# Added custom initializer

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/added-custom-initializer/42722
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [April 18, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/added-custom-initializer/42722 "2016-04-18T11:00:16Z")
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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/added-custom-initializer/42722/2 "2016-04-18T12:18:36Z")

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Have a look at

> [@Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-creating-discourse-plugins/30515):
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> Building a plugin in Discourse can be really simple, once you learn a couple of quirks. The goal of this post is to create a skeleton plugin and introduce you to the basics. Your development environment Make sure you have a development environment of Discourse running on your computer. I recommend you use [the appropriate setup guide](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/dev-install) and come back when you’re done. plugin.rbtada Use [GitHub - discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton: Template for Discourse plugins · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton) to create a complete di…

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