diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index f9a07f502..b9dd37dc0 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -225,6 +225,19 @@ fn-is-valid-app-name-old() {
   return 1
 }
 
+fn-plugn-trigger-exists() {
+  declare desc="checks if a plugn trigger exists"
+  declare TRIGGER_NAME="$1"
+  local exists
+
+  exists="$("$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/common" --quiet plugn-trigger-exists "$TRIGGER_NAME" || true)"
+  if [[ "$exists" == "true" ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  return 1
+}
+
 is_valid_app_name() {
   declare desc="verify that the app name matches naming restrictions"
   local APP="$1"
diff --git a/plugins/common/src/common/common.go b/plugins/common/src/common/common.go
index 25095fde1..1cd87b13d 100644
--- a/plugins/common/src/common/common.go
+++ b/plugins/common/src/common/common.go
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ func main() {
 			appName = "--global"
 		}
 		fmt.Print(common.GetAppScheduler(appName))
+	case "plugn-trigger-exists":
+		triggerName := flag.Arg(1)
+		if common.PlugnTriggerExists(triggerName) {
+			fmt.Print("true")
+		} else {
+			fmt.Print("false")
+		}
 	case "verify-app-name":
 		appName := flag.Arg(1)
 		err = common.VerifyAppName(appName)