Where is Visual Studio 2013 Extensibility VSIX Project Template

Question

Both of these articles talk about how to develop extensions for VS2013, but both presume that you have an extension project type available

• Extending the Visual Studio Environment
• Creating Extensions By Using the VSIX Project Template

As of 11/9/13, there are already 544 extensions for VS2013 in the gallery, so I'm guessing it's possible, but I can't find the template anywhere.

Valor

Answer 1

Found It! You need to download the

Visual Studio 2013 SDK

Once installed, the project template will appear here:

Valor

I had the VS 2013 SDK installed, but still couldn't find it. Turns out I was looking for VSIX Project in the Other Project Types -> Extensibility menu, instead of Visual C# -> Extensibility. Thanks for the screenshot! – Terenceterencio

Oddly for me your link didn't work, I had to use the Canadian version microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=40758 - no idea if that's a temporary glitch... – Benkley

I'm unable to download the VS2013 SDK from above link, I also tried to google around, all URL redirected to MS website with 404. any help? – Keos

The download page is not available any more. Download from this URL - my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?pid=1436 (Required to sign in) or in VS 2013 > Extension, search for SDK and click "download" button on "Visual Studio 2013 SDK" which will redirect you to above page – Baresark

Answer 2

First install the Visual Studio 2013 SDK. It can me easily found on MS.

Hazard

On SO there is no need to duplicate answers. The accepted answer already provides all this information and more. – Valor