# Can plugin name on kibana UI is configurable?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-plugin-name-on-kibana-ui-is-configurable/296835>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** kibana-plugin-development\
**Created:** [February 10, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-plugin-name-on-kibana-ui-is-configurable/296835 "2022-02-10T12:19:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![prashant1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@prashant1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prashant1)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-plugin-name-on-kibana-ui-is-configurable/296835/1 "2022-02-10T12:19:14Z")

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We have created a plugin with name sampleDemo in kibana version 7.10.2. It has created folder plugins\sample\_demo structure. I have below queries on the behavior:-

1. Why it has created a folder structure with "underscore", even if we give "-" in plugin name, it creates with "\_"?
2. Which parameter is responsible for showing the name of plugin on kibana UI? Can it be configurable after creating a plugin?

Thanks,  
Prashant

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**Author:** ![Mikhail\_Shustov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikhail_shustov/32/49186_2.png) [@Mikhail\_Shustov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mikhail_Shustov)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-plugin-name-on-kibana-ui-is-configurable/296835/2 "2022-02-24T16:59:42Z")

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> 1. Why it has created a folder structure with "underscore", even if we give "-" in plugin name, it creates with "\_"?

Yeah, sorry about that. It's an internal policy of Kibana for consistency across the whole Stack. I'm not sure whether we need to enforce it for 3rd part plugins but all the plugins have to follow it for now.

> 1. Which parameter is responsible for showing the name of plugin on kibana UI? Can it be configurable after creating a plugin?

in which part of the UI do you want your plugin to appear? Are you talking about a link in NavBar?  
You need to register your app with `core.application` service as in this example [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/3195a544067b35f36ff41ca5c538fa2c3bf2de21/examples/hello\_world/public/plugin.tsx#L20](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/3195a544067b35f36ff41ca5c538fa2c3bf2de21/examples/hello_world/public/plugin.tsx#L20)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-plugin-name-on-kibana-ui-is-configurable/296835/3 "2022-03-24T17:00:11Z")

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