# Automatically load python plugin in paraview 5.6 based application

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/automatically-load-python-plugin-in-paraview-5-6-based-application/6954
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [April 14, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/automatically-load-python-plugin-in-paraview-5-6-based-application/6954 "2021-04-14T15:44:56Z")
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### Author: ![lvauchier](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/lvauchier/32/4809_2.png) [@lvauchier](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lvauchier)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/automatically-load-python-plugin-in-paraview-5-6-based-application/6954/1 "2021-04-14T15:44:56Z")

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Hello,

As part of the development of LidarView (currently based on Paraview 5.6), we would like to integrate new functionnalities to our application via plugins that are implemented in python (using [`VTKPythonAlgorithmBase`](https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/ReferenceManual/pythonProgrammableFilter.html#python-algorithm)

Is there a way to package those plugins with the application and autoload them when running the app?

I’m aware of the `add_paraview_plugin` command in paraview’s cmake but I haven’t been able to make it work with python plugins.

Thanks for you help