Since KiCad v6 my old plugin did not work anymore. So I made my own, rather simple, but effective.
This was heavily influenced by: https://github.com/MitjaNemec/Kicad_action_plugins
Copy this directory to your KiCad plugin path.
- Select footprints you want to arrage
- Navigate to Tools / External Plugins / Place footprints in circle
- Enter radius and offset rotation of the footprints
- Done