Editing EPrints Glossary (section)

=== Plugin ===
These are Perl modules that "Plug in" to the EPrints software to provide a particular piece of functionality.  Default plugins for [[#EPrints repository software|EPrints repository software]] can be found under the ''[[perl_lib/EPrints/Plugin/]]'' and ''[[flavours/pub_lib/plugins/EPrints/Plugin/]]'' directories  They break down into several categories.  The most prominent being:
* [[EPrints Glossary#Export plugin|Export plugins]]
* [[EPrints Glossary#Import plugin|Import plugins]]
* [[EPrints Glossary#Screen plugin|Screen plugins]]
Other plugin categories include [[#Box plugin|Box]], Convert, [[#Event plugin|Event]], InputForm, [[#Issue|Issues]], Search and Storage.  

[[How_to_contribute#Write_a_Plugin|Bespoke plugins]] can be written for an [[#Archive|archive]] and located in the archive's ''cfg/plugins/EPrints/Plugin/'' directory.

Often the term "[[#Bazaar plugin|Bazaar plugin]]" is used to refer to a package of functionality (a.k.a. [[#EPM|EPM]]) that can be installed from the [[#Bazaar|Bazaar]].  Although an EPM can often contain individual plugins, it is a complex set of files rather than a single plugin file.  If an EPM does contain individual plugins, they will be installed to the ''lib/plugins/EPrints/Plugin/'' directory.