# Is there a way to automatically install plugins?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-install-plugins/44607>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 16, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-install-plugins/44607 "2016-03-16T19:34:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![apt275](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@apt275](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/apt275)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-install-plugins/44607/1 "2016-03-16T19:34:48Z")

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So if i want to install any plugins, i have to run the `kibana plugin` command. Its a bit cumbersome as i have to install each plugin individually. Can i specify just the names of the plugins somewhere and when `kibana` starts up, it will automatically install these plugins. I remember that in Kibana 4.1.x, i could add the following to the `kibana.yml` file

```
bundled_plugin_ids:
 - plugins/dashboard/index
 - plugins/discover/index
 - plugins/doc/index
 - plugins/kibana/index
 - plugins/markdown_vis/index
 - plugins/metric_vis/index
 - plugins/settings/index
 - plugins/table_vis/index
 - plugins/vis_types/index
 - plugins/visualize/index

```

is this for already installed plugins? Or is it a way to specify auto install of plugins? Can we do something similar for Kibana 4.4.x?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-install-plugins/44607/2 "2016-03-16T20:14:16Z")

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Not currently, but it's an interesting idea! Why not raise a feature request on GH 🙂

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-install-plugins/44607/3 "2017-07-06T13:58:54Z")

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