# Should Features be Core or Plugin

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-features-be-core-or-plugin/15567>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 12, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-features-be-core-or-plugin/15567 "2014-05-12T16:39:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-features-be-core-or-plugin/15567/3 "2014-05-12T20:31:50Z")

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It depends who is asking for them and how often. If it is a common request (or “everyone always installs the Foo plugin”) across many different, completely unrelated Discourse instances then it should be core.

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