How do I access FPluginDescriptor from within the plugin?

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Is there a clean way to access my plugin’s metadata (version, description, support URL, etc.) from within the plugin itself?

I can probably use FPluginDescriptor::Load() and give it the uplugin file, but that feels hacky.

Can I get an IPlugin somehow and use IPlugin::GetDescriptor()?

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From IPluginManager

In such of cases look for module main class, it usually got some entry functions and has singleton (Get() static function) which you cna access from anywhere

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Thank you! That pointed me in the right direction.

If anyone needs to do this, I did something like this:

FString  pluginVersion()
{
   auto  &manager = IPluginManager::Get();
   auto  plugin = manager.FindPlugin( "<plugin name>" );

   if ( !plugin.IsValid() )
   {
	  // log error
	  return {};
   }

   return plugin->GetDescriptor().VersionName;
}

Works great.

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