# Installing Plugins in Discourse Development Install

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-plugins-in-discourse-development-install/70902>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [September 27, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-plugins-in-discourse-development-install/70902 "2017-09-27T22:16:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-plugins-in-discourse-development-install/70902/16 "2017-09-29T05:39:39Z")

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> [@hexa\_tech](#):
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> oh really? I never knew about that!

It sounds like you should take a backup, remove your development install, [reinstall as a supported Docker-based production install](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) and restore the backup 🙂

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