This feature is supported in Ultimate edition only.
You can extend the functionality of your Grails application with the Grails plugins downloaded from the
Grails repository. Once downloaded, the plugins reside under the plugins
directory of your Grails application. Each plugin has the same directory structure as the entire Grails
application. The source directories of the installed plugins are included in the source routes and are
marked in the module tree view with the 
icon.
For the sake of better communication with the Grails repository, IntelliJ IDEA provides the plugin manager that enables viewing, installing and uninstalling plugins.
The first communication with the Grails repository from a Grails application can take time.
For Grails versions 2.3.0 and later, refer to the Grails documentation
.
- On the main menu choose .
- On the context menu of the Project view, choose .
- Open the Grails plugin manager, click the refresh button
if necessary, and view the list of plugins in the Grails plugins dialog box:
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You can also view the list of plugins by running the list-plugins Grails
target. To do that, press Ctrl+Alt+G, and type
list-plugins in the Run Grails Target dialog box.
- Open the Grails plugin manager. In the Enable column, select the check boxes of the plugins to be installed, and clear the check boxes of the plugins to be uninstalled. Then click Apply Changes.
- In the Install/Uninstall Grails plugins dialog box, review the list of plugins.
If necessary, select the plugin version. Click OK.
Click thumbnail to view larger image.You can also install plugins using the
install-pluginGrails target. To do that, press Ctrl+Alt+G, and in the Run Grails Target dialog box typeinstall-plugin <plugin name>.