Including plugins in your package

Many organizations rely on extensibility to support custom workflows. We have made this process easier by allowing you to bundle extensions into the deployment package you create using the Admin Console. So, installation of your Creative Cloud applications and installation of your extensions happen as part of a single deployment process.

There are two ways to package extensions or plugins:

When you deploy a package that includes plugins and extensions, they are installed in the targeted Adobe products that are installed on the end-user computers. However, you must note the following:

• The supporting products are installed before you install any plugins. Any errors encountered while installing the plugins do not affect the package installations.
• Plugins are not installed if the targeted Adobe products are not previously installed or not installed as part of the current package.
• If a plugin requires users to restart the targeted product, users must do that before the plugin or extension is available.

Instead of manually placing the plugins in a folder, you can browse and choose the plugins from the Marketplace within the Admin Console. This experience is only available for Named User Licensing packages, it allows you to add plugins while creating a managed package in the Admin Console.

With Named User Licensing, users can even install plugins using the Creative Cloud desktop app. Alternatively, you can package and deploy the plugins to the users' machines. Following are the options to deploy and deliver plugins for named user licenses:

Manually place plugins in the package folder

If you already have the plugin or extension files to be deployed to the users' machines, follow the instructions below to include extensions in your package folder: