Confluence 2.6 : Installing and Configuring Plugins manually
This page last changed on Feb 01, 2007 by jnolen.
This document is for Confluence administrators who wish to manage plugins installed in their Confluence server, or install new plugins. Confluence plugins were introduced in Confluence 1.3: for an overview of how plugins work in Confluence, read Confluence Plugin Guide.
Installing Plugins manuallyPlugins are distributed as a jar file. To install a plugin,
When you install a Confluence plugin, you should consider:
Some plugins will be enabled by default when they are installed. Others will have to be manually enabled from the Plugin Administration screen. Enabling and Disabling Plugins
![]() Plugins (and their constitutent plugin modules) may be enabled and disabled by the site administrator. You can do this from the Plugins section of the global administration screen. All plugins installed in the Confluence server are listed on the left hand side. To enable or disable a plugin (or its modules) click on the plugin name. On the right-hand side, a description of the plugin is shown, including its component plugin modules. You can enable or disable the whole plugin: ![]() Or each module individually:
Removing Plugins that prevent Confluence RunningConfluence goes to some lengths to prevent itself being unusable due to a problematic plugin. However, sometimes a plugin will manage to do this anyway. Prior to Confluence v2.3
In Confluence v2.3 and later
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