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Justin_Taylor
New Participant
September 15, 2026
Question

Automatically Open a Plugin or Auto-load Plugin

  • September 15, 2026
  • 5 replies
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Is there any way to trigger opening a plugin or auto-start a plugin in Figma?

 

For context, we have a project that requires opening, updating, exporting, closing different Figma document automatically. Each time a Figma document is closed the updater plugin is closed. Any time a document is opened, the plugin needs to be manually opened again. So this would break the whole automation.

 

Looks like 3 years ago someone asked this question and the answer was no at the time: 

 

I similarly asked a year ago if auto-start plugins was possible, but at the time they weren’t:

 

Are there any other ways like deeplinks or CLI commands to trigger opening a Figma plugin, or alternatively, any way to keep a plugin open between document open / close states. Ideally with Figma Desktop, but we could work with Figma web as well if it’s possible there.

 

Also, simulating the keyboard shortcut for “Open Last Plugin” isn’t reliable since the user could have opened a different plugin in between.

 

Thanks so much

5 replies

Justin_Taylor
New Participant
September 15, 2026

And on the last note, it turns out “Open Last Plugin” wouldn’t work at all since the last plugin cache is cleared on each document close.

 

Only routes I’m seeing like from this thread are UI menu clicks, only possible on MacOS, and not very ideal or reliable:

https://forum.figma.com/suggest-a-feature-11/run-plugin-without-ui-interaction-27388

Jaycee Lewis
Figmate
Figmate
September 15, 2026

Hey hey ​@Justin_Taylor 👋 It’s a great question. I don’t have an answer and I am happy to dig a bit for us. I’ll add any questions or feedback I get for us here. Have fun building! — Jaycee

Justin_Taylor
New Participant
September 16, 2026

Thank you Jaycee. Here’s another post from a user requesting the same functionality:
 

 

The ability to launch or auto-start plugins without manual intervention for Figma would open the door for a lot of automation possibilities already possible in other apps like Adobe.

Jaycee Lewis
Figmate
Figmate
September 18, 2026

Hey ​@Justin_Taylor 👋 Thanks again. I added this to your existing feedback to the Plugin API team. I don’t have a timeline on any updates, but I’ll update here if I do. Have a great weekend! — Jaycee