# Adding models to a plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-models-to-a-plugin/131569
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [October 21, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-models-to-a-plugin/131569 "2019-10-21T17:01:14Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-models-to-a-plugin/131569/1 "2019-10-21T17:01:14Z")

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I’m working with a client that has developed a plugin that adds a bunch of models to, e.g., add post ratings. That’s pretty much always a bad idea, right? And should, in almost all circumstances, be done through stuff like `PostCustomFields`? Right?