{"id":9620,"date":"2020-06-06T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T15:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=9620"},"modified":"2024-02-22T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T12:05:29","slug":"family-historian-plugins","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/family-historian-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Historian Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plugins allow new features\u00a0 to be added without upgrading Family Historian itself. This video shows the old <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginstore.family-historian.co.uk\/\">Plugin Store<\/a>, but is still helpful.<\/p>\n<p>Some Plugins originate from Calico Pie Limited, but most are written by registered FHUG members. They are free but unsupported, so use them at your own risk, and keep regular backups of your data files in order to recover from any mishaps.<\/p>\n<p>Plugins\u00a0allow users to create scripts written in\u00a0Lua\u00a0to automate many tasks within\u00a0Family Historian\u00a0including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced data analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Creating and updating data.<\/li>\n<li>Importing\/Exporting data from\/to other resources, such as CSV files or genealogy websites.<\/li>\n<li>Data validation and correction (e.g. correct UDF data).<\/li>\n<li>\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Published Plugins are available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginstore.family-historian.co.uk\/\">Family Historian Plugin Store<\/a>. Plugins under development and\/or not yet published can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/forum\/viewforum.php?f=42\">Plugin Technical Support and Development Forum<\/a>. If you need help with writing a Plugin, or would like someone to help you by writing one, just ask in the that forum.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[14,15,739],"skill_level":[18,17,16],"topic":[59,72],"class_list":["post-9620","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v5","fh_version-v6","fh_version-v7","skill_level-advanced","skill_level-intermediate","skill_level-newcomer","topic-plugins","topic-using-plugins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/9620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fh_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fh_version?post=9620"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=9620"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}