The Universal Plugin Manager (UPM) allows you to easily view the plugins installed on your Confluence instance. This includes plugins that are bundled with Confluence as well as any third party plugins that you have installed. Both enabled and disabled plugins are displayed.

On this page:

Viewing your Installed Plugins

To view your installed plugins,

  1. Click the 'Manage Existing' tab. The plugins installed on your application will be displayed.
    • The plugins will be grouped into 'User-installed Plugins' and 'System Plugins'.
    • You can filter your list by entering keywords in the 'Filter visible plugins' text box.
    • The list of 'System Plugins' will be hidden by default. Click the 'Show System Plugins' link, if you want to view them.
    • Enabled plugins will be listed with an icon. Disabled plugins will be listed with an icon.
    • Click the name of a plugin to view the plugin's details.
    • Click 'Enable Safe Mode' to run your application in safe mode. Read 'Disabling or Enabling a Plugin' (see Related Topics below) for more information on Safe Mode.

What is the difference between a 'System Plugin' and a 'User Installed Plugin'?

  • System plugins are those that shipped with the product when you downloaded it from Atlassian. These plugins are integral to the functioning of the system, and although you can disable some of them, you should not do so unless instructed by an Atlassian Support engineer. Note, not every system plugin can be disabled and you will not be able to uninstall any system plugins at all.
  • User-installed plugins are those which have been installed in the product after it was set up: either by uploading a plugin jar file, or by placing it in the applications plugin directories. These plugins can be uninstalled.

Screenshot: Viewing Installed Plugins (Confluence)

Viewing a Plugin's Details

You can view the details for a plugin when you click the name of a plugin in the installed plugins list (as described above). The summary contains a short description of the plugin as well as buttons/links for plugin operations and related information.

Screenshot: Viewing a Plugin's Details (Confluence)

  • Plugin key — This field shows the unique key the identifies each plugin in the system.
  • Developer — This field lists the name of the plugin developer and a link to the developer's homepage, if provided by the plugin developer.
  • Plugin version — This field lists the version of the plugin currently installed.
  • Manage plugin modules — Click this link to display the modules below the plugin summary. This link will only display if the plugin has modules, e.g. the Confluence Advanced Macros plugin. If you want to enable or disable a plugin module, hover your mouse over the module and click the 'Enable'/'Disable' button that displays.
  • Configure — Click this link to display the configuration settings for the plugin in the Universal Plugin Manager. This link will be disabled if the plugin is disabled. Please note that not all plugins have settings that can be configured through the Universal Plugin Manager. Refer to 'Configuring a Plugin' (see Related Topics below) for more information.
  • Disable — Click this button to disable the plugin in your application. This button will only display if the plugin is enabled. Refer to 'Disabling or Enabling a Plugin' (see Related Topics below) for more information.
  • Enable — Click this button to enable the plugin in your application. This button will only display if the plugin is disabled.
  • Uninstall — Click this button to uninstall the plugin from your application. This button will only display if the plugin is a user-installed plugin. Refer to 'Uninstalling a Plugin' (see Related Topics below) for more information.



Related Topics

Configuring a Plugin
Disabling or Enabling a Plugin
Uninstalling a Plugin

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