# Plugin is not being compiled.

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/plugin-is-not-being-compiled/292623>\
**Category:** Plugins\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Plugins, UE4, CPP, question\
**Created:** [September 1, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/plugin-is-not-being-compiled/292623 "2014-09-01T19:53:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/plugin-is-not-being-compiled/292623/2 "2014-09-01T20:33:11Z")

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Well, I managed to get it to work. It seems BlankPlugin was never meant to be used as it is. You need to create at least a class derived from IModuleInterface that implements (may be empty) StartupModule and ShutdownModule and call IMPLEMENT\_MODULE(FooPlugin, Module) in the .cpp

I followed the Stand Alone Plugin section of:

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I attached a a plugin ready to be used. Just drop it in your plugins folder, rename the files that whatever you want and regenerate the project files (right-click .uproject and click o generae project files)

You should be ready to go.

build plugin

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