# Console changes are coming, March 5th **URL:** \ **Category:** UXP Plugin API\ **Tags:** announcements\ **Created:** [February 25, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/console-changes-are-coming-march-5th/668 "2019-02-25T18:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PaoloBiagini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/paolobiagini/32/29_2.png) [@PaoloBiagini](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/PaoloBiagini)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/console-changes-are-coming-march-5th/668/21 "2019-03-09T15:33:44Z")
A question about keywords: do we have to add a word as keyword even if it’s already in the description text or would it be redundant? ---
**Author:** ![pklaschka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/pklaschka/32/3162_2.png) [@pklaschka](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/pklaschka)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/console-changes-are-coming-march-5th/668/22 "2019-03-10T11:52:27Z")
I’ve written a JSON schema making it easier to edit the `manifest.json` files in general and updating plugins to fit the new requirements in particular. You can read more about it [in my forum post](http://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/json-schema-for-manifest-json/698) or directly in the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/pklaschka/xd-manifest-schema)… ---
**Author:** ![ashryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/ashryan/32/1177_2.png) [@ashryan](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/ashryan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/console-changes-are-coming-march-5th/668/23 "2019-03-11T15:59:50Z")
@Velara that hasn’t been required for some time (although its presence doesn’t invalidate your manifest). Since all plugins must have a `main.js` file, it was probably seen as redundant to require stating that in the manifest. I just checked against the Console’s starter project, and my findings: 1. The presence of that field won’t stop your plugin from loading 2. The field’s value is not “configurable” (changing the value to point to another file doesn’t do anything) 3. The starter project includes this field, but it can (and probably should) be omitted Let me know if you’ve seen anything to the contrary. I’ll take this back to the team. Currently, I’m thinking we just need to remove the field from the starter project. ---
**Author:** ![ashryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/ashryan/32/1177_2.png) [@ashryan](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/ashryan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/console-changes-are-coming-march-5th/668/24 "2019-03-11T19:02:34Z")
Do you have a [~~#~~ **XDplugin**](https://twitter.com/hashtag/XDplugin?src=hash) developer tool or sample plugin that you’ve updated to support or reflect the new manifest changes? This includes [XD-Awesome](https://github.com/AdobeXD/xd-awesome) contributors. Feel free to share in a reply to this tweet: > ---
**Author:** ![PaoloBiagini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/paolobiagini/32/29_2.png) [@PaoloBiagini](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/PaoloBiagini)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/console-changes-are-coming-march-5th/668/25 "2019-03-11T20:23:31Z")
@ashryan, my plugins are all up-to-date but unfortunately I haven’t any social account. Anyway, they are all available through XD-Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![PaoloBiagini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/paolobiagini/32/29_2.png) [@PaoloBiagini](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/PaoloBiagini)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/console-changes-are-coming-march-5th/668/26 "2019-03-11T20:25:19Z")
> [@PaoloBiagini](#): > > A question about keywords: > do we have to add a word as keyword even if it’s already in the description text or would it be redundant? @ashryan, any recommendation regarding keywords? ---
**Author:** ![ashryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/ashryan/32/1177_2.png) [@ashryan](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/ashryan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/console-changes-are-coming-march-5th/668/27 "2019-03-12T13:46:11Z")
Not yet. We realize that details and best practices are scarce at the moment. We’re looking into what further guidance we can provide. Thanks for bringing this up! ---
**Author:** ![peterflynn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/peterflynn/32/56_2.png) [@peterflynn](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/peterflynn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/console-changes-are-coming-march-5th/668/28 "2019-03-14T17:38:20Z")
I would certainly hope it’s redundant – I’m pretty sure searching on words that are in the `description` field should continue to work just fine. But I believe one of the issues here is that the Plugin Manager implementation work to actually use the new `keywords` field is not complete yet. We’re hoping to have clearer info soon on _when_ Plugin Manager will begin using this field for search results and how exactly it will work (CC @ashryan, @stevekwak). [Previous page](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/console-changes-are-coming-march-5th/668.md?page=1)