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Create a ufw application profile for plexmediaserver:

sudo nano /etc/ufw/applications.d/plexmediaserver

/etc/ufw/applications.d/plexmediaserver

[plexmediaserver]
title=Plex Media Server
description=All ports used by Plex, including DLNA
ports=32400/tcp|1900/udp|5353/udp|8324/tcp|32410/udp|32412:32414/udp|32469/tcp

Once you have defined your application file tell ufw to reload the application definitions with:

sudo ufw app update plexmediaserver

Use it with:

sudo ufw allow plexmediaserver

Ports from: https://support.plex.tv/articles/201543147-what-network-ports-do-i-need-to-allow-through-my-firewall/

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