As a plugin developer you can use this plugin as dependency of your plugin by adding a dependency tag to your POM.
To add the latest version of this plugin as a maven dependency, use the following:
<dependency> <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>build-history-metrics-plugin</artifactId> <version>165.v1a_db_fb_13a_70e</version> </dependency>