# Should Features be Core or Plugin

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-features-be-core-or-plugin/15567>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014 年 5 月 12 日午後 4:39 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:** [2016 年 5 月 26 日午後 10:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-features-be-core-or-plugin/15567/4 "2016-05-26T22:25:46Z")

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For example: we made tagging core (essentially “promoting” it from plugin status) since it was used _so_ much and so deeply across so many Discourse instances. It was becoming difficult to even work on as a plugin due to how complex and rich (and highly integrated) the feature set became.

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