---
title: "Install the Qikink plugin"
space: "Qikink"
url: "https://docs.bwh.tech/qikink/set-up/install-the-app"
updated: "2026-10-04"
---

Qikink prints your designs and ships them to your shoppers. The Qikink plugin sends your Commera orders to Qikink for you. On this page you add the plugin to your site and check that it shows up in Commera.

:::note[Commera comes first]
The Qikink plugin works inside Commera, so Commera must already be installed on the same site. If it is not, set it up first with the [Commera guide](https://docs.bwh.tech/commera).
:::

Choose the steps for where your site runs: on Frappe Cloud, or on your own server.

## On Frappe Cloud

On Frappe Cloud you add the plugin in two places: first to your bench group, then to your site. You need a site on a private bench group to add an app that is not in the Frappe Cloud marketplace.

1. Open your **Bench Group** dashboard on Frappe Cloud and go to the **Apps** tab.
2. Click **Add App**. Add the plugin from its GitHub address:

   `https://github.com/Rl0007/commera_qikink`

3. Click **Update Available** to start a new deploy. Select your site in the list, then click **Deploy and update**. Wait for the deploy to finish.
4. Open your **Site** dashboard and go to its **Apps** tab.
5. Click **Install App** and select the Qikink plugin (its code name is `commera_qikink`). Wait for the install to finish.

:::tip
The Frappe Cloud guide [Installing an app](https://docs.frappe.io/cloud/installing-an-app) shows the same steps with Frappe Cloud's own screenshots.
:::

## On your own server

If your site runs on your own server, ask the person who looks after it to install the plugin.

:::note[Ask your administrator]
Run these commands in the bench folder. Replace `your.site` with the name of your site.

```bash
cd ~/frappe-bench
bench get-app https://github.com/Rl0007/commera_qikink
bench --site your.site install-app commera_qikink
bench build --app commera_qikink
bench restart
```
:::

## Check that the plugin is installed

1. Open the Commera dashboard: go to your site's address and add `/commera` at the end. If it is already open, reload the page.
2. In the sidebar, look under **Plugins**. You see a new **Qikink** entry.
3. Click **Qikink**. It opens to show two pages: **Dashboard** and **Qikink orders**.

<img src="/files/qikink-01-install-the-app-sidebar-apps-qikink-da8680ff.png" alt="The Commera sidebar with Qikink under Plugins, opened to show Dashboard and Qikink orders" width="230">

The plugin also adds a **Qikink** tab to Commera's settings, under **Installed plugins**. You fill it in on the next page.

Both pages are empty for now. They fill up once you connect your Qikink account, set up your products and your first order goes to Qikink.

**How you know it worked:** **Plugins > Qikink** is in the Commera sidebar, with **Dashboard** and **Qikink orders** under it.

:::caution
If you don't see **Qikink** under **Plugins**, reload the page once more. If it is still missing, check that the install finished on Frappe Cloud, or ask your administrator to run the build and restart steps again.
:::

## Next steps

- [Connect your Qikink account](/qikink/set-up/connect-your-qikink-account)
- [Set up your products](/qikink/set-up/set-up-your-products)