diff --git a/common/changes/@visactor/vtable-plugins/fix-issue-5215-context-menu-canvas_2026-07-28-00-00.json b/common/changes/@visactor/vtable-plugins/fix-issue-5215-context-menu-canvas_2026-07-28-00-00.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54808331df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@visactor/vtable-plugins/fix-issue-5215-context-menu-canvas_2026-07-28-00-00.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "comment": "fix: support context menu plugin on canvas blank area",
+      "type": "patch",
+      "packageName": "@visactor/vtable-plugins"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@visactor/vtable-plugins",
+  "email": "github@visactor.io"
+}
diff --git a/common/changes/@visactor/vtable/fix-issue-5215-plugin-init_2026-07-28-00-00.json b/common/changes/@visactor/vtable/fix-issue-5215-plugin-init_2026-07-28-00-00.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..674f58f075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@visactor/vtable/fix-issue-5215-plugin-init_2026-07-28-00-00.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "comment": "fix: allow plugins to initialize before first render",
+      "type": "patch",
+      "packageName": "@visactor/vtable"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@visactor/vtable",
+  "email": "github@visactor.io"
+}
diff --git a/packages/vtable-plugins/__tests__/context-menu/handle-menu-helper.test.ts b/packages/vtable-plugins/__tests__/context-menu/handle-menu-helper.test.ts
index 1c777b352a..b9579f9562 100644
--- a/packages/vtable-plugins/__tests__/context-menu/handle-menu-helper.test.ts
+++ b/packages/vtable-plugins/__tests__/context-menu/handle-menu-helper.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 import { ListTable } from '@visactor/vtable';
 import { createDiv } from '../../../vtable/__tests__/dom';
+import { ContextMenuPlugin } from '../../src/context-menu';
 import { MenuHandler } from '../../src/contextmenu/handle-menu-helper';
 import { TableSeriesNumber } from '../../src/table-series-number';
 
@@ -63,3 +64,130 @@ describe('Context menu row deletion', () => {
     expect(table.records.map(record => record.id)).toEqual([0, 4]);
   });
 });
+
+describe('Context menu canvas option', () => {
+  let table: ListTable;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    table?.release();
+    document.body.innerHTML = '';
+  });
+
+  test('ContextMenuPlugin enables canvas context menu through contextMenuWorkOnlyCell', () => {
+    const container = createDiv();
+    const contextMenuPlugin = new ContextMenuPlugin({
+      contextMenuWorkOnlyCell: false
+    });
+
+    table = new ListTable({
+      container,
+      columns: [{ field: 'id', title: 'ID' }],
+      records: [{ id: 1 }],
+      plugins: [contextMenuPlugin]
+    });
+
+    expect(table.options.menu.contextMenuWorkOnlyCell).toBe(false);
+    expect(contextMenuPlugin.runTime).toContain(ListTable.EVENT_TYPE.CONTEXTMENU_CANVAS);
+  });
+
+  test('ContextMenuPlugin shows canvasMenuItems on CONTEXTMENU_CANVAS event', () => {
+    const container = createDiv();
+    const contextMenuPlugin = new ContextMenuPlugin({
+      contextMenuWorkOnlyCell: false,
+      bodyCellMenuItems: [{ text: 'Body Item', menuKey: 'body_item' }],
+      canvasMenuItems: [{ text: 'Canvas Item', menuKey: 'canvas_item' }]
+    });
+    const showMenu = jest.spyOn(contextMenuPlugin['menuManager'], 'showMenu');
+    const preventDefault = jest.fn();
+
+    table = new ListTable({
+      container,
+      columns: [{ field: 'id', title: 'ID' }],
+      records: [{ id: 1 }],
+      plugins: [contextMenuPlugin]
+    });
+
+    contextMenuPlugin.run(
+      {
+        col: -1,
+        row: -1,
+        event: {
+          clientX: 10,
+          clientY: 20,
+          preventDefault
+        }
+      },
+      ListTable.EVENT_TYPE.CONTEXTMENU_CANVAS,
+      table
+    );
+
+    expect(preventDefault).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(showMenu).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      [{ text: 'Canvas Item', menuKey: 'canvas_item' }],
+      10,
+      20,
+      {
+        rowIndex: -1,
+        colIndex: -1
+      },
+      table
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('ContextMenuPlugin init uses new options when added through updateOption', () => {
+    const container = createDiv();
+    const contextMenuPlugin = new ContextMenuPlugin({
+      contextMenuWorkOnlyCell: false
+    });
+
+    table = new ListTable({
+      container,
+      columns: [{ field: 'id', title: 'ID' }],
+      records: [{ id: 1 }]
+    });
+
+    table.updateOption({
+      container,
+      columns: [{ field: 'id', title: 'ID' }],
+      records: [{ id: 1 }],
+      plugins: [contextMenuPlugin]
+    });
+
+    expect(table.options.menu.contextMenuWorkOnlyCell).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('PluginManager only releases plugins removed through updateOption', () => {
+    const container = createDiv();
+    const removedPlugin = {
+      id: 'removed-plugin',
+      name: 'removed-plugin',
+      runTime: [],
+      run: jest.fn(),
+      release: jest.fn()
+    };
+    const keptPlugin = {
+      id: 'kept-plugin',
+      name: 'kept-plugin',
+      runTime: [],
+      run: jest.fn(),
+      release: jest.fn()
+    };
+
+    table = new ListTable({
+      container,
+      columns: [{ field: 'id', title: 'ID' }],
+      records: [{ id: 1 }],
+      plugins: [removedPlugin, keptPlugin]
+    });
+
+    table.updateOption({
+      container,
+      columns: [{ field: 'id', title: 'ID' }],
+      records: [{ id: 1 }],
+      plugins: [keptPlugin]
+    });
+
+    expect(removedPlugin.release).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(keptPlugin.release).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/context-menu/issue-5215-context-menu-canvas.ts b/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/context-menu/issue-5215-context-menu-canvas.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30e960df6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/context-menu/issue-5215-context-menu-canvas.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import * as VTable from '@visactor/vtable';
+import { ContextMenuPlugin } from '../../src/context-menu';
+
+const CONTAINER_ID = 'vTable';
+
+export function createTableInstance() {
+  const records = [
+    { id: 1, name: 'alpha', value: 12 },
+    { id: 2, name: 'beta', value: 34 }
+  ];
+
+  const plugin = new ContextMenuPlugin({
+    contextMenuWorkOnlyCell: false,
+    bodyCellMenuItems: [
+      { text: 'Copy from plugin', menuKey: 'copy' },
+      '---',
+      { text: 'Body cell item', menuKey: 'body_cell_item' }
+    ],
+    canvasMenuItems: [
+      { text: 'Canvas blank area', menuKey: 'canvas_blank_area' },
+      { text: 'Canvas menu item', menuKey: 'canvas_menu_item' }
+    ],
+    beforeShowAdjustMenuItems: (menuItems, _table, col, row) => {
+      if (col === -1 && row === -1) {
+        return [
+          ...menuItems,
+          {
+            text: `Blank canvas: col ${col}, row ${row}`,
+            menuKey: 'canvas_position'
+          }
+        ];
+      }
+      return menuItems.filter(item => item !== '---');
+    }
+  });
+
+  const option: VTable.ListTableConstructorOptions = {
+    container: document.getElementById(CONTAINER_ID),
+    records,
+    columns: [
+      { field: 'id', title: 'ID', width: 100 },
+      { field: 'name', title: 'Name', width: 160 },
+      { field: 'value', title: 'Value', width: 120 }
+    ],
+    defaultRowHeight: 40,
+    defaultHeaderRowHeight: 40,
+    widthMode: 'standard',
+    heightMode: 'standard',
+    plugins: [plugin]
+  };
+
+  const tableInstance = new VTable.ListTable(option);
+  window.tableInstance = tableInstance;
+  return tableInstance;
+}
+
+export function createTable() {
+  const container = document.createElement('div');
+  container.id = CONTAINER_ID;
+  container.style.width = '100%';
+  container.style.height = '420px';
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+
+  const info = document.createElement('div');
+  info.style.margin = '10px';
+  info.style.padding = '10px';
+  info.style.border = '1px solid #ddd';
+  info.style.borderRadius = '4px';
+  info.style.backgroundColor = '#f9f9f9';
+  info.innerHTML = `
+    <h3>Issue 5215: Canvas context menu</h3>
+    <p>Right-click the blank canvas area outside the table cells. The context menu should show canvas-specific items.</p>
+    <p>Right-click body cells to verify cell menu items are still independent from blank canvas menu items.</p>
+  `;
+
+  document.body.insertBefore(info, container);
+  return createTableInstance();
+}
diff --git a/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/menu.ts b/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/menu.ts
index 655f873fee..b252dd55ad 100644
--- a/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/menu.ts
+++ b/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/menu.ts
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ export const menus = [
     path: 'context-menu',
     name: 'context-menu'
   },
+  {
+    path: 'context-menu',
+    name: 'issue-5215-context-menu-canvas'
+  },
   {
     path: 'context-menu',
     name: 'issue-5214-reverse-selected-row-delete'
diff --git a/packages/vtable-plugins/src/context-menu.ts b/packages/vtable-plugins/src/context-menu.ts
index 6ecc46b94f..47f9cf06bc 100644
--- a/packages/vtable-plugins/src/context-menu.ts
+++ b/packages/vtable-plugins/src/context-menu.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export interface ContextMenuOptions {
   headerCellMenuItems?: MenuItemOrSeparator[];
   /** 表体菜单项 */
   bodyCellMenuItems?: MenuItemOrSeparator[];
+  /** 空白画布区域菜单项。仅 contextMenuWorkOnlyCell 为 false 时生效。 */
+  canvasMenuItems?: MenuItemOrSeparator[];
+  /** 右键菜单是否只工作在单元格上。默认 true；配置 false 时空白画布区域也弹出菜单。 */
+  contextMenuWorkOnlyCell?: boolean;
   /** 自定义菜单样式 */
   customMenuAttributions?: MenuAttributions;
   /** 菜单点击回调。如果设置是函数，则忽略内部默认的菜单项处理逻辑。如果这里配置的是个对象（对象的key为menuKey），则有匹配的menuKey时忽略内部默认的菜单项处理逻辑，
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ export type MenuClickCallback = (args: MenuClickEventArgs, table: ListTable) =>
 export class ContextMenuPlugin implements pluginsDefinition.IVTablePlugin {
   id = `context-menu`;
   name = 'Context Menu';
-  runTime = [TABLE_EVENT_TYPE.CONTEXTMENU_CELL, TABLE_EVENT_TYPE.PLUGIN_EVENT];
+  runTime = [TABLE_EVENT_TYPE.CONTEXTMENU_CELL, TABLE_EVENT_TYPE.CONTEXTMENU_CANVAS, TABLE_EVENT_TYPE.PLUGIN_EVENT];
   pluginOptions: ContextMenuOptions;
   table: ListTable;
   /** 菜单管理器 */
@@ -156,6 +160,22 @@ export class ContextMenuPlugin implements pluginsDefinition.IVTablePlugin {
     }
   };
 
+  /**
+   * 处理空白画布右键菜单事件
+   */
+  private handleContextMenuCanvas = (eventArgs: any, table: BaseTableAPI): void => {
+    let menuItems = this.pluginOptions.canvasMenuItems || [];
+    const { col = -1, row = -1 } = eventArgs;
+
+    if (this.pluginOptions.beforeShowAdjustMenuItems) {
+      menuItems = this.pluginOptions.beforeShowAdjustMenuItems(menuItems, table as ListTable, col, row);
+    }
+
+    if (menuItems.length > 0) {
+      this.showContextMenu(menuItems, eventArgs.event.clientX, eventArgs.event.clientY, col, row);
+    }
+  };
+
   /**
    * 处理插件事件
    */
@@ -191,6 +211,15 @@ export class ContextMenuPlugin implements pluginsDefinition.IVTablePlugin {
   /**
    * 运行插件
    */
+  init(_table: BaseTableAPI, options: BaseTableAPI['options']) {
+    if (this.pluginOptions.contextMenuWorkOnlyCell === false) {
+      options.menu = {
+        ...options.menu,
+        contextMenuWorkOnlyCell: false
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
   run(...args: any[]) {
     const eventArgs = args[0];
     const runTime = args[1];
@@ -203,6 +232,8 @@ export class ContextMenuPlugin implements pluginsDefinition.IVTablePlugin {
     // 根据事件类型处理不同的右键菜单
     if (runTime === TABLE_EVENT_TYPE.CONTEXTMENU_CELL) {
       this.handleContextMenuCell(eventArgs, table);
+    } else if (runTime === TABLE_EVENT_TYPE.CONTEXTMENU_CANVAS) {
+      this.handleContextMenuCanvas(eventArgs, table);
     } else if (runTime === TABLE_EVENT_TYPE.PLUGIN_EVENT) {
       this.handlePluginEvent(eventArgs, table);
     }
diff --git a/packages/vtable/src/ListTable.ts b/packages/vtable/src/ListTable.ts
index 8366170c65..42083858d9 100644
--- a/packages/vtable/src/ListTable.ts
+++ b/packages/vtable/src/ListTable.ts
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ export class ListTable extends BaseTable implements ListTableAPI {
   ) {
     const internalProps = this.internalProps;
 
-    this.pluginManager.removeOrAddPlugins(options.plugins);
+    this.pluginManager.removeOrAddPlugins(options.plugins, options);
     super.updateOption(options, updateConfig);
     internalProps.frozenColDragHeaderMode =
       options.dragOrder?.frozenColDragHeaderMode ?? options.frozenColDragHeaderMode;
diff --git a/packages/vtable/src/plugins/interface.ts b/packages/vtable/src/plugins/interface.ts
index 8119b3dfb7..2f7adb9998 100644
--- a/packages/vtable/src/plugins/interface.ts
+++ b/packages/vtable/src/plugins/interface.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { TableEvents } from '../core/TABLE_EVENT_TYPE';
-import type { BaseTableAPI } from '../ts-types/base-table';
+import type { BaseTableAPI, BaseTableConstructorOptions } from '../ts-types/base-table';
 
 // 插件生命周期接口
 export interface IVTablePlugin {
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ export interface IVTablePlugin {
   runTime: TableEvents[keyof TableEvents][];
   // // 插件依赖
   // dependencies?: string[];
-  // 初始化方法，在VTable实例创建后、首次渲染前调用
+  // 初始化方法，在 VTable 实例创建后、首次渲染前调用
+  init?: (table: BaseTableAPI, options: BaseTableConstructorOptions) => void;
+  // 运行方法，在订阅的表格事件触发时调用
   run: (...args: any[]) => void;
   // 更新方法，当表格数据或配置更新时调用
   update?: () => void;
diff --git a/packages/vtable/src/plugins/plugin-manager.ts b/packages/vtable/src/plugins/plugin-manager.ts
index e984eac6df..e6d197ab85 100644
--- a/packages/vtable/src/plugins/plugin-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/vtable/src/plugins/plugin-manager.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ export class PluginManager {
 
   constructor(table: BaseTableAPI, options: BaseTableConstructorOptions) {
     this.table = table;
-    options.plugins?.map(plugin => {
+    options.plugins?.forEach(plugin => {
       this.register(plugin);
+      plugin.init?.(this.table, options);
       this._bindTableEventForPlugin(plugin);
     });
   }
@@ -44,14 +45,15 @@ export class PluginManager {
   }
 
   // 移除或添加插件
-  removeOrAddPlugins(plugins?: IVTablePlugin[]): void {
+  removeOrAddPlugins(plugins?: IVTablePlugin[], options: BaseTableConstructorOptions = this.table.options): void {
     // 先找到plugins中没有，但this.plugins中有，也就是已经被移除的插件
     const removedPlugins = Array.from(this.plugins.values()).filter(plugin => !plugins?.some(p => p.id === plugin.id));
     removedPlugins.forEach(plugin => {
       this.pluginEventMap.get(plugin.id)?.forEach(id => {
         this.table.off(id);
       });
-      this.release();
+      this.pluginEventMap.delete(plugin.id);
+      plugin.release?.(this.table);
       this.plugins.delete(plugin.id);
     });
 
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ export class PluginManager {
     const addedPlugins = plugins?.filter(plugin => !this.plugins.has(plugin.id));
     addedPlugins?.forEach(plugin => {
       this.register(plugin);
+      plugin.init?.(this.table, options);
       this._bindTableEventForPlugin(plugin);
     });
   }