Vendure Plugins

Plugins are the method by which the built-in functionality of Vendure can be extended. Plugins in Vendure allow one to:

• Modify the VendureConfig object.
• Extend the GraphQL API, including modifying existing types and adding completely new queries and mutations.
• Define new database entities and interact directly with the database.
• Run code before the server bootstraps, such as starting web servers.
• Respond to events such as new orders being placed.
• Trigger background tasks to run on the worker process.
• … and more!

These abilities make plugins a very versatile and powerful means of implementing custom business requirements.

This section details the official Vendure plugins included in the main Vendure repo, as well as a guide on writing your own plugins for Vendure.

Contents:

• Extending the Admin UI
• Plugin Architecture
• Plugin Examples
• Plugin Lifecycle
• Writing a Vendure Plugin