Studio plug-in overview

Note

Trados Studio 2026 Release will also support a new plugin system. Check back for details on the new plugin system when it becomes available.

This section describes how to build and deploy third-party plug-ins for Trados Studio. For more information on building specific types of plug-ins, refer to the relevant SDK documentation.

Trados Studio Plug-in Support

The core Trados Studio application uses a modular architecture consisting entirely of plug-ins. These plug-ins are known as system plug-ins. You cannot add system plug-ins to an existing Trados Studio installation, and end-users cannot disable them.

In addition to system plug-ins, Trados Studio supports various types of third-party plug-ins. Third-party developers can build these plug-ins using the Trados Studio SDK and deploy them into an existing Trados Studio installation. This section focuses on third-party plug-in development and deployment.

Since Trados Studio is a Microsoft .NET application, develop third-party plug-ins using Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8. The Trados Studio SDK includes Visual Studio project templates that provide a quick start for creating various types of plug-ins. For more information, see Building a plugin.

Once you build a third-party plug-in, you can easily deploy it for use with Trados Studio. See Plug-in deployment for details on the deployment process.

While the standard project templates included in the Trados Studio SDK allow you to create a basic plug-in package for distribution to end-users, you might need to add additional assemblies or other files to the plug-in package. To do so, edit the pluginpackage.manifest.xml file that resides in the Visual Studio project folder.

For more information on specific types of plug-ins, explore our developer hub.