Once your plugin has been built, documented, and tested, it’s easy to publish it. Plugins are published to the npm repository, but you’ll need a package.json file to do so.

We already have one for our demo plugin, but if you didn’t, plugman can create it for you, based on plugin.xml:

$ plugman createpackagejson .

Note: If you used the PhoneGap Plugin Template, package.json is already there — you’ll need to update it.

Then once you’ve verified that package.json is correct, you can publish simply by doing this:

$ npm publish

And voilà! You’ve published a plugin!

Note: You should review your .npmignore file first so that you don’t force your users to download unnecessary files.

Now comes the hard part: spreading the word and supporting it!

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