This interface allows you to generate a plugin installation file for the cPanel interface's x3 theme. The installation file automates the plugin installation process and stores the desired configuration for your plugin.
Notes:
- To create a plugin installation file for the cPanel interface's Paper Lantern theme, use WHM's cPanel Plugin File Generator interface (Home >> Development >> cPanel Plugin File Generator).
- For more information, read our Guide to cPanel Plugins documentation.
Generate an installation file
To generate a plugin installation file, perform the following steps:
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Enter the plugin name, display name, and plugin description in the appropriate text boxes.
- To add the plugin as an option in WHM's Feature Manager interface (Home >> Packages >> Feature Manager), select the Feature Manager Support checkbox.
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Select the icon group in which the plugin icon will appear from the Group menu.
- To create a new icon group, select Create a New Group and enter the name of the new group in the New Group Name text box that appears.
- To create a new icon group, select Create a New Group and enter the name of the new group in the New Group Name text box that appears.
- Enter a number between
1and999in the Display Order Priority text box to specify the icon's display priority.- The default value is
999, which places your plugin's icon last in display order.
- The default value is
- Enter the location of the plugin in the Link URL text box.
- Enter a location relative to the
/usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x3/directory. - For example, enter
examplein the text box to access a plugin in the/usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x3/examplefile.
- Enter a location relative to the
- Enter HTML tags that you wish to add to the link tag for the plugin in the Extra Link Attributes text box.
- For example,
target="_blank"
- For example,
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Enter JavaScript that you wish to execute when a user clicks on the plugin link in the "onclick" Event Handler text box.
- For example,
-JavaScript_HERE_;return false;
- For example,
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Click Browse to select and upload an icon for your plugin.
Notes:
- Icon files for the x3 theme must be 32x32 pixels and must use the JPG or PNG formats.
- The system automatically resizes images that are not the correct size.
- Icon files cannot be transparent.
- Click Submit.
