Setup a Gatsby Project to Use Recipes

Create a Custom Gatsbyjs Recipe for Installing NPM Packages

Add a Gatsby Plugin using a Gatsbyjs Recipe

Add Files using a Gatsby Recipe

Getting Started with Gatsbyjs recipes

In [Create a Custom Gatsbyjs Recipe for Installing NPM Packages](https://egghead.io/lessons/gatsby-install-an-npm-package-using-a-gatsbyjs-recipe?pl=getting-started-with-gatsbyjs-recipes-c79a) you learned how to write a Gatsby Recipe to install an NPM Package. For gatsby plugins and themes, there is a config step as well.

In this lesson we will create a new step within a recipe that will install the `gatsby-plugin-postcss` package and configure it within `gatsby-config.js` using the `GatsbyPlugin` component. NOTE: Options support for [configuring plugins](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/blob/master/packages/gatsby-recipes/README.md#recipe-api) coming soon.

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Khaled Garbaya: [0:00] To add a Gatsby plugin, let's first create a new [inaudible] . Here we'll add a description. Let's install the NPMPackage over the plugin. Next, let's use the GatsbyPlugin component to configure Gatsby to use that plugin. We will give it a name. The name will be gatsby-plugin-postcss. Let's hit Save and run our recipe again.

[0:28] First step is installing Tailwind CSS. The second step is adding this gatsby-plugin-postcss. Now that's done, if we go to our gatsby-config.js, all the way down, you can see here we added that plugin. It's also installed as a dependency right here.

[1:03] In review, to add a GatsbyPlugin through recipe, you need to install it using the NPMPackage component, and then use the GatsbyPlugin component to add that to the Gatsby config.

Add a Gatsby Plugin using a Gatsbyjs Recipe

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