Plugins

Plugins are small task oriented extensions that enhance the Joomla! framework. Some are associated with particular extensions and others, such as editors, are used across all of Joomla!. Most beginning users do not need to change any of the plugins that install with Joomla!. Help

The search component uses plugins to control which parts of your Joomla! site are searched. You may choose to turn off some areas to improve performance or for other reasons. Many third party Joomla! extensions have search plugins that extend where search takes place.

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Content Help
Contacts Help
Weblinks Help
News Feeds Help
Categories Help

System plugins operate every time a page on your site loads. They control such things as your URLS, whether users can check a "remember me" box on the login module, and whether caching is enabled. New in 1.6 is the redirect plugin that with the redirect component assist you in managing changes in URLs.

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Remember me Help
SEF Help
Debug Help

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Cache Help
Log Help
Redirect Help

The authentication plugins operate when users login to your site or administrator. The Joomla! authentication is in operation by default but you can enable Gmail or LDAP or install a plugin for a different system. An example is included that may be used to create a new authentication plugin.

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Joomla

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Gmail
LDAP

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Joomla Help

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Two new plugins are available in 1.6 but are disabled by default.

Contact Creator Help
Creates a new linked contact record for each new user created.
Profile Help
This example profile plugin allows you to insert additional fields into user registration and profile display. This is intended as an example of the types of extensions to the profile you might want to create.

Editors are used thoughout Joomla! where content is created. TinyMCE is the default choice in most locations although CodeMirror is used in the template manager. No Editor provides a text box for html content.

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CodeMirror Help
TinyMCE Help
No Editor Help

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These plugins are behind the buttons found beneath your editor. They only run when an editor plugin runs.

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Editor Button: Image
Editor Button: Readmore
Editor Button: Page Break
Editor Button: Article

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Content plugins run when specific kinds of pages are loaded. They do things ranging from protecting email addresses from harvesters to creating page breaks.

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