What's the difference between web-plugin and plugin?

[dlehammer]

Hi,

I've been unable to determine the difference between this web-plugin and the plugin based on the available readme and documentation.
There's probably more to it, otherwise there would be no reason to have 2 different plugin-types :)

Ex. can a web-app use a plugin, or only web-plugin ?
How to determine which type to use ?

Best regards

[dlehammer]

I've come across the section Creating and Installing Plugins, that states the following

In Grails 3.0 you should consider whether the plugin you create requires a web environment or whether the plugin can be used with other profiles. If your plugin does not require a web environment then use the "plugin" profile instead of the "web-plugin" profile:

Besides the above vague distinction, another plugin profile is available; rest-api-plugin.
Perhaps those in the know could elaborate on the diffenrence and intended usage of the different plugin profiles?