•Plug-ins are more advanced extensions and are in essence event handlers.
•In the execution of any part of Joomla, be it the core, a module or a component, an event can be triggered. When an event is triggered, plug-ins that are registered
with the application to handle that
event execute.
•Plug-ins were also
known as mambots.
•Example – Video code
handler.
•For example:
content.searchbot, tinymce
–Admin head menu > “Extensions” > “Plug-ins Manager”