About plugins

[jiangtj]

First, now we have two plugin solutions, which may be confusing to users, or we can change the name of one of them

• https://github.com/theme-next/hexo-theme-next#plugins
• https://github.com/theme-next/awesome-next#plugins

Second, regarding the js or css plugin, I think cdn is very good, and if you need to use it locally, you can set it in cdn, like the following.

1. download https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fancybox/3.5.7/jquery.fancybox.min.js and https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fancybox/3.5.7/jquery.fancybox.min.css to your source/js/ and source/css/.
2. direct reference in configuration

vendors:
  fancybox: /js/jquery.fancybox.min.js
  fancybox_css: /css/jquery.fancybox.min.css

So why use the js or css plugin?

[stevenjoezhang]

We can use bower. Both .bowerrc and bower.json are configured, just need to set the URL of all plugins

Or use git submodule, See also: #663

Ah, bower has been deprecated: https://www.npmjs.com/package/bower

[stevenjoezhang]

Default theme Landscape is using grunt to manage js / css plugins:
https://github.com/hexojs/hexo-theme-landscape/blob/master/Gruntfile.js
Theme NexT is using gulp, but only for lint / test

GitHub

hexojs/hexo-theme-landscape

A brand new default theme for Hexo. Contribute to hexojs/hexo-theme-landscape development by creating an account on GitHub.

Emm, they just give up using grunt: hexojs/hexo-theme-landscape@b7277a4

[stevenjoezhang]

So why use the js or css plugin?

Fixed in #1105

[stevenjoezhang]

Superseded by https://github.com/next-theme/plugins

GitHub

next-theme/plugins

Plugins for Hexo theme NexT. Contribute to next-theme/plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.