromPlugin("Sofa.Component.StateContainer");
+    factory->registerObjectsFromPlugin("Sofa.Component.Setting");
     factory->registerObjectsFromPlugin("Sofa.Component.Visual");
 }
 
diff --git a/Sofa/framework/Helper/src/sofa/helper/ComponentChange.cpp b/Sofa/framework/Helper/src/sofa/helper/ComponentChange.cpp
index 6466fcac7df..4fe474599f3 100644
--- a/Sofa/framework/Helper/src/sofa/helper/ComponentChange.cpp
+++ b/Sofa/framework/Helper/src/sofa/helper/ComponentChange.cpp
@@ -768,7 +768,12 @@ const std::map< std::string, Dealiased, std::less<> > dealiasedComponents = {
     {"MasterConstraintSolver", Dealiased("v24.12","ConstraintAnimationLoop")},
     {"FreeMotionMasterSolver", Dealiased("v24.12","FreeMotionAnimationLoop")},
     {"MultiStepMasterSolver", Dealiased("v24.12","MultiStepAnimationLoop")},
-    {"MultiTagMasterSolver", Dealiased("v24.12","MultiTagAnimationLoop")}
+    {"MultiTagMasterSolver", Dealiased("v24.12","MultiTagAnimationLoop")},
+    {"Background", Dealiased("v24.12","BackgroundSetting")},
+    {"SofaDefaultPath", Dealiased("v24.12","SofaDefaultPathSetting")},
+    {"Stats", Dealiased("v24.12","StatsSetting")},
+    {"Viewer", Dealiased("v24.12","ViewerSetting")},
+    
 };
 
 } // namespace sofa::helper::lifecycle