--- lastModified: 2026-10-16 title: Plugins description: Manage the plugins your store uses, such as gift cards and Wishlist, from their own tabs in Store Operations. seo: description: "Manage the plugins your store uses, such as gift cards and Wishlist, from their own tabs in Store Operations. Workspace → choose a store → Store Operations → Plugins." --- Use Plugins to work in each store plugin's own pages from a tab in Store Operations, next to your orders and products, without signing in to a separate admin. ## Why and when to use Plugins Open Plugins when you need a plugin's own pages: issue a gift card, check what a customer can spend with store credit, or see which products shoppers save to their wishlists. Each plugin that has pages gets its own tab. ## Availability and prerequisites If setup cards appear instead of the admin menu, [complete store setup](/en/guides/store-operations/onboarding-and-general-settings) first, then select **Open Store Operations**. - **Plugins** appears only when your store's backend supports plugin pages. A store on an older backend does not show it. - A plugin gets a tab only when it has pages to manage: - **Gift cards** appears after you turn on **Offer gift cards and store credit** in **Store Operations → Payments**. - **Wishlist** appears after you install it from **Apps → Store plugins**. - Plugins that Runner manages itself, such as **Klaviyo**, show the same controls in their tab as on their card in **Apps → Store plugins**. - Installing a plugin takes a few minutes. Your store is briefly unavailable while its backend restarts, and the plugin's tab appears once its card reads **Installed**. ## Open Plugins **Entry path:** **Workspace → choose a store → Store Operations → Plugins** You can also open a plugin's tab from its **Manage** button in **Apps → Store plugins**, or from **Manage gift cards** and **Manage store credit** in **Store Operations → Payments**. ## Main controls | Control | Why you use it | What happens when selected | | --- | --- | --- | | A plugin tab, such as **Gift cards** or **Wishlist** | Choose a plugin | Opens the plugin's first page. | | A page button under the tabs, such as **Gift Cards**, **Store Credits**, or **Gift Card Products** | Choose one of the plugin's pages | Opens that page. A plugin with only one page shows no page buttons. | | The plugin's own buttons, such as **Create** | Work in the plugin | Opens the plugin's form or detail page inside the same tab. You stay in Store Operations. | | **Product widgets**, with **Search products by title** and **Choose a product** | See what a plugin adds to a product | Shows the plugin's panel for the product you choose, such as how many wishlists include it. | | A link to an order, a customer, a product, or a discount | Open the related record | Opens Runner's own **Orders**, **Customers**, **Products**, or **Discounts** section. | | **Try again** | Load your plugins after a problem | Asks your store again, then opens the plugin page you had chosen. | ### Watch: install a plugin and manage it in Store Operations The recording installs **Wishlist** from **Apps → Store plugins** and, once its card reads **Installed**, selects **Manage** to open its tab under **Plugins**. It shows the prints shoppers save most in **Wishlists**, follows a product link to **Products**, and shows the **Product widgets** count for one print. It does not connect payments or change any plugin settings. ## Manage a plugin 1. Open **Store Operations → Plugins**. 2. Select the plugin's tab. 3. Select the page you need from the buttons under the tabs. 4. Work in the plugin's page. Its forms and detail pages open inside the tab. 5. When the plugin links to an order, a customer, a product, or a discount, select the link to open Runner's section for it. ### Example: issue a gift card In **Gift cards**, select **Gift Cards**, then **Create**. Enter a **Value**, add a **Note** if you want one, and select **Create**. The new gift card opens with its code and value. ## States and messages | What you see | What it means | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | | **Loading your store's plugins…** | Runner is opening your store's plugin pages. | Wait a moment. | | **No plugin installed in this store has admin pages yet.** | None of your store's plugins has pages to manage. | Install a plugin from **Apps → Store plugins**, or turn on gift cards in **Payments**. | | **We couldn't open your store's plugins.** with **Try again** | Your store did not answer, for example while it restarts after a plugin install. | Wait about a minute, then select **Try again**. | | **This page is part of your store's main admin, not this plugin.** with **Go back** | A plugin linked to a page that is not one of its own. | Select **Go back**, then use the matching Store Operations section. | ## Troubleshooting - **Plugins is missing from Store Operations.** Your store's backend does not support plugin pages yet. The section appears after your store backend is updated. - **A plugin you installed has no tab.** The plugin has no pages to manage, or its install is still finishing. Check its card in **Apps → Store plugins**. - **A tab shows an error right after an install.** The install restarts your store backend for about a minute. Wait, then select **Try again**. ## Related guides - [Store Operations](/en/guides/store-operations) - [Customers](/en/guides/store-operations/customers) - [Promotions](/en/guides/store-operations/promotions) - [Connect, manage, and reconnect apps](/en/guides/apps-and-integrations/connect-manage-reconnect)