# Any support for loading rake tasks defined in plugins?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-support-for-loading-rake-tasks-defined-in-plugins/142479>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-support-for-loading-rake-tasks-defined-in-plugins/142479 "2020-02-24T14:40:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamesmarkcook](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jamesmarkcook/32/168563_2.png) [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-support-for-loading-rake-tasks-defined-in-plugins/142479/1 "2020-02-24T14:40:07Z")

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I need to be able to run custom tasks against a Discourse forum. Is there any way of loading rake tasks defined in a plugin so that these can be used in production?

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