Plugins: Autoload plugins in adminer-plugins/

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Adminer
 
-**Adminer** is a full-featured database management tool written in PHP. It consists of a single file ready to deploy
-to the target server. **Adminer Editor** offers data manipulation for end-users.
+**Adminer** is a full-featured database management tool written in PHP.
+It consists of a single file ready to deploy to the target server.
+**Adminer Editor** offers data manipulation for end-users.
 
 https://www.adminer.org/
 
@@ -18,11 +19,32 @@ If downloaded from Git then run: `git submodule update --init`
 - `adminer/index.php` - Run development version of Adminer
 - `editor/index.php` - Run development version of Adminer Editor
 - `editor/example.php` - Example customization
-- `plugins/readme.txt` - Plugins for Adminer and Adminer Editor
-- `adminer/plugin.php` - Plugin demo
 - `adminer/sqlite.php` - Development version of Adminer with SQLite allowed
 - `editor/sqlite.php` - Development version of Editor with SQLite allowed
 - `adminer/designs.php` - Development version of Adminer with `adminer.css` switcher
 - `compile.php` - Create a single file version
 - `lang.php` - Update translations
 - `tests/*.html` - Katalon Recorder test suites
+
+## Plugins
+There are [several plugins](plugins/) distributed with Adminer and there are also many user-contributed plugins linked from https://www.adminer.org/plugins/.
+To use a plugin, simply upload it to `adminer-plugins/` next to `adminer.php`.
+
+```
+- adminer.php
+- adminer-plugins
+    - config.php
+    - dump-xml.php
+    - login-password-less.php
+```
+
+Some plugins require configuration. To use them, you need to create another file in `adminer-plugins/`:
+
+```php
+<?php // config.php
+require_once __DIR__ . "/login-password-less.php";
+
+return array(
+    new AdminerLoginPasswordLess('$2y$07$Czp9G/aLi3AnaUqpvkF05OHO1LMizrAgMLvnaOdvQovHaRv28XDhG'),
+);
+```