Custom plugins dev: Add info about building

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 authors = ["Arun Mani J"]
 title = "Build Your Own Quick-Setting or Lock-Screen Widget"
 date = "2024-04-10T08:39:22+02:00"
+lastmod = "2024-04-12T10:04:58+02:00"
 tags = [ "development", "lock-screen", "phosh", "plugins", "quick-settings" ]
 images = ["posts/custom-plugins-dev/custom-plugins.png"]
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@@ -144,6 +145,44 @@ on_clicked (PhoshHeartBeatMonitor *self)
 ```
 
 ## Testing
+### Adding the Plugin to Phosh's Build System
+
+To use the plugin in Phosh, you need to add it to the build system, so it can
+compile, build the resources and do other configurations such that it can be
+loaded by Phosh.
+
+Open
+[`plugins/meson.build`](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phosh/-/blob/main/plugins/meson.build?ref_type=heads)
+and if you scroll below, you will see lines similar to the following.
+
+```meson
+lockscreen_plugins = [
+  'calendar',
+  'emergency-info',
+  'launcher-box',
+  'ticket-box',
+  'upcoming-events',
+]
+
+quick_setting_plugins = [
+  'caffeine-quick-setting',
+  'simple-custom-quick-setting',
+]
+```
+
+Depending upon what your plugin does, add it to any of the two lists. In our
+example, this will be equivalent to the below snippet.
+
+```meson
+quick_setting_plugins = [
+  'caffeine-quick-setting',
+  'simple-custom-quick-setting',
+  'heart-beat-monitor',
+]
+```
+
+Now, the plugin will be built whenever we build Phosh.
+
 ### Standalone Testing
 
 In a standalone testing, you only load the set of extensions. It is useful for a