I’m developing a new plugin for my Discourse instance. While the plugin itself is working fine, I’m having difficulty integrating it into the Discourse UI. I’ve reviewed the available documentation , but some parts are still unclear to me. As I’m new to this, I would greatly appreciate a detailed, st…

[image] Elizeo Rocha: add the plugin to the UI This is a bit vague. Can you be more specific? Exactly what do you want to add to the UI? Have you looked through existing Customization > Plugin source code to see what they are doing? (This is one of the benefits of open source)

@merefield I basically want to add a plugin to my Discourse instance that displays a small box on my page. My goal is to understand how to do it, such as a plugin that displays ‘Hello, World!’ in one of these areas, so that I can create something more complex in the future [image]

You would need to use a plugin outlet. [image] Using Plugin Outlet Connectors from a Theme or Plugin Developer Guides Discourse includes hundreds of Plugin Outlets which can be used to inject new content or replace existing contend in the Discourse UI. ‘Outlet…

It worked! I installed the Ember.js Chrome extension and was able to locate the PluginOutlet on my site. After following the documentation, everything functioned as expected.

Also have a look at these theme components Custom Header Links and Custom Header Links (icons) . If all you want to do is add a button, you don’t need a plugin.

Don’t forget your TC :wink: [image] Custom Components -- add button or text at any plugin outlet Theme component information_source Summary Add button or text anywhere hammer_and_wrench Repository https://github.com/literatecomputing/discourse-custom-co…

How to Integrate a Custom Plugin in discourse UI

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Elizeo_Rocha (Elizeo Rocha) February 11, 2025, 12:55pm 5

Thank you! I’ll give it a try and come back with my feedback.

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