Gatsby launched a Plugin Library to address user pain points identified through UX research, focusing on improving plugin discoverability and authoring. Conducted between October 2017 and February 2018, over 60 interviews revealed that users struggled with finding, understanding, and creating plugins. An empathy map helped visualize these challenges, highlighting the need for a user-friendly platform that allows users to find relevant plugins, learn plugin creation, preview functionalities, and share plugins with others. By analyzing popular plugin libraries like those of VIM and WordPress, Gatsby incorporated features like browsing without excessive clicks, refined search capabilities, and plugin ranking based on metrics, while avoiding issues such as poor information hierarchy and limited filters. The Gatsby Plugin Library aims to accelerate the ecosystem's growth by encouraging users to contribute to and create new plugins, with future plans to develop a Gatsby site showcase as part of ongoing UX projects.