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# API Explainer Plugin
Explore how YayMail API works through our explainer mini-plugin
Welcome to the official documentation for the **YayMail Integration Demo** mini-plugin. It explains the purpose of the API and how this demo plugin illustrates the API's capabilities.
You can download it here:
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This mini-plugin demonstrates that developers can extend **YayMail** using the newly introduced **YayMail API** to:
* Add **custom email templates**.
* Register **custom elements** inside YayMail builder.
* Register **custom shortcodes** for use inside email designs.
Once installed, you will see a new email template, a new element and a new shortcode.
New custom email template
New element within a Demo group
New custom shortcode used inside YayMail's element
To dive into the setup, structure, and how you can modify or build upon this API for your own projects, please see the next pages.
