Module Development

Implement a Plugin of Any Type for Drupal 8, 9, and 10

Before you can create a new plugin of any type you'll need to figure out where the plugin implementation and its metadata should live in the code base so that the plugin manager can find plugins and examine what functionality instances of the plugin type are expected to provide.

This tutorial contains 2 parts:

  • A recipe and example of how to implement a plugin if you already know the plugin type.
  • How to figure out a specific plugin type's implementation details.

In this tutorial we'll:

  • Provide a recipe for implementing plugins of any type.
  • Demonstrate how to figure out where the code and metadata should live for PHP-based plugins.
  • Explain how to figure out where YAML plugin definitions should go, and what they should contain.

By the end of this tutorial you should have a recipe for getting started with implementing annotation-based plugins, and YAML-based plugins, and a better understanding of how to figure out the details required to implement any given plugin type.

Drupal Module Development