---
url: /reference/Interface.PluginMeta.md
---
# Interface: PluginMeta

Descriptive metadata a plugin can expose about itself.

Set it via the [`meta`](Interface.Plugin.md#meta) property of the plugin object.

## Properties

### description?

* **Type**: `string`
* **Optional**

A short, human-readable description of what the plugin does.

***

### packageName?

* **Type**: `string`
* **Optional**

The name of the npm package the plugin ships in, e.g. `@vitejs/plugin-vue`.

***

### version?

* **Type**: `string`
* **Optional**

The version of the npm package the plugin ships in, e.g. `5.0.0`. The
`version` field of that package's `package.json`.