# Case study of an amateur plugin author

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/case-study-of-an-amateur-plugin-author/402084
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [May 3, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/case-study-of-an-amateur-plugin-author/402084 "2026-05-03T03:41:19Z")
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### Author: ![jericson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jericson/32/116215_2.png) [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/case-study-of-an-amateur-plugin-author/402084/12 "2026-05-04T18:56:52Z")

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> [@Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-plugins-part-2-connect-to-a-plugin-outlet/31001/1):
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> This document is version controlled - suggest changes [on github](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/developer-guides/docs/04-plugins/02-plugin-outlet.md).

Ah! That helps. [PR submitted.](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/39713)

> [@Moin](#):
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> I like the process where the changes are reviewed even more than a wiki.

I’m a fan of [putting documentation on GitHub](https://jlericson.com/2022/04/04/docs2_contribution.html). It’s quite a bit more work to submit changes than editing a wiki post, but the review step is helpful. (And for plugin author documentation, requiring knowledge of Git isn’t that high a bar.)

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