# Creating a new Discourse plugin

**URL:** https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/2643
**Category:** Front End - Documentation
**Tags:** documentation, plugin, how-to, discourse
**Created:** [20 August 2021 17:52 UTC](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/2643 "2021-08-20T17:52:44Z")
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#### Post date: [20 August 2021 17:52 UTC](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/2643/1 "2021-08-20T17:52:44Z")

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Here’s the [basic plugin skeleton](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton) to build into. It needs to be added via your app.yml file on your local host version so you can test it.