X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/95274e6bd60acbdc9dbd7be31d50b98e7ba1727a..b9aca377064ef0c44e2934fb3b49e0eef0769814:/doc/plugins.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins.mdwn b/doc/plugins.mdwn index ae9c6300a..39f0d0209 100644 --- a/doc/plugins.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins.mdwn @@ -1,27 +1,20 @@ -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. - -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. - -To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]], or the equivilant line in -[[ikiwiki.setup]]. - -## Third party plugins - -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 - -Add your contributed plugins here. - -[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="30"]] +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]]. + +There's documentation if you want to [[write]] your own plugins, or you can +install and use plugins [[contributed|contrib]] by others. + +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]]. + +# Plugin directory + +[[inline pages="plugins/* and !plugins/type/* and !plugins/write and +!plugins/contrib and !*/Discussion" +feedpages="created_after(graphviz)" archive="yes" +rootpage="plugins/contrib" postformtext="Add a new plugin named:" show=0]]