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-Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. The interface is quite flexible, allowing plugins to register [[PreProcessorDirective]]s, hook into [[CGI]] mode, and more. Ikiwiki's backend RCS support is also pluggable, so support for new revision control systems can be added to ikiwiki. 
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 There's documentation if you want to [[write]] your own plugins, or you can install and use plugins contributed by others. 
 
 The ikiwiki package includes some standard plugins that are installed and