Plug-In Development Help

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The plug-in ecosystem has been added to The Archive with the free update v1.8.0.

In other words: It’s all still pretty new!

• API Overview: Lists all functions and objects available to you in plug-in code that special to The Archive. All other regular JavaScript language features are available, too.
• Bundle Format: Explains the .thearchiveplugin bundle format in detail.
• So You Want to Write a Plug-In for The Archive?: Tutorial to understand the plug-in system.

Installing and Sharing Plug-Ins

Presented with a .thearchiveplugin bundle, users can double-click to install a plug-in.

That makes sharing quite easy: compress your .thearchiveplugin and share the zip file online, that’s it!