Sign in to the Admin Console and create a managed package.
Last updated on
Aug 3, 2026
Learn how to extend Creative Cloud app functionality by adding plugins or extensions in your packages.
Note
Currently, we don’t support adding plugins to packages for Windows ARM desktop devices.
How plugin installation order works
Bundle plugins and extensions into Admin Console deployment packages to install applications and extensions in a single deployment. Plugins and extensions are installed in the targeted Adobe products.
- The supporting products are always installed before you install any plugins. Any errors encountered while installing the plugins don’t affect the package installations.
- Plugins aren’t installed if the targeted Adobe products aren’t previously installed or not installed as part of the current package.
- If a plugin requires users to restart the targeted product, users must do that before the plugin or extension is available.
Choose plugins for a package
You can add plugins to a package when creating it in the Admin Console by selecting them from the Marketplace, rather than adding them manually.
On the Choose plugins screen, search for the plugins you want and select each one's checkbox.
Select Next and then complete the package.
Note
This is only available for Named User Licensing packages. It allows you to add plugins while creating a managed package in the Admin Console.
Users can install plugins through the Creative Cloud desktop app, or administrators can package and deploy them directly to users' devices.
The following options are available to deploy and deliver plugins for Named User Licenses:
| Self-service | Self-service packages | Managed packages | |
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| Make plugins available to users | Users can install plugins themselves using the Creative Cloud desktop app. | Allow or disallow end users to install and update plugins from the Creative Cloud desktop app. If you disallow, package the required plugins and deploy them to the users' computers. |
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| Make updates available to users |
Users can update plugins themselves using the Creative Cloud desktop app. |
Create a package for the updated plugins from the Admin Console. | |
| Sample use cases | Fulfill the diverse and changing requirements of apps. |
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| Next steps for admins | - |
Create self-service packages | |
| End-user experience | Use the Creative Cloud desktop app to install extensions and add-ons. |
Install plugins and updates from a package, or the Creative Cloud desktop app if self-service plugin install is enabled. |
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Manually add plugins in a package
Use this method when the required plugin isn't available through the Marketplace or when you want to deploy plugins using package-based installation.
Note
Plugins can be packaged separately from their supporting applications and deployed to devices where the applications are already installed.
Sign in to the Admin Console and create a managed package.
On the Creative Cloud Desktop options dialog box, select Create a folder for extensions and include the UPIA command-line tool.
Select Next and proceed to complete the package creation procedure. The following folder is created in the package folder:
- macOS: <package name>/Build/<PackageName>_Install.pkg/Contents/Resources/Plugins
- Windows: <package name>\Build\Plugins
- macOS Universal: You may need to create the following folder if it isn't present.
<package name>/Build/<PackageName>_Install.pkg/Contents/Resources/Plugins
Download and place the plugins and extensions to be installed as part of the deployment in the previous folder.
Deploy the package for the users.
