# When can plugins be installed directly in the admin panel?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/392235
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 27, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/392235 "2025-12-27T12:29:26Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/392235/5 "2025-12-28T14:49:17Z")

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Relatedly (is that even a word?), I believe @pfaffman’s Literate Computing panel has a feature to allow plugins to be installed.

Also see [Rebuild the forum using code?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-the-forum-using-code/352173) for something quite similar.

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