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title: Employee Center Pro plugins
description: Discover the Employee Center Pro plugins that are included out-of-the-box on a new ServiceNow instance, as well as plugins that are installed when you upgrade to Employee Center Pro.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/ecpro-plugins.html
release: australia
product: Employee Experience Foundation
classification: employee-experience-foundation
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 3
breadcrumb: [Admin configurations, Configuring Employee Center Pro, Employee Center Pro, Unified Employee Experience, Employee Service Management]
---

# Employee Center Pro plugins

Discover the Employee Center Pro plugins that are included out-of-the-box on a new ServiceNow® instance, as well as plugins that are installed when you upgrade to Employee Center Pro.

## Installed with Employee Center Pro

The following dependency plugins are installed with Employee Center Pro.

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Plugin

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Description

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Employee Center \(sn\_ex\_sp\)

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Installs a customizable multi-department portal and framework to help administrators build a self-service portal that provides a great self-service experience for employees.

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Employee Center Pro \(sn\_ex\_sp\_pro\)

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Employee Center Pro extends the standard Employee Center capabilities and provides a platform for employees to communicate and be engaged.[Install Employee Center Pro](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/install-ec-pro.md)

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Enterprise Service Management Integrations Framework \(sn\_hr\_integ\_fw\)

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Enables Employee Center Pro to integrate with third-party systems.[Enterprise Service Management Integrations Framework](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/hr-service-delivery/hr-integrations-framework.md)

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Employee Center Core \(sn\_hr\_sp\)

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Activates a portal framework that allows administrators to build a mobile-friendly self-service experience for users.

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Employee experience taxonomy \(sn\_ect\)

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Provides an employee content taxonomy for multi-department service delivery.

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Employee Experience Foundation \(sn\_ex\_emp\_fd\)

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Contains components such as best practice email layouts that improve employee experiences.

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Content Publishing \(sn\_sd\)

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Use Content Publishing to create different types of information you want to distribute to your employees. [Activate Content Publishing](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/activate-content-delivery-plugin.md)

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Content Experiences \(sn\_ca\)

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Package your content into a campaign using multiple channels to deliver the right message to the right audience at the right time. Requires Content Publishing \(sn\_sd\)

[Activate Content Experiences](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/activate-content-automation-plugin.md)

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</table>To learn about the tables, roles, and widgets installed, see [Components installed with Employee Center Pro]()

## Plugins to extend Employee Center Pro capabilities

The following plugins are available after you install Employee Center Pro. It is not required to install all the plugins, however some plugins depend on other plugins to function.

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Plugin

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Description

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Employee Profile \(sn\_employee\)

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Enhance employee experience with a unified, configurable profile, offering comprehensive work-related information, extensibility across business units, and personalized visibility settings.

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Communities \(com.sn\_communities\)

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The Communities plugin supports [Employee Forums](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/ecpro-employee-forum.md), where employees can connect, engage, and collaborate with each other.Requires Content Publishing \(sn\_sd\) and Content Experiences \(sn\_ca\)

[Activate Communities plugins](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/customer-service-management/activate-communities.md)

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Content Analytics \(sn\_cda\)

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Content Analytics helps you decide when content is stale, needs refreshing, and how engaged your employees are with your communication. Requires Content Publishing \(sn\_sd\) and Content Experiences \(sn\_ca\)

[Activate Content Analytics](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/activate-content-analytics-plugin.md)

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Content Governance \(sn\_cg\)

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Content Governance provides a streamlined way for employees to request content to be created, track the progress, preview the content, and approve it before it is published.Requires Content Publishing \(sn\_sd\) and Content Experiences \(sn\_ca\)

[Activate Content Governance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/ec-install-content-gov.md)

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</table>For more information, see the [Available plugins and applications](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/list-of-plugins.md).