Whether you are using a core or community plugin or you’re developing your own, the commands for adding plugins to your projects remain the same. In order to support various workflows and local development, plugins can be installed from a variety of sources.

Installing from npm

Plugins are typically downloaded from npm:

$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-device

$ cordova plugin ls                                # or list
cordova-plugin-device 1.1.1 "Device"

$ cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-device   # or remove

Note: As of Cordova 7.x, --save is implied, so plugins automatically get saved to your project configuration. Use --nosave to disable if needed.

Important: Fetching via npm is now the default as of Cordova 7.x; if a plugin doesn’t have package.json adding will fail. Use --nofetch for those plugins.

Installing from Git

Plugins can also be installed from a Git repository:

$ cordova plugin add https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-device

$ cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-device

Note: When removing a plugin you will use the plugin’s ID, not the plugin’s URL.

It’s useful to specify a branch when testing pre-release plugins, or when testing new features that haven’t landed on master:

$ cordova plugin add http://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-device#branch

Installing from the local file system

Plugins can also be installed from the local file system — which is very useful during development and testing:

$ cordova plugin add [--save] /path/to/plugin

$ cordova plugin rm [--save] cordova-plugin-device

Finding plugins

There are several ways you can find plugins:

• Cordova Plugin Search: https://cordova.apache.org/plugins
• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=ecosystem:cordova

• Or, if the CLI is more your thing:

    $ npm install -g npms-cli
    $ npms search cordova-plugin device --size=5
    ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    │ Package
    ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    │ cordova-plugin-device • https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-device
    │ Cordova Device Plugin
    │ updated 2 months ago by shazron
    ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  

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