# Rails Plugin Question. Help Please..?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-plugin-question-help-please/147469>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 2, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-plugin-question-help-please/147469 "2008-09-02T08:53:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahil)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-plugin-question-help-please/147469/1 "2008-09-02T08:53:51Z")

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Hi,

I am confused a bit with Rails Plugins Procedure.

Here is my confusion…

I am using Netbeans 6.1 and happy with it. In case if i need any good  
plugin,  
then… what should i do…

(1) Install it directly from website and put in vendors/plugins  
directory…

OR

(2) I should copy the plugin (found in Vendors/plugins directory)  
available with few online projects like Insoshi, Chukslist. etc…

Will both the methods work the same way… Or… will there be any  
performance difference, if i copy straight from the website.

Pl. guide me.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahil)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-plugin-question-help-please/147469/2 "2008-09-02T11:53:34Z")

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On 2 Sep 2008, at 07:53, Rahil K. wrote:

> (1) Install it directly from website and put in vendors/plugins  
> directory…
> 
> OR
> 
> (2) I should copy the plugin (found in Vendors/plugins directory)  
> available with few online projects like Insoshi, Chukslist. etc…
> 
> Will both the methods work the same way… Or… will there be any  
> performance difference, if i copy straight from the website.

It doesn’t matter how the plugin ends up in vendor/plugins.

Fred