Automatically activate parent plugin in Maven

Question

Is it possible to have a plugin defined in the parent POM which is deactivated, and when the child inherits this plugin it gets automatically activated?

Answer 1

I guess you want to configure the plugin in your parent pom, but use it only in the inherited projects. Maven has a section for this - configure your plugins in pluginManagement, but bind them to a phase just when you needed it, e.g. omit the phase tag in pluginManagement, but specify it under in you inherited pom.