# New to Plugin Development

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-to-plugin-development/297271>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** kibana-plugin-development\
**Created:** [February 15, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-to-plugin-development/297271 "2022-02-15T16:21:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_L\_Nichols](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/richard_l_nichols/32/99407_2.png) [@Richard\_L\_Nichols](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Richard_L_Nichols)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-to-plugin-development/297271/1 "2022-02-15T16:21:43Z")

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I am struggling getting started and even after contacting support I can not seem to find a good source for documentation. For example I can create a label and update the time every second but when it comes to visualizations I haven't found an example of how to create a bar chart. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![devon.thomson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/devon.thomson/32/85468_2.png) [@devon.thomson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devon.thomson)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-to-plugin-development/297271/2 "2022-02-15T21:14:22Z")

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Hey there @Richard_L_Nichols, we're currently in the process of changing up our developer documentation, so it'll be a bit messy at the moment. You can take a look at the [embeddable documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/embeddable-plugin.html). Embeddables are the framework that most charts / elements in Kibana use, and it is likely how you should build your external plugin.

Additionally, our new developer docs system, while it isn't hosted publicly yet, is available [via github](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/dev_docs/getting_started/hello_world_plugin.mdx).

There should be some good information in there, but it might be a little hard to find.

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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 15, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-to-plugin-development/297271/3 "2022-03-15T21:14:42Z")

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