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Go to the 'Administration Console' and click 'Plugin Repository' in the left-hand panel. The following will be displayed:

Screenshot: Plugin Repository

Filtering the List of Plugins

Along the top of the page, you'll see three items which allow you to choose the plugins you want displayed:

• Status filter — Defaults to 'All Plugins'. Choose one of the following to limit the list of plugins displayed:
  • 'Installed Plugins' – Plugins which have been installed on your Confluence instance.
  • 'Outdated Plugins' — Plugins for which updates are available
  • 'Available Plugins' — Plugins which are available, but have not yet been installed.
  • 'Supported Plugins' — All plugins which are supported by Atlassian or a third-party.
• Search — Enter text in the middle textbox to quickly find what you're looking for:
  • Quickly locate plugins by searching on their title, description, vendor and other details. Just type what you are looking for and let Confluence do the rest
  • The search results are filtered by the status filter (as discussed above), so if you want to see all installed plugins from Adaptavist.com, for example, set the filter to 'Installed Plugins' and type 'Adaptavist.com' into the search box.
• Categories list — Filter by category:
  • Simply choose the desired category from the list and only plugins relating to that category will be displayed.
  • Note that plugins can exist in more than one category.

Using the List of Plugins

Under the filter options, the list of plugins matching the current filter settings is shown in a table.

Each column in the table shows information about a particular plugin, and allows you further configuration options:

• Plugin Name — Displays the name of the plugin (linked to the detailed information page)and the plugin vendor (linked to their website if applicable)
  • Click the '+' icon to expand the information display showing plugin description.
  • Click the '-' icon to hide the description again.
• Payment — Can be one of the following:
  • Free (self explanatory)
  • Donate (it's free, but you should consider donating to keep it that way)
  • Buy (it's commercial - click the link to show a price list and purchase online)
• Status — Shows the current status of this plugin in respect to your Confluence installation:
  • Installed - installed and up-to-date
  • Outdated - installed, but there are new versions available
  • Available - not installed yet
  • Non Repository - a version is installed which is not in the repository
• Support — Tells you who supports the plugin:
  • 'Atlassian' — The plugin is supported by Atlassian. If you have any problems, please raise a ticket at the Atlassian Support System.
  • 'Unsupported' — The plugin has been developed by a third party, not by Atlassian, and is not currently supported by Atlassian. In addition, the third party has not yet given detailed information about support arrangements. This does not necessarily mean that the plugin is not supported. Please refer to the plugin's home page in the Confluence Extension space or the Atlassian Plugins Exchange site.
  • The 'Support' column can also contain a link to the third-party plugin support site.
  • Read more information about supported plugins.
• Install — Install, upgrade or uninstall a plugin:
  • When installing or upgrading, everything is automatic (i.e. it downloads and installs for you, etc). Although the client (since 1.0.2) warns you of dependencies and (since 1.0.3) will do its best to check what has been downloaded is what you asked for - Confluence may break as if you had uploaded the plugins to the Plugin Manger yourself. Where it can, the client will error constructively allowing you to choose the best course of action for yourself. In general, things usually work - and if they don't its a bug with the client or the metadata.
  • If the Confluence Repository Client encounters a password request when downloading the plugin (usually case with Commercial plugins), you will be prompted for a username and password.
  • If the plugin is installed into WEB-INF (or otherwise uninstallable) it will display 'Manually Installed. where the actions would be.
• Enabled — If the box is ticked, the plugin is enabled, otherwise it's either disabled or partially disabled. You can enable or disable individual modules within the plugin from the plugin details screen (see later).
• Configure — If the plugin offers further configuration options, you can click the 'Configure' link. A new screen will open, showing the specific options offered by the plugin.

You can click the table headings to sort the table. Click a second time to reverse the sort.