fastify-plugin is an official Fastify utility that simplifies plugin creation and management. It ensures that plugins are loaded only once, preventing conflicts and improving performance. By wrapping your Fastify plugins with fastify-plugin, you gain access to features like namespacing and error handling specifically designed for the Fastify ecosystem. This promotes a more modular and maintainable application architecture within Fastify. It ensures the dependencies of your encapsulated plugin are correctly managed, making it a best practice for Fastify plugin development.