# 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: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-plugins-part-2-connect-to-a-plugin-outlet/31001/42 "2025-11-23T09:35:13Z")

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> [@j127](#):
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> That link says “deprecated”.

Replaced by:

> [@Introducing Discourse developer toolbar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-developer-toolbar/346215):
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> When running the [latest version of Discourse core](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/498481e5be21780c20e3646bd934eb9d7316a8f8) in a development environment, you’ll notice a new toolbar on the left-hand-side of the screen: This provides one-click access to commonly-needed developer tools. So far, we have: electric_plug Plugin Outlet Debug This shows all plugin outlets, with tooltips showing realtime values of all of the available @outletArgs. This was inspired by the popular [plugin outlet locations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-outlet-locations-theme-component/100673) theme component, and [the plugin before it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-outlet-locations/29589). But un…

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