---
title: Store plugins
description: Store plugins offer alternatives to default Lucene stores. The core store plugins are: 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/plugins/store-plugins
products:
  - Elasticsearch
---

# Store plugins
Store plugins offer alternatives to default Lucene stores.

## Core store plugins

The core store plugins are:
<definitions>
  <definition term="Store SMB">
    The Store SMB plugin works around for a bug in Windows SMB and Java on windows.
  </definition>
</definitions>