MichaelProstka writes:
Our new PLY importer got a big update!
- Vertex colored mesh only in 3.0.
- Complete drop-in replacement for the stock Blender PLY import module.Correctly loads vertex-colored point clouds and nonstandard PLY files that the original importer wasn't intended for.
- Retains the functionality of the original codebase.
See the full article on BlenderArtists.