DISCOVER-15-001

plugins/content/foo.php (1.5 layout)

Joomla 1.5 plugin folder / discover install

Discover-install of 1.5 plugin paths was removed in Joomla 4.

plugins/content/foo.php (1.5 layout)plugins/content/foo/foo.php + foo.xml (1.6+ layout)

Dies at Joomla 3 → 4J3: Works nativelyJ4: Removed — fatalJ6: Removed — fatalBC plugin: no — already dead on J4You rewrite thisManifest / installer

What you will see

  • Unable to discover extension

Symptoms people search

discover install finds nothing · 1.5 plugin

Replace this code

Swap plugins/content/foo.php (1.5 layout) for plugins/content/foo/foo.php + foo.xml (1.6+ layout).

Joomla 3

Remove or stop calling this

plugins/system/mysys.php

Joomla 4 / 6

Use this instead

plugins/system/mysys/mysys.php
plugins/system/mysys/mysys.xml

How to fix it

  1. 1Put each plugin in its own folder with XML.
  2. 2Do not zip a single php file at the group root.

Also known as

discover install · 1.5 plugin

There is no 1:1 swap for this one. The architecture changed. If you cannot rewrite it, Infyways can.

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