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=== plugin Usage


A plugin provides additional capability to the Grails runtime and is created with the link:{commandLineRefFromRef}create-plugin.html[create-plugin] command:

[source,groovy]
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grails create-plugin simple
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This will create a plugin project which can then be packaged with link:{commandLineRefFromRef}package-plugin.html[package-plugin]:

[source,groovy]
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grails package-plugin
----

To install the plugin to your local Maven repository you can use the `install` command:

[source,groovy]
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grails install
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Refer to the user guide topic on link:{guidePath}plugins.html[plugins] for more information.



=== Grails Forge Plugin Usage

A plugin provides additional capability to the Grails runtime and is created with the link:{commandLineRefFromRef}create-plugin.html[create-plugin] command:

[source,console]
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grails create-plugin myplugin
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This will create a plugin project which can then be packaged as a JAR file (build/libs/myplugin-0.1.jar) using the `jar` gradle task:

[source,console]
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./gradlew jar
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Refer to the user guide topic on link:{guidePath}plugins.html[plugins] for more information.
