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avaris committed Dec 1, 2019
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How to use plugins
==================

Starting with version 4.3, Pelican moved to a new plugin structure utilizing
Starting with version 5.0, Pelican moved to a new plugin structure utilizing
namespace packages. Plugins supporting this structure will install under the
namespace package ``pelican.plugins`` and can be automatically discovered
by Pelican.
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explicitly list the namespace plugins as well.

If you are using ``PLUGINS`` setting, you can specify plugins in two ways.
First method is using strings to the plugins. Namespace plugins can be
specified either by their full names (``pelican.plugins.myplugin``) or by
The first method specifies plugins as a list of strings. Namespace plugins can
be specified either by their full names (``pelican.plugins.myplugin``) or by
their short names (``myplugin``)::

PLUGINS = ['package.myplugin',
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=====================
Namespace plugins can be found in the `pelican-plugins organization`_ as
individual repositories. Legacy plugins are collected in the `pelican-plugins
repository`_ and they will be slowly phased out to the namespace versions.
repository`_ and they will be slowly phased out in favor of the namespace
versions.

.. _pelican-plugins organization: https://github.com/pelican-plugins
.. _pelican-plugins repository: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins
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your ``register`` callable or they will be garbage-collected before the
signal is emitted.

Namespace Plugin structure
Namespace plugin structure
--------------------------

Namespace plugins must adhere to a certain structure in order to function
properly. They need to installable (i.e. contain ``setup.py`` or equivalent)
properly. They need to be installable (i.e. contain ``setup.py`` or equivalent)
and have a folder structure as follows::

myplugin
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├── ...
└── setup.py

It is crucial that ``pelican`` or ``pelican/plugins`` folder **should not**
It is crucial that ``pelican`` or ``pelican/plugins`` folder **not**
contain an ``__init__.py`` file. In fact, it is best to have those folders
empty besides the listed folders in the above structure and contain your
plugin related files solely in the ``pelican/plugins/myplugin`` folder to
avoid any issues.
empty besides the listed folders in the above structure and keep your
plugin related files contained solely in the ``pelican/plugins/myplugin``
folder to avoid any issues.

For easily setting up the proper structure, a `cookiecutter template for
plugins`_ is provided. Refer to the README in the link for how to use it.
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