Neo4j Desktop can also be extended with server plugins and extensions. Neo4j Desktop will add all jars in %ProgramFiles%\Neo4j Community\plugins to the classpath, but please note that nested directories for plugins are not supported.
Otherwise server plugins and extensions are subject to the same rules as usual. Please note when configuring server extensions that neo4j.conf for Neo4j Desktop lives in %APPDATA%\Neo4j Community.