# Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-plugins-part-2-connect-to-a-plugin-outlet/31001
**Category:** Developer Guides
**Tags:** plugin-guides, tutorial
**Created:** [July 12, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-plugins-part-2-connect-to-a-plugin-outlet/31001 "2015-07-12T17:48:27Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-plugins-part-2-connect-to-a-plugin-outlet/31001/38 "2023-04-12T21:46:19Z")

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The most up-to-date reference on plug-in outlets is here:

> [@Using Plugin Outlet Connectors from a Theme or Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-plugin-outlet-connectors-from-a-theme-or-plugin/32727):
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> Discourse includes hundreds of Plugin Outlets which can be used to inject new content or replace existing contend in the Discourse UI. ‘Outlet arguments’ are made available so that content can be customized based on the context. Choosing an outlet To find the name of a plugin outlet, search Discourse core for “\<PluginOutlet”, or use the [plugin outlet locations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-outlet-locations-theme-component/100673) theme component. (e.g. topic-above-posts). Wrapper outlets Some outlets in core look like \<PluginOutlet @name="foo" /\>. These allow you…

I’ll try and get the OP here updated in the next few days

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