Hi Srinivas,
There isn't any other way of registering plug-in then Plug-in registration tool.
In Addition, You can not specify plug-in to run for specific user. However, you can only specify context of user to run plug-in on.
Furthermore, You can get context user detail and check that in your plug-in code to place restriction.
Thanks and regards,
Hiren Solanki.
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