# Error When creating custom plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-creating-custom-plugin/69426
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 5, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-creating-custom-plugin/69426 "2017-09-05T19:53:12Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-creating-custom-plugin/69426/6 "2017-09-05T21:27:10Z")

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According to the tutorial (emphasis mine):

> [@Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-plugins-part-1-create-a-basic-plugin/30515/1):
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> In our case, we won’t be adding any ruby code but we still need the `plugin.rb`. Let’s create the directory `basic-plugin` with the file `plugin.rb` inside it, **with the following contents** :
> 
> **basic-plugin/plugin.rb**
> 
> ```plaintext
> # name: basic-plugin
> # about: A super simple plugin to demonstrate how plugins work
> # version: 0.0.1
> # authors: Awesome Plugin Developer
> 
> ```
> 
> Once you’ve created this file, you should restart your rails server and the plugin should be loaded.

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