Web/API/Plugin

The Plugin interface provides information about a browser plugin.

Note: Own properties of Plugin objects are no longer enumerable in the latest browser versions.

Properties

Plugin.description Read only

A human readable description of the plugin.

Plugin.filename Read only

The filename of the plugin file.

Plugin.name Read only

The name of the plugin.

Plugin.version Read only

The plugin's version number string.

Methods

Plugin.item

Returns the MIME type of a supported content type, given the index number into a list of supported types.

Plugin.namedItem

Returns the MIME type of a supported item.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'Plugin' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
Plugin	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
description	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
filename	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
item	Chrome Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Starting with version 59, method parameters are required instead of optional.	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Starting with version 59, method parameters are required instead of optional.	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Starting with version 59, method parameters are required instead of optional.	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Starting with Samsung Internet 7.0, method parameters are required instead of optional.
name	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
namedItem	Chrome Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Starting with version 59, method parameters are required instead of optional.	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Starting with version 59, method parameters are required instead of optional.	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Starting with version 59, method parameters are required instead of optional.	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Starting with Samsung Internet 7.0, method parameters are required instead of optional.
version	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox ?	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support  

Full support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

Plugin by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.