The Universal Plugin Manager (UPM) provides you with a simple way of adding new plugins to your application. Plugins can be used to customise and extend the functionality of your application.

You can search for plugins in the Universal Plugin Manager (sourced from the Atlassian Plugin Exchange) or upload your own.

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Before you begin

• In JIRA, version 1 plugins cannot be installed via the Universal Plugin Manager. All version 1 JIRA plugins listed in the Universal Plugin Manager will have a 'Download' button, rather than an 'Install' button. You will need to download the plugin distribution and follow its specific installation instructions (the plugin is usually copied into the <JIRA-install>/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/lib directory, as instructed in Managing JIRA's Plugins).
• In JIRA, version 1 plugins cannot be uninstalled via the Universal Plugin Manager. Hence, none of the version 1 JIRA plugins listed in the Universal Plugin Manager will have an 'Uninstall' button. You must remove the plugin from the file system manually.
• In Confluence, you can install and uninstall version 1 plugins using the Universal Plugin Manager. You will see an 'Install' or an 'Uninstall' button.
• Some entries that you find listed in the Universal Plugin Manager are not actually plugins. For example, the JIRA Client is a useful program that runs alongside JIRA, rather than inside it as a plugin. These entries will show a 'Download' button which allows you to download the application to your desktop and run it following its specific instructions.

Adding a plugin from the Atlassian Plugin Exchange

To find and add a plugin from the Atlassian Plugin Exchange, Screenshot: Finding a new plugin from the Atlassian Plugin Exchange

Uploading your own plugin

To upload your own plugin, Screenshot: Uploading a new plugin

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