The Manage Plugins page displays the plugins that are installed on the application. Plugins include those that are bundled with your application as well as that you have added to the application yourself.
You can use this page not only to see the plugins installed on your system, but to find out more about individual plugins. By clicking a plugin on the page, you open the details view of the plugin. From there, you can read a description of the plugin and follow links to get more information.
On this page:
Browsing the installed plugins list
To view your installed plugins, go to the 'Manage Plugins' page.
The page shows the plugins that are installed on this application, grouped into two categories:
- User-installed plugins are plugins that were not bundled with the Atlassian application. Administrators can disable or uninstall user-installed plugins.
- System plugins are plugins that are shipped with the application and are essential for the functioning of the system. You should not attempt to disable or uninstall any system plugin unless instructed to do so by Atlassian support.
If there are any plugins for which software updates are available, they appear in an additional group, labeled 'Available Updates'. Both user and system plugins may appear in the 'Available Updates' list.
To navigate the list of plugins, you can:
- Enter text that matches all or part of the plugin name in the Filter visible plugins box to hide other plugins from the list. Text matching is case-insensitive.
- Click the Show System Plugins link to see the hidden system plugins.
- Click the name of a plugin to view the plugins details.
Screenshot above: Viewing Installed Plugins in Confluence
Viewing plugin details
You can see details for plugins from the 'Manage Plugins' page.
To view information about a particular plugin or configure it, click on the plugin entry in the list of installed plugins. The plugin's details view appears.
Screenshot above: Viewing Plugin Details for Team Calendars in Confluence
The plugin details view may include the following elements:
- Buttons for managing the plugin
- Screenshots of the plugin user interface
- License and vendor details
- Links to release notes, documentation, support, and additional information
- Status of modules that make up this plugin
The following sections provide more information on these elements of the plugin details view.
Managing and configuring installed plugins
The buttons for managing plugins are:
- Disable – Disables the plugin in your application. This button only appears if the plugin is enabled.
- Enable – Enables the plugin in your application. This button only appears if the plugin is disabled.
- Get Started – Opens an overview page that with content such as a description, video, and steps for getting started using the plugin
- Configure – Click this link to display the configuration settings for the plugin. This link is disabled if the plugin is disabled. Please note that not all plugins have settings that can be configured through the Universal Plugin Manager.
- Uninstall – Click this button to uninstall the plugin from your application. This button only appears for user-installed plugins.
The requirements and details for configuring each plugin vary. For information on configuring a plugin, see the documentation link next to the plugin details.
License details
The licensing and vendor details include:
- Version – The software version of the plugin.
- Developer – The name of the plugin developer and a link to the developer's home page, if provided by the plugin developer.
- Plugin key – A unique key that identifies each plugin in the system.
- License details – A description of the currently installed license for the plugin, if applicable.
- License status – Whether the current license is valid.
- License SEN – The Support Entitlement Number, required when submitting a support issue for the plugin.
- License key – The license key associated with this plugin. For newly installed plugins, enter the license key in this field.
About Plugin Modules
Every plugin is made up of one or more plugin modules. A single plugin may do many things, and each module represents a single function of the plugin.
You can see the modules that make up a plugin by expanding the module activity status link at the bottom of the plugin details view. The link text shows the number of modules in the plugin along with their state, such as 42 of 42 modules enabled.
Individual modules can be enabled or disabled, although this is not recommended as modules often depend on each other. To do so safely would require knowledge of the module interdependencies. Nevertheless, doing so may be useful in some circumstances, for example, when troubleshooting a custom plugin in a test environment.
To change the state for a plugin module, hover your mouse over the module and click the Enable or Disable button.
Related Topics
Configuring a Plugin
Disabling or Enabling a Plugin
Uninstalling a Plugin
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