General How do I checkout the source code for all plugins ? svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/trunks maven-1

This will put the whole Maven 1 source distribution, including the core and the plugins-sandbox, into a directory maven-1 (the root directory).

If you want to checkout a particular plugin only, you also need the plugins-parent and plugins-common modules, eg for the xdoc plugin:

svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/plugins/trunk/xdoc/ xdoc svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/plugins/trunk/plugins-parent/ plugins-parent svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/plugins/trunk/plugins-common/ plugins-common
How do I build and install all these plugins from source ?

In the root directory :

maven plugins:install-all
How do I build from source and deploy all these plugins in a remote repository ?

In the root directory :

maven plugins:repository-deploy-all
How do I test all these plugins ?

In the root directory (after they have been installed):

maven plugins:test-all
How do I create the web site root for all plugins ?

In the root directory :

maven plugins:site

The web site will be in the plugins-site/target/docs directory.

How do I create the web site for all plugins and for the root site ?

In the root directory :

maven plugins:build-all-sites

The web site will be in the plugins-site/target/docs directory.

How do I create and deploy the web site for all plugins and for the root site ?

In the root directory :

maven plugins:deploy-all-sites