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# WebContentFilterPlugin

The declaration to configure a WebContent Filter that uses a plugin.

```
object WebContentFilterPlugin
```

## Discussion

Specify `com.apple.configuration.webcontent-filter.plugin` as the declaration type.

### Configuration availability

|||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|Allowed in supervised enrollment|iOS, macOS, Shared iPad, visionOS             |
|Allowed in device enrollment    |iOS, Shared iPad, visionOS                    |
|Allowed in user enrollment      |iOS, Shared iPad, visionOS                    |
|Allowed in local enrollment     |iOS, macOS, Shared iPad, visionOS             |
|Allowed in system scope         |iOS, macOS, Shared iPad, visionOS             |
|Allowed in user scope           |N/A                                           |
|Apply                           |Multiple configurations are applied separately|

### Configuration example

This configuration sets up a web content filter using a Network Extension plugin bundle.

```json
{
    "Type": "com.apple.configuration.webcontent-filter.plugin",
    "Identifier": "EB13EE2B-5D63-4EBA-810F-5B81D07F5017",
    "ServerToken": "E180CA9A-F089-4FA3-BBDF-94CC159C4AE8",
    "Payload": {
        "VisibleName": "Content Filter",
        "PluginBundleID": "com.example.contentfilter",
        "ServerAddress": "filter.example.com",
        "ContentFilterUUID": "A1B2C3D4-E5F6-7890-ABCD-EF1234567890"
    }
}
```

## Topics

### Objects

[`WebContentFilterPluginAuthenticationObject`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/WebContentFilterPluginAuthenticationObject)

Settings that control authentication.

[`WebContentFilterPluginFilterObject`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/WebContentFilterPluginFilterObject)

Settings that control authentication.

[`WebContentFilterPluginVendorConfigObject`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/WebContentFilterPluginVendorConfigObject)

The custom dictionary that the filtering service plug-in needs.


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