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▐ A curated list of awesome Payload resources for users and developers.

 (https://payloadcms.com/)



Payload is natively integrated with Next.js and is installed directly into your Next.js app.


Contents

- Official (#official)
- Education (#education)
- Templates (#templates)
- Plugins (#plugins)
- Miscellaneous (#miscellaneous)

Official

Official resources.

- GitHub (https://github.com/payloadcms/payload) - Official GitHub repository of the Payload framework.
- Blog (https://payloadcms.com/blog) - Official blog. Announcements.
- Payload Guides & Tutorials (https://payloadcms.com/posts/guides) - High-quality guides and articles.
- YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@payloadcms) - Official YouTube channel with learning materials.
- Discord (https://discord.gg/payload) - Official Discord. Community chat and support.
- X (Twitter) (https://twitter.com/payloadcms) - Official X account. Payload news and announcements.
- Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/PayloadCMS/) - Discuss and share anything Payload related on Reddit.

Education

Learning resources in various formats.

YouTube channels

- Aaron Saunders (https://www.youtube.com/@AaronSaundersCI) - Payload videos related to integrations and custom components.
- All About Payload (https://www.youtube.com/@AllAboutPayload) - Tutorials, tips and tricks.
- Danail Minchev (https://www.youtube.com/@DanailMinchev) - Practical Payload tutorials.
- Learn Payload with Colyn (https://www.youtube.com/@LearnPayload) - Payload series.
- NLV Codes (https://www.youtube.com/@nlv_codes) - Channel dedicated to Payload, starting with beginner lessons.
- Sam Thoyre (https://www.youtube.com/@SamThoyre) - Full courses related to Payload.
- Studio Monty (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIJRgfRYHSU&list=PLmIBeoKTwgwlVxmmzU3L03v4Iq2mZ_tcR) - Custom components for Payload and useful tips.

Examples

- Official examples (https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/tree/main/examples) - Examples from the official repository.
- Payload website (https://github.com/payloadcms/website) - This is the repository for Payload's official website. It was built completely in public using Payload itself.
- DanailMinchev / payload-clerk-example (https://github.com/DanailMinchev/payload-clerk-example) - Payload and Clerk example.
  - Payload and Clerk example (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PNGNqqFlu0) - Part 1. Role-based access control and custom components.
  - Payload and Clerk advanced integration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egKaeOuddFA) - Part 2. Advanced integration with Clerk webhooks and custom components tested with Playwright.

Blogs

- Adrian Maj (https://adrianmaj.com/en/blog) - Practical guides for Payload.

Articles

- The Listener Pattern in Payload (https://thelastcode.substack.com/p/the-listener-pattern-in-payloadcms) - Using React principles to create useful behavior for your Payload admin panel.
- Payload: 2FA Implementation (https://zarif.dev/blogs/payload-cms-2fa-implementation) - Two-factor authentication (2FA) for Payload.
- Creating a Color Picker (https://medium.com/@mleg1234/creating-a-color-picker-for-payload-cmss-rich-text-editor-lexical-a2ec3528669c) - How to create a custom color picker for Payload's rich-text editor (Lexical).

Templates

Begin your next project by starting with a pre-made template. These are production-ready, end-to-end solutions.

- Official templates (https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/tree/main/templates) - Templates from the official repository.
- ShopNex (https://github.com/shopnex-ai/shopnex) - An open-source Shopify alternative built with Payload.

Plugins

List of interesting community plugins.

- r1tsuu / payload-enchants (https://github.com/r1tsuu/payload-enchants) - A collection of enhancement packages for Payload.
- authsmith / payload-auth-plugin (https://github.com/authsmith/payload-auth-plugin) - This plugin extends the Payload authentication process and implements OAuth- and Passkey-based authentication features.
- payload-auth / payload-auth (https://github.com/payload-auth/payload-auth) - A monorepo for integrating Payload with various authentication providers.
- CrawlerCode / payload-authjs (https://github.com/CrawlerCode/payload-authjs) - A Payload plugin for Auth.js.
- ashbuilds / payload-ai (https://github.com/ashbuilds/payload-ai) - The Payload AI Plugin is a powerful extension, integrating advanced AI capabilities to enhance content creation and management.
- elliott-w / imageAspectRatios.ts (https://gist.github.com/elliott-w/19676d9373d79ee20b9195601dc45808) - Payload image aspect ratios plugin.
- AdrianMaj / payload-lexical-typography (https://github.com/AdrianMaj/payload-lexical-typography) - Payload plugin for extending lexical typography options (Text color, Font size, Letter spacing, Line height, Font Family etc.)
- rilrom / payload-bites (https://github.com/rilrom/payload-bites) - Collection of various bite-sized Payload v3 plugins including image-search, fullscreen-editor, audit-fields, soft-delete and activity-log.

Miscellaneous

Other resources.

- withPayload (https://withpayload.com/) - Discover starter kits, plugins, and other useful resources.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines (contributing.md) first.

payload Github: https://github.com/DanailMinchev/awesome-payload