# Strapi plugins

Strapi comes with these officially supported plugins:

API Documentation

Plugin to generate the API documentation

Plugin to send emails

GraphQL

Plugin to add GraphQL endpoint with default API methods

Internationalization (i18n)

Plugin to manage internationalization of content

Upload

Plugin to manage media files

Users & Permissions

Plugin for full authentication process and users management

Sentry

Plugin to track errors in your Strapi application using Sentry

# Automatic plugins discovery

Strapi automatically loads plugins installed with npm. Under the hood, Strapi scans every package.json file of the project dependencies, and looks for the following declaration:

"strapi": {
  "kind": "plugin"
}

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Installed plugins can also be manually enabled or disabled.

# Manual enabling/disabling

To disable a plugin without uninstalling it, switch its enabled key to false in the /config/plugins.js file.

🤓 To go further

To know more about plugins installation, see the User guide.
Existing plugins can be extended, or you can even create your own!