X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/f8109304f3d57f7ed2913d80ae003baa1ef815ed..89a5dde72e00feb9e86537aee5992c86ed0582d7:/doc/plugins.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/plugins.mdwn b/doc/plugins.mdwn index b107c359e..73fb6205c 100644 --- a/doc/plugins.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins.mdwn @@ -1,27 +1,17 @@ -Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. It's possible to -[[write]] your own plugins, or you can install and use plugins contributed by -others. +Most of ikiwiki's [[features]] are implemented as plugins. Beyond the +[[type/core]] features, there are plugins to [[type/format]] text, +use [[type/tags]], show [[type/meta]] information, add [[type/auth]] +methods, do other [[type/useful]] stuff, add [[type/chrome]] to the +wiki, or just have [[type/fun]]. -The ikiiki package includes some standard plugins that are installed and -by default. These include [[inline]], [[pagecount]], and [[brokenlinks]]. -Of these, [[inline]] is enabled by default. +There's documentation if you want to [[write]] your own plugins, or you can +install and use plugins [[contributed|contrib]] by others. -## Third party plugins +The [[mdwn]], [[inline]], [[htmlscrubber]], [[passwordauth]], +[[signinedit]], [[lockedit]], and [[conditional]] plugins are enabled +by default. To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch described in +[[usage]], or the equivalent `add_plugins` line in [[ikiwiki.setup]]. -Plugins are perl modules and should be installed somewhere in the perl -module search path. See the @INC list at the end of the output of `perl -V` -for a list of the directories in that path. All plugins are in the -IkiWiki::Plugin namespace, so they go in a IkiWiki/Plugin subdirectory -inside the perl search path. For example, if your perl looks in -`/usr/local/lib/site_perl` for modules, you can locally install ikiwiki -plugins to `/usr/local/lib/site_perl/IkiWiki/Plugin` +# Plugin directory -Once a plugin is installed, you need to configure ikiwiki to load it using -the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]], or the equivilant line in -[[ikiwiki.setup]]. - -## Plugin directory - -Add your contributed plugins here. - -[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="30"]] +[[inline pages="plugins/* and !plugins/type/* and !plugins/write and !plugins/contrib and !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib"]]