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title: "Phaser 3 9-Slice Plugin"
subtitle: "A powerful and easy-to-use new 9-slice plugin for Phaser 3 with docs and examples."
date: 2018-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
category: news
url: https://phaser.io/news/2018/08/phaser-3-9-slice-plugin
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
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# Phaser 3 9-Slice Plugin

*A powerful and easy-to-use new 9-slice plugin for Phaser 3 with docs and examples.*

![image](phaser-3-9-slice-plugin.gif)

jdotrjs has released a powerful 9-Slice Plugin for Phaser 3.

"9-slice scaling is a technique to deform a 2D texture allowing it to be scaled without deforming the corners. Usually this is done to retain the shape or embelishments on the corners."

It's a global plugin, meaning you can easily load it at run-time, or package it into your build process. The code to use it is nice and simple and there are examples provided and extensive docs.

Well worth a look if you wish to use 9-slicing in your game UI!

[Read More](https://github.com/jdotrjs/phaser3-nineslice/)

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