Maven Plugin Plugin Goals dIon Gillard plugin Build and install a plugin plugin:download Download and install plugin from the remote repos. Must provide groupId, artifactId and version variables. You will be prompted for any that are omitted. plugin:download-artifact Download plugin from the remote repos. Must provide groupId, artifactId and version variables. You will be prompted for any that are omitted. plugin:generate-docs Generate navigation, goals and properties docs plugin:generate-goals Generate goals.xml for the plugin plugin:generate-navigation Generate navigation.xml for the plugin plugin:generate-properties Generate properties.xml for the plugin plugin:install Install the plugin in Maven's plugins dir plugin:install-now Install the plugin into the current Maven instance. It is also installed into the user's plugin cache so that it will be available to that user on subsequent Maven invocations. plugin:uninstall Uninstall all versions of the plugin in Maven's plugins dir plugin:uninstall-now Uninstall the plugin from the current Maven instance. It is also uninstalled into the user's plugin cache and the global Maven installation. plugin:test Run a plugin's test project plugin:repository-install Install the current plugin version to the local repository. plugin:repository-install-snapshot Install a snapshot build of the plugin to the local repository. plugin:repository-deploy Deploy the current plugin version to the remote repository. plugin:repository-deploy-snapshot Deploy a snapshot build of the plugin to the remote repository.