# PluginManager

Roblox Engine API class from Roblox Studio 0.744.0.7441077 (version-7aaa6838d36c4448).

- Inherits from, nearest first: [Instance](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Instance.md), [Object](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Object.md)
- Tags: Not creatable
- Memory category: Instances
- HTML page: https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/PluginManager/
- Roblox documentation: https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/PluginManager

A deprecated singleton that was previously required to create plugins.

## Methods

### ExportPlace

```luau
PluginManager:ExportPlace(filePath: string? = "")
```

- Tags: Plugin security

Exports the place to an `.obj` file that is saved to the path chosen by the user in a file save dialogue.

Parameters:

- `filePath`: Ignored. A file save dialogue determines the export path.

### ExportSelection

```luau
PluginManager:ExportSelection(filePath: string? = "")
```

- Tags: Plugin security

Exports the current [`Selection`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Selection.md) to an `.obj` file that is saved to the path chosen by the user in a file save dialogue.

Parameters:

- `filePath`: Ignored. A file save dialogue determines the export path.

### CreatePlugin

```luau
PluginManager:CreatePlugin(): Instance
```

- Tags: Deprecated, Custom Lua state, Plugin security

**Deprecated:** The steps to create a plugin have changed. To learn more, see [`Plugin`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Plugin.md).

Creates a new [`Plugin`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Plugin.md) object and returns it.

Returns: The newly created [`Plugin`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Plugin.md).

## Inherited members

- From [Instance](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Instance.md): `Archivable`, `archivable`, `Attributes`, `AttributesReplicate`, `AttributesSerialize`, `HistoryId`, `Name`, `Parent`, `PredictionMode`, `PropertyStatusStudio`, `RobloxLocked`, `SerializedOverrides`, `SourceAssetId`, `Tags`, `UniqueId`, `numExpectedDirectChildren`, `DataCost`, `Capabilities`, `DefinesCapabilities`, `IsInSandbox`, `Sandboxed`, `AddTag`, `ClearAllChildren`, `Clone`, `Destroy`, `FindFirstAncestor`, `FindFirstAncestorOfClass`, `FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA`, `FindFirstChild`, `FindFirstChildOfClass`, `FindFirstChildWhichIsA`, `FindFirstDescendant`, `GetActor`, `GetAttribute`, `GetAttributeChangedSignal`, `GetAttributes`, `GetChildren`, `GetDebugId`, `GetDescendants`, `GetFullName`, `GetStyled`, `GetStyledPropertyChangedSignal`, `GetTags`, `HasTag`, `IsAncestorOf`, `IsDescendantOf`, `IsPropertyModified`, `QueryDescendants`, `RemoveTag`, `ResetPropertyToDefault`, `SetAttribute`, `WaitForChild`, `Remove`, `children`, `clone`, `destroy`, `findFirstChild`, `getChildren`, `isDescendantOf`, `remove`, `AncestryChanged`, `AttributeChanged`, `ChildAdded`, `ChildRemoved`, `DescendantAdded`, `DescendantRemoving`, `Destroying`, `StyledPropertiesChanged`, `childAdded`
- From [Object](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Object.md): `ClassName`, `className`, `GetPropertyChangedSignal`, `IsA`, `isA`, `Changed`