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--- 01_user_documentation:11_plugin:01_structure [2025/11/01 03:24] – created gaetan
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 ====== Structure ======
-The GroIMP software can be extended by plugins. This page describes how to write a plugin named MyPlugin.
-Firstly, a plugin has to have a special directory layout. The layout depends on how you run GroIMP. There are currently two layout:
+Any repository with a ''plugin.xml'' and ''plugin.properties'' files is considered as a plugin by GroIMP.
+To be properly loadable though, the ''plugin.xml'' needs to include:
+<code xml>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<plugin id="your.plugin.id"
+version="x.x"
+xmlns="http://grogra.de/registry" >
+</code>
+where ''plugin id'' and ''version'' need to be filled with the plugin information.
+=====  =====
+A plugin has to have a special directory layout. The layout depends on how you run GroIMP. There are currently two layout:
   - As compiled plugin.
   - As compiled classes.