Unsure if the upgrade to KDE 4.13(I am on beta 3) has caused something new to be done to load kate python plugins.
I have done the usual linking
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/kate_plugins $(kde4-config --localprefix)/share/apps/kate/pate
And from this kate thread noticed this comment
You have a simple installation guide here (Building Kate from Sources):
http://kate-editor.org/get-it/
After it only you have to add the kate.so to the python path…
So i have done that.
root@sayth-TravelMate-5740G:/usr/lib/python2.7# export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PyKate4/kate.so
The Pate engine still will not load any suggestions?