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Then from the plugin manager page (`https://etherpad.<your-domain>/admin/plugins` or `https://dimension.<your-domain>/etherpad/admin/plugins`), install the `adminpads2` plugin. Once installed, you should have a "Manage pads" section in the Admin web-UI.
## How to use Etherpad widgets without an Integration Manager (like Dimension)
This is how it works in Element, it might work quite similar with other clients:
To integrate a standalone etherpad in a room, create your pad by visiting `https://etherpad.DOMAIN`. When the pad opens, copy the URL and send a command like this to the room: `/addwidget URL`. You will then find your integrated Etherpad within the right sidebar in the `Widgets` section.
## Set Dimension default to the self-hosted Etherpad (optional)
If you decided to install [Dimension integration manager](configuring-playbook-dimension.md) alongside Etherpad, the Dimension administrator users can configure the default URL template.
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If your Etherpad widget fails to load, this might be due to Dimension generating a Pad name so long, the Etherpad app rejects it.
`$roomId_$padName` can end up being longer than 50 characters. You can avoid having this problem by altering the template so it only contains the three word random identifier `$padName`.
## How to use Etherpad widgets without an Integration Manager (like Dimension)
This is how it works in element, it might work quite similar with other clients:
To integrate a standalone etherpad in a room, create your pad by visiting `https://etherpad.DOMAIN` with your favorite browser and let the magic do the work. When the pad opens, copy the url and send it to the room: `/addwidget <url>`.
You will then find your integrated etherpad within the right sidebar in the `Widgets` section.
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