# Kibana plugin upgrade **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [April 17, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-upgrade/228480 "2020-04-17T08:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nplatis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nplatis/32/66497_2.png) [@nplatis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nplatis)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-upgrade/228480/1 "2020-04-17T08:58:21Z")
I had developed a Kibana plugin for Kibana 5.5.2, and now I want to use it in Kibana 7.6. It is a simple application that reads and writes some data from/to the ES "server" but it was created as a Kibana plugin because we make use of some visualizations provided. My main question is: can I still use Angular for the plugin, or will I have to use React (therefore I will have to rewrite the UI)? And, if yes, will I still be able to use Angular in Kibana 8? Because I see that several things regarding plugins will change in Kibana 8. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![azasypkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/azasypkin/32/42216_2.png) [@azasypkin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azasypkin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-upgrade/228480/2 "2020-04-17T10:30:08Z")
> [@nplatis](#): > > My main question is: can I still use Angular for the plugin, or will I have to use React (therefore I will have to rewrite the UI)? Yeah, unfortunately (or rather fortunately) we're deprecating Angular. The current plan is drop it completely in 8.0. I'd definitely encourage you go through [this guide](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/7.6/src/core/MIGRATION.md#migrating-legacy-plugins-to-the-new-platform) and try to migrate your plugin to new "Kibana Platform" - it's going to be much more capable and stable starting from 8.0. Majority of the Kibana built-in plugins has already migrated too, not all though. Feel free to join [our Community Slack](https://www.elastic.co/blog/join-our-elastic-stack-workspace-on-slack), there is a bunch of great community plugin developers there that can help as well. Best, Oleg ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-upgrade/228480/3 "2020-05-15T10:36:38Z")
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