Plugins

Abstract

In some situations, developers may want to use a Cake application in several other applications. Sometimes another Cake application may be useful in your project but may be difficult to fit in because of its independent structure; controllers, models, and such may conflict with the current project’s namespaces. Plugins are elements that function as mini-applications inside the main Cake application. They include their own models, views, and controllers, and they make it possible to reuse an entire application within other applications.