# Working on first plugin; does not work. Using the pirate-speak plugin as a base

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**Created:** [September 1, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/working-on-first-plugin-does-not-work-using-the-pirate-speak-plugin-as-a-base/96171 "2018-09-01T22:56:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/working-on-first-plugin-does-not-work-using-the-pirate-speak-plugin-as-a-base/96171/5 "2018-09-02T23:45:02Z")

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> [@gdpelican](#):
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> because it has no server-side logic

This particular example still requires a plugin, cause it is a markdown dialect and processed server side.

Pirate speak though is in “broken plugin” state at the moment as it still needs to be updated to markdown.it … adding a note.

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