# Plugin API documentations? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-api-documentations/67988 **Category:** Development **Created:** [August 14, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-api-documentations/67988 "2017-08-14T02:26:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 8
### Author: ![pacharanero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pacharanero/32/500583_2.png) [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero) #### Post date: [April 9, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-api-documentations/67988/8 "2020-04-09T13:45:35Z")
@bcartwri96 I think the long and the short of it is that there is very little in the way of comprehensive documentation for Discourse’s Plugin API. There are bits and pieces of information here on Meta, such as [Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-creating-discourse-plugins-part-1/30515/1) but there is no comprehensive API reference it would seem. Although some of what is happening is plain Ember or Rails, there is a huge amount in between which is pure Discourse convention. Over time it would be good if the community could perhaps work on a Discourse Developer Manual that would fill this gap. We’ve put some of that into practice in terms of fragments of HOWTOs at [Pavilion](https://thepavilion.io/c/open-source/dev/77) and hopefully some of that work is the initial groundwork for developing a more comprehensive reference guide. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-api-documentations/67988)._