# Automatic installation for plugins

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-installation-for-plugins/791340>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [May 3, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-installation-for-plugins/791340 "2022-05-03T16:35:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![magecliff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@magecliff](https://forums.plex.tv/u/magecliff)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-installation-for-plugins/791340/1 "2022-05-03T16:35:10Z")

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It will be great if possible to add plugin into Plex server in automatic way, like is done with spiceworks.

Codes can be inserched directly or build in forum, just click over install button and done… plugin is there where to be.

thx

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**Author:** ![Volts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a5b964/32.png) [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-installation-for-plugins/791340/2 "2022-05-03T17:52:25Z")

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Plugins have been deprecated for ~4 years. Can you give an example of what this would accomplish?

> [@Discontinuation of Plugins, Watch Later, Recommended, and Cloud Sync](https://forums.plex.tv/t/discontinuation-of-plugins-watch-later-recommended-and-cloud-sync/312312):
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> This morning, in our latest blog post, we announced the retirement of Watch Later (and its cousin, Recommended, for recommending Watch Later and plugin items to friends) and Cloud Sync along with the gradual phase out of plugins. While the decisions to discontinue/phase these out were not made lightly, they were done as part of our efforts to re-focus development, streamline our work flows to keep strengthening our core product, and clean house on some resource-consuming features. We encourage y…

It seems unlikely that you’re referring to Rockwell Automation. 🙂

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-installation-for-plugins/791340/3 "2022-07-01T13:47:42Z")

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2022 clean-up: considered obsolete / abandoned
