5:25 < wajasu> my librarian looked under home->tools for Plugins, but its under Home->Administration->Plugins in 22.05 15:25 < wajasu> https://koha-community.org/manual/22.05/en/html/plugins.html#set-up 15:43 < tuxayo> wajasu: indeed! That's worthy of opening a ticket with the category "Documentation" 15:43 < tuxayo> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/enter_bug.cgi?product=Koha 15:52 < caroline_crazycatlady> Just so you know, it appears under tools after you have at least one plugin installed. 15:55 < tuxayo> ah :o 15:55 < caroline_crazycatlady> It's still weird because it used to be under tools even with zero plugins, hence the confusion 15:58 < wajasu> well maybe one can add (located under Administration prior to a plugin being installed) :) 16:00 < caroline_crazycatlady> Sure, the whole thing should probably be rewritten... I don't think you need to change the conf file anymore either I had enabled the koha-conf.xml <enable_plugins>1</enable_plugins> and systemctl restart memcached koha-common apache2 So now Plugins shows under Home->Administration. Maybe that can be noted in the docs https://koha-community.org/manual/22.05/en/html/plugins.html#set-up After I enabled the plugins in koha-conf.xml, my librarian couldn't find the plugins link, since the docs said it was in Tools. Plus the crazycatlady mentioned it migrates to tools once a plugin is installed. It might also be worth mentioning the need to restart memcached, koha-common (i.e. koha-plack --restart <instance>) and apache2, fothe plugin to show up after it's installed, if that is the case.
The docs probably do need an update. Caroline's advice is overkill though, and your description of the plugin migrating to tools after a plugin is installed is inaccurate. Once a "tool plugin" is installed, it will appear in the Tools menu. Same for a "report plugin" in Reports I believe. Administration will still be the place to manage plugins regardless. As for workflows: When you update koha-conf.xml, you need to clear the memcached and typically restart the Starman server so that it clears its own local cached copy of koha-conf.xml too. (In future, that restart should be done using Bug 21366.) When you upload a plugin for the first time, you shouldn't need to do anything to get it to appear. However, if you upgrade a plugin, you will need to restart Starman so that it loads the latest version of the plugin. (I have speculated on a way for that restart to be done automatically and gracefully at Bug 30897.)