# Plugin not being installed
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-not-being-installed/255097
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [February 14, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-not-being-installed/255097 "2023-02-14T12:55:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@AV\_C](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AV_C)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-not-being-installed/255097/1 "2023-02-14T12:55:27Z")
Hi!
I’m trying to install plugins but when i rebuild the app it looks like they aren’t being even acknowledged.
The app compiles properly but not plugins whatsoever.
I have a default discourse installation on my own server.
What are the most obvious things to check?
Thank you
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### Author:  [@codergautam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codergautam)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-not-being-installed/255097/2 "2023-02-14T13:57:24Z")
Is the plugin showing in
```plaintext
/admin/plugins
```
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-not-being-installed/255097/3 "2023-02-14T14:02:09Z")
It would help to know which plugins you’re attempting to install, too.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-not-being-installed/255097/4 "2023-02-14T15:35:40Z")
And perhaps show the plugins in the `app.yml`.
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### Author:  [@AV\_C](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AV_C)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-not-being-installed/255097/5 "2023-02-15T19:47:43Z")
Unfortunately not appearing in admin.
This is the app.yml:
```plaintext
## The Docker container is stateless; all data is stored in /shared
volumes:
- volume:
host: /var/discourse/shared/standalone
guest: /shared
- volume:
host: /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log
guest: /var/log
## Plugins go here
## see https://meta.discourse.org/t/19157 for details
hooks:
after_code:
- exec:
cd: $home/plugins
cmd:
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-spoiler-alert.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-animated-avatars.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-whos-online.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-data-explorer.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-signatures.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions.git
- git clone https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-legal-tools.git
- git clone https://github.com/theCrius/discourse-ngi-emojis.git
## Any custom commands to run after building
run:
- exec: echo "Beginning of custom commands"
## If you want to set the 'From' email address for your first registration, uncomment and change:
## After getting the first signup email, re-comment the line. It only needs to run once.
#- exec: rails r "SiteSetting.notification_email='info@unconfigured.discourse.org'"
- exec: echo "End of custom commands"
```
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-not-being-installed/255097/6 "2023-02-15T20:34:19Z")
That’s a badly formed `app.yml`
For a start, `hooks` should not have any spaces in front of it! (it is not a subsection of `volumes`)
The issue appears to begin at the comment line above.
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### Author:  [@AV\_C](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AV_C)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-not-being-installed/255097/7 "2023-02-15T21:18:02Z")
Wow ok, i didn’t know it was tab sensitive. thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-not-being-installed/255097/8 "2024-05-14T09:40:10Z")
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