import UsingSDKplugin5 from '/docs/snippets/sdk-plugin-v5-v6.md'

Plugin SDK reference#

The Plugin SDK is a set of commands from @.../sdk-plugin for creating, building, linking, and publishing Strapi plugins locally or to NPM and the Marketplace.

The Plugin SDK is set of commands provided by the package orientated around developing plugins to use them as local plugins or to publish them on NPM and/or submit them to the Marketplace.

The present documentation lists the available Plugin SDK commands. The associated guide illustrates how to use these commands to create a plugin from scratch, link it to an existing project, and publish it.

npx @strapi/sdk-plugin init#

Create a new plugin at a given path.

npx @strapi/sdk-plugin init

strapi-plugin build#

Bundle the Strapi plugin for publishing.

strapi-plugin build

strapi-plugin watch#

Recompiles the plugin automatically on changes and runs yalc push --publish.

For testing purposes, it is very convenient to link your plugin to an existing application to experiment with it in real condition. This command is made to help you streamline this process.

strapi-plugin watch:link

strapi-plugin watch#

Watch the plugin source code for any change and rebuild it everytime. Useful when implementing your plugin and testing it in an application.

strapi-plugin watch

strapi-plugin verify#

Verify the output of the plugin before publishing it.

strapi-plugin verify