Writing JavaScript Plugins

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Writing plugins for CKFinder might be fun when you understand how to create them. Below you'll find a short instruction how to do it.

Step1: Create plugin folder

Create a directory for your plugin inside of the "plugins" directory (by default CKFinder comes with three plugins: dummy, fileeditor, imagreresize). Let's use "myplugin".

Step2: Create plugin file

Inside of your plugin's folder ("myplugin") create plugin.js.

Step3: Add plugin dafinition