The plugin architecture was introduced with Feng Office 1.4. As of Feng Office 2.1, the plugin framework has become more mature.
To learn what a plugin does and how it is installed, the corresponding wiki page (if one is available) and/or the readme file that should come with every plugin.
Once uploaded (but not necessarily installed or activated), you can check the listing in the Plugin Manager (Feng Office 2.x) Administration → Plugins to find out more about the plugin, for example, a description, author name and website, version, etc.
Note: By default, the plugin manager is not enabled. To enable it, edit FENGOFFICE_ROOT/config/config.php and insert the following:
define('PLUGIN_MANAGER', true);
Always read the plugin documentation and follow the installation instructions.
To install a V2.x+ plugin, the usual method is to upload the plugin, its sub-folders, and files to the plugins folder on your Feng Office Server (for example ftp://mydomain.com/fengoffice/plugins/myplugin). Then launch the plugin manager: Administration→Plugins. Find your new plugin in the list, click 'Install' and then 'Activate'. Refresh your browser window (Ctrl+F5).
If you want to develop your own plugins, see the developer's documentation here