# Which files can you override from a plugin?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-files-can-you-override-from-a-plugin/78781
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [1월 23, 2018, 5:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-files-can-you-override-from-a-plugin/78781 "2018-01-23T17:00:14Z")
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### Author:  [@eatcodetravel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eatcodetravel)
#### Post date: [1월 23, 2018, 5:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-files-can-you-override-from-a-plugin/78781/1 "2018-01-23T17:00:14Z")
I’m creating a plugin that overrides a lot of files for a pretty much complex customization of Discourse. I was able to override most of the file except for the ones in the `components` directory. Is this expected?, is so, which files you can override and which files you can’t?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [1월 23, 2018, 6:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-files-can-you-override-from-a-plugin/78781/2 "2018-01-23T18:00:48Z")
You can modify components easily via `PluginApi` like below example
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/assets/javascripts/initializers/new-user-narrative.js.es6#L8-L13](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/assets/javascripts/initializers/new-user-narrative.js.es6#L8-L13)
You can modify almost any file in one way or the other. [`PluginApi` methods](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/plugin-api.js.es6) are better and recommended.
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### Author:  [@eatcodetravel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eatcodetravel)
#### Post date: [1월 23, 2018, 6:02오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-files-can-you-override-from-a-plugin/78781/3 "2018-01-23T18:02:06Z")
What about changing the `tagName`? or other things that are not in a method? is it possible too?
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [1월 23, 2018, 6:13오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-files-can-you-override-from-a-plugin/78781/4 "2018-01-23T18:13:32Z")
Yes. It is simple as
```js
api.modifyClass('component:site-header', {
tagName: 'section'
});
```
Anyway I recommending you to play around with the code before asking 😉. And explore the [guides](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-creating-discourse-plugins-part-1/30515), existing code, and plugins.
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### Author:  [@eatcodetravel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eatcodetravel)
#### Post date: [1월 23, 2018, 6:14오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-files-can-you-override-from-a-plugin/78781/5 "2018-01-23T18:14:52Z")
Cool, this is an alternative approach, but I want to know if there’s a restriction on the files you can override from a plugin?
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [1월 23, 2018, 6:18오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-files-can-you-override-from-a-plugin/78781/6 "2018-01-23T18:18:37Z")
No. Discourse core won’t restrict any plugin abilities.
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### Author:  [@eatcodetravel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eatcodetravel)
#### Post date: [1월 23, 2018, 6:19오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-files-can-you-override-from-a-plugin/78781/7 "2018-01-23T18:19:56Z")
Ok cool, so overriding files from the `components` directory should work. I’ll double check then
Thanks!