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+---
+'@backstage/frontend-plugin-api': patch
+---
+
+Deprecate the `id` in `createFrontendPlugin` in favour of `pluginId` to match the same as the backend.
+
+```ts
+const myPlugin = createFrontendPlugin({
+  pluginId: 'my-plugin',
+  extensions: [
+    ...
+  ]
+});
+```