Plugin CLI reference

✋ Caution

The Plugin CLI is currently experimental.

The Plugin CLI is set of commands orientated around developing plugins to use them as local plugins or to publish them on NPM and/or submit them to the Marketplace.

The present documentation lists the available Plugin CLI commands. The associated guide illustrates how to use these commands to create a plugin from scratch, link it to an existing project, and publish it.

strapi plugin:init

Create a new plugin at a given path.

strapi plugin:init <path>

Arguments	Type	Description	Default
path	string	Path to the plugin	./src/plugins/my-plugin

Option	Type	Description	Default
-d, --debug	-	Enable debugging mode with verbose logs	false
--silent	-	Do not log anything	false

strapi plugin:build

Bundle the strapi plugin for publishing.

strapi plugin:build

Option	Type	Description	Default
--force	string	Automatically answer "yes" to all prompts, including potentially destructive requests, and run non-interactively.	-
-d, --debug	-	Enable debugging mode with verbose logs	false
--silent	-	Do not log anything	false
--minify	-	Minify the output	true
--sourcemaps	-	Produce sourcemaps	false

strapi plugin:link-watch

Recompiles the plugin automatically on changes and runs yalc push --publish.

strapi plugin:link-watch

Option	Type	Description	Default
-d, --debug	-	Enable debugging mode with verbose logs	false
--silent	-	Do not log anything	false

strapi plugin:watch

Watch and compile the Strapi plugin for local development.

strapi plugin:watch

Option	Type	Description	Default
-d, --debug	-	Enable debugging mode with verbose logs	false
--silent	-	Do not log anything	false

strapi plugin:verify

Verify the output of the plugin before publishing it.

strapi plugin:verify

Option	Type	Description	Default
-d, --debug	-	Enable debugging mode with verbose logs	false
--silent	-	Do not log anything	false