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How to install plugins

Using the interface

Installing the newest version

Plugin manager may not show the newest version of a given plugin if you're on an older Jenkins version and the new plugin version would be incompatible.

The simplest way is by going to your installation's management screen and clicking Manage Plugins and go to the Available tab. You'll find the plugin you'd like to install, select the checkbox, and then either attempt to Install without restart or Download now and install after restart. The web interface will then download *.hpi files from here. If you Install without restart the interface will show you progress and provide the results of the install.

Sometimes when you install, you will notice that the list of available plugins is empty. If that is the case, from Advanced tab on the Manage Plugins page, click on Check now (button available in the bottom right of the page) to forcefully check for new updates. Once that is done, you should see the list of plugins.

Installing a specific version

To download an older release of a plugin, click the archives link on the plugin's wiki page linked below. You will see a list of available plugin versions.

To install a specific older version of a plugin (or downgrade from a newer version), you can upload it from your computer on the Advanced tab of the Manage Plugins page in Jenkins.

By hand

This method requires that you are familiar with how plugin dependencies work, otherwise the plugin may fail to load, or in severe cases, break Jenkins. In general, you should use the methods described above instead.

Download Site

Save the downloaded *.hpi/*.jpi file into the $JENKINS_HOME/plugins directory. You will then need to restart Jenkins (many containers let you do this without restarting the container)

Caveat: the names of the plugin directories on the download site are not always matching the name given to the plugin; common sense should apply.

Getting notified of plugin releases

You can subscribe to plugin releases via RSS (or here) or via Twitter.

Developers

Plugin developers should take a look at Hosting Plugins.

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