it's not really hard. This page is a complete reference to everything a
plugin might want to do. There is also a quick [[tutorial]].
-[[toc levels=2]]
+[[!toc levels=2]]
## Types of plugins
a cgi. This hook allows modifying the variables available on those
templates. The function is passed named parameters. The "page" and
"destpage" parameters are the same as for a preprocess hook. The "template"
-parameter is a [[cpan HTML::Template]] object that is the template that
+parameter is a [[!cpan HTML::Template]] object that is the template that
will be used to generate the page. The function can manipulate that
template object.
The function is passed named parameters: "page", "destpage", and "content",
and should return the sanitized content.
+### postscan
+
+ hook(type => "postscan", id => "foo", call => \&postscan);
+
+This hook is called once the full page body is available (but before the
+format hook). The most common use is to update search indexes. Added in
+ikiwiki 2.54.
+
+The function is passed named parameters "page" and "content". Its return
+value is ignored.
+
### format
hook(type => "format", id => "foo", call => \&format);
hook(type => "formbuilder_setup", id => "foo", call => \&formbuilder_setup);
hook(type => "formbuilder", id => "foo", call => \&formbuilder);
-These hooks allow tapping into the parts of ikiwiki that use [[cpan
+These hooks allow tapping into the parts of ikiwiki that use [[!cpan
CGI::FormBuilder]] to generate web forms. These hooks are passed named
parameters: `cgi`, `session`, `form`, and `buttons`. These are, respectively,
the `CGI` object, the user's `CGI::Session`, a `CGI::FormBuilder`, and a
#### `template($;@)`
-Creates and returns a [[cpan HTML::Template]] object. The first parameter
+Creates and returns a [[!cpan HTML::Template]] object. The first parameter
is the name of the file in the template directory. The optional remaining
parameters are passed to `HTML::Template->new`.