# Install plugins on a self-hosted site

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-on-a-self-hosted-site/19157
**Category:** Self-Hosting
**Tags:** how-to
**Created:** [August 22, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-on-a-self-hosted-site/19157 "2014-08-22T02:59:12Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
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> [@stephtara](#):
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> with a kind of “one-clic install” where I just had to fill in the URL for my Discourse instanc

It only works with #Customization > Theme and #Customization > Theme component, not #Customization > Plugin 🙂

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