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Enable plugins to define user preferences

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@ -99,22 +99,23 @@ NetBox looks for the `config` variable within a plugin's `__init__.py` to load i
#### PluginConfig Attributes
| Name | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| `name` | Raw plugin name; same as the plugin's source directory |
| `verbose_name` | Human-friendly name for the plugin |
| `version` | Current release ([semantic versioning](https://semver.org/) is encouraged) |
| `description` | Brief description of the plugin's purpose |
| `author` | Name of plugin's author |
| `author_email` | Author's public email address |
| `base_url` | Base path to use for plugin URLs (optional). If not specified, the project's `name` will be used. |
| `required_settings` | A list of any configuration parameters that **must** be defined by the user |
| `default_settings` | A dictionary of configuration parameters and their default values |
| `min_version` | Minimum version of NetBox with which the plugin is compatible |
| `max_version` | Maximum version of NetBox with which the plugin is compatible |
| `middleware` | A list of middleware classes to append after NetBox's build-in middleware |
| `template_extensions` | The dotted path to the list of template extension classes (default: `template_content.template_extensions`) |
| `menu_items` | The dotted path to the list of menu items provided by the plugin (default: `navigation.menu_items`) |
| Name | Description |
| ---- |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `name` | Raw plugin name; same as the plugin's source directory |
| `verbose_name` | Human-friendly name for the plugin |
| `version` | Current release ([semantic versioning](https://semver.org/) is encouraged) |
| `description` | Brief description of the plugin's purpose |
| `author` | Name of plugin's author |
| `author_email` | Author's public email address |
| `base_url` | Base path to use for plugin URLs (optional). If not specified, the project's `name` will be used. |
| `required_settings` | A list of any configuration parameters that **must** be defined by the user |
| `default_settings` | A dictionary of configuration parameters and their default values |
| `min_version` | Minimum version of NetBox with which the plugin is compatible |
| `max_version` | Maximum version of NetBox with which the plugin is compatible |
| `middleware` | A list of middleware classes to append after NetBox's build-in middleware |
| `template_extensions` | The dotted path to the list of template extension classes (default: `template_content.template_extensions`) |
| `menu_items` | The dotted path to the list of menu items provided by the plugin (default: `navigation.menu_items`) |
| `user_preferences` | The dotted path to the dictionary mapping of user preferences defined by the plugin (default: `preferences.preferences`) |
All required settings must be configured by the user. If a configuration parameter is listed in both `required_settings` and `default_settings`, the default setting will be ignored.