Since my last post about a month ago talking about the initial release of the NodeBB forums plugin system, we’ve had quite a few plugins written already. Now that the system is more mature, I thought I’d write a quick how-to guide for the aspiring plugin developer.

I’m going to use the NodeBB Youtube Plugin as an example – it’s a really simple addon that finds YouTube links in the post content and then embeds the Flash player inline.

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So without further ado, lets get started. Click through to proceed to the guide. :)

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