A Hudson plugin may be installed via the Internet or via a Hudson Plugin Interface (HPI) file.
On the Hudson home page, click on the Manage Hudson link. On the Manage Hudson page, click on the Manage Plugins link. This will bring you to the Hudson Plugin Manager page, which is shown in the following screenshot:
There are four tabs on the Hudson Plugin Manager page:
Updates: This tab will contain those installed plugins that have updates available.
Available: This tab has five sections, namely, Compatibility, Featured, Recommended, Others, and Search.
Plugins in the Compatibility section are recommended to ensure that Hudson works well with the other plugins.
Plugins in the Featured section are developed and maintained by the Hudson core team, and they are tested and certified by the Hudson QA team.
Plugins in the Recommended section are actively maintained by the Hudson community developers, and they are tested and certified by the Hudson QA team.
Plugins in the Others section...