<sect1 id="using-pluginsupport"> <title>Supported Plugins</title>

    <para>
        One of the nicest things about &digikam; is how easily its functionality can be extended, by using <emphasis>plugins</emphasis>. The <ulink url="https://commits.kde.org/kipi-plugins">Kipi project</ulink> is dedicated to develop a plugin interface for &digikam;. Plugins setup is described in this <link linkend="using-setup-plugins">section</link>.
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            <textobject> <phrase>The &digikam; plugins interface</phrase> </textobject>
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    <para>
        Plugins are dedicated mostly to export and import images with remote web services. Their advantage is, that it is much easier to add a capability to &digikam; by writing a small plugin than by modifying the &digikam; core.
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