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▐ A community-curated list of _awesome_ Plone add-ons.


Plone (https://plone.org) is a open source CMS written in Python with a focus on functionality, customizability and security out of the box.

There are over 3000 add-ons for Plone on pypi (https://pypi.org/search/?q=&o=&c=Framework+%3A%3A+Plone) and over 1500 repositories in the collective (https://github.com/collective/). If you want to know if there is already a add-on for 
Plone that fits your needs, searching for it on GitHub or pypi can be hard. It's hard to understand which one could be a good solution or not.

This list is intended to fill that gap, and create a shared knowledge about common products and techniques.

For a filterable list of addons aggreating all Plone related packages from PyPi see https://pag.derico.tech.

This list only covers add-ons that work with the latest major versions of Plone (currently 5.2 and 6) and only those that support Python 3.

Plone 6 comes with a new default frontend called Volto, which is written in React and uses plone.restapi to communicate with Plone. Volto is very extendable in itself. Checkout the awesome-volto list 
(https://github.com/collective/awesome-volto) for add-ons to Volto.


Contents

⟡ Content and utilities for content (#content-and-utilities-for-content)
⟡ Searching and Categorizing (#searching-and-categorizing)
⟡ Layout (#layout)
⟡ Tiles (#tiles)
⟡ Events (#events)
⟡ Forms (#forms)
⟡ Multilingual (#multilingual)
⟡ Media (#media)
⟡ Security (#security)
⟡ SEO (#seo)
⟡ Authentication (#authentication)
⟡ Shop (#shop)
⟡ Export, Import and Migrations (#export-import-and-migrations)
⟡ Themes (#themes)
⟡ Develop (#develop)
⟡ Sysadmin (#sysadmin)
⟡ Finding more add-ons (#finding-more-add-ons)
⟡ Official resources (#official-resources)

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Content and utilities for content

_Add-ons that provide content-types or additional functionality for content_

⟡ collective.a11ycheck (https://github.com/collective/collective.a11ycheck) - Reports accessibility issues to your site editors when a page is saved.
⟡ collective.bbcodesnippets (https://github.com/collective/collective.bbcodesnippets) - Provides generic and extensible BBCode markup integration for Plone.
⟡ collective.consent (https://github.com/collective/collective.consent) - Ask users for consent to different topics, before they can continue.
⟡ collective.dexteritytextindexer (https://github.com/collective/collective.dexteritytextindexer) - Dynamic SearchableText index for dexterity content types. For Plone 6 this was merged into Plone core.
⟡ collective.documentgenerator (https://github.com/collective/collective.documentgenerator) - Generate Documents (.odt, .pdf, .doc) from content based on appy framework (https://appyframe.work/) and OpenOffice/LibreOffice.
⟡ collective.documentviewer (https://github.com/collective/collective.documentviewer) - Very nice document viewer that integrates DocumentCloud viewer and PDF processing into Plone.
⟡ collective.easyformplugin.createdx (https://github.com/collective/collective.easyformplugin.createdx) - Creates Plone content objects from EasyForm submissions.
⟡ collective.embeddedpage (https://github.com/collective/collective.embeddedpage) - A content type to embed remote HTML pages in Plone Classic and Volto.
⟡ collective.folderishtraverse (https://github.com/collective/collective.folderishtraverse) - Traverse to first item in folder.
⟡ collective.folderishtypes (https://github.com/collective/collective.folderishtypes) - Provides the types "Folderish Event", "Folderish News Item" and "Folderish Document" as replacements for default types. Those types are able to hold
any other content, like a Folder.
⟡ collective.geolocationbehavior (https://github.com/collective/collective.geolocationbehavior) - Geotagging for Plone content using LeafletJS.
⟡ collective.glossary (https://github.com/collective/collective.glossary) - Content type to define a glossary and its terms.
⟡ collective.immediatecreate (https://github.com/collective/collective.immediatecreate) - Create content immediatly and skip the add form.
⟡ collective.lineage (https://github.com/collective/collective.lineage) - Subsites: Turns subfolders of a Plone site to appear as autonomous Plone sites. There is also a whole ecosystem off addons specific to subsites.
⟡ collective.mailchimp (https://github.com/collective/collective.mailchimp) - MailChimp newsletter integration for Plone.
⟡ collective.mirror (https://github.com/collective/collective.mirror) - A content type that mirrors the content of any other container.
⟡ collective.mustread (https://github.com/collective/collective.mustread) - Tracking user views on content that are marked as must-read.
⟡ collective.remoteproxy (https://github.com/collective/collective.remoteproxy) - Proxy for remote content. All remote URLs for which a local proxy was created are replaced in the resulting content.
⟡ collective.restrictportlets (https://github.com/collective/collective.restrictportlets) - Allows you to restrict the available portlets that non-Managers can add.
⟡ collective.richdescription (https://github.com/collective/collective.richdescription) - Formatable description field for Plone.
⟡ collective.workspace (https://github.com/collective/collective.workspace) - Easily manage 'membership' in specific areas of a Plone Site. It allows to grant people access to areas of content using a membership group rather than local 
roles for each user, and to delegate control over that group to people who don't have access to the site-wide user/group control panel.
⟡ dexterity.membrane (https://github.com/collective/dexterity.membrane) - Enables content to be used as users and groups in Plone sites.
⟡ plone.pdfexport (https://github.com/plone/plone.pdfexport) - Generic PDF export functionality for Plone content.
⟡ Products.EasyNewsletter (https://github.com/collective/Products.EasyNewsletter) - Powerful newsletter/mailing product for Plone.
⟡ zopyx.ipsumplone (https://github.com/zopyx/zopyx.ipsumplone) - Creates demo content and demo images for Plone.


Searching and Categorizing

⟡ cioppino.twothumbs (https://github.com/collective/cioppino.twothumbs) - Rate content using up- and down-thumbs.
⟡ collective.bookmarks (https://github.com/collective/collective.bookmarks) - Bookmarks/ favorites/ wish-list for Plone.
⟡ collective.collectionfilter (https://github.com/collective/collective.collectionfilter) - Faceted navigation filter for collection or contentlisting tiles.
⟡ collective.elasticsearch (https://github.com/collective/collective.elasticsearch) - Use ElasticSearch as the search backend for Plone.
⟡ collective.elastic.plone (https://github.com/collective/collective.elastic.plone) - ElasticSearch Integration for Plone content.
⟡ collective.searchandreplace (https://github.com/collective/collective.searchandreplace) - Find and replace text in Plone content objects.
⟡ collective.solr (https://github.com/collective/collective.solr) - Solr search engine integration for Plone.
⟡ collective.taxonomy (https://github.com/collective/collective.taxonomy) - Create, edit and use hierarchical taxonomies to categorize content.
⟡ eea.facetednavigation (https://github.com/collective/eea.facetednavigation) - Very powerful interface to improve search without programming skills. Configuration is done through-the-web and lets you gradually select and explore 
different facets (metadata/properties) of the content and narrow down you search quickly and dynamically.
⟡ Products.PloneKeywordManager (https://github.com/collective/Products.PloneKeywordManager) - Change, merge and delete keywords/tags/subjects).
⟡ zopyx.typesense (https://github.com/zopyx/zopyx.typesense) - Plone integration with the external Typesense search server (open-source). This is an alternative to collective.solr or Elasticsearch.


Layout

_Products and resources that help developers and users to create and manage site layouts._

⟡ plone.app.mosaic (https://github.com/plone/plone.app.mosaic) - Powerful and extendable editor that allows users to compose the content of a page with different tiles.
⟡ collective.cover
 (https://github.com/collective/collective.cover) - Cover allows the creation of elaborate covers built around a drag-and-drop interface. Uses the same blocks/tiles ecosystem as plone.app.mosaic but a different approach to editing.
⟡ collective.contentsections (https://github.com/collective/collective.contentsections) - Offers a block approach for Plone 6 Classic based entirely on Dexterity content types.


Tiles

_Add-ons that extend the layout editor plone.app.mosaic._

⟡ plone.app.standardtiles (https://github.com/plone/plone.app.standardtiles) - A set of standard tiles used by Mosaic, but can be used from any other tile manager.
⟡ collective.tiles.carousel (https://github.com/collective/collective.tiles.carousel) - A slider tile for plone.app.mosaic based on the carousel component of Bootstrap 5.
⟡ collective.tiles.advancedstatic
 (https://github.com/collective/collective.tiles.advancedstatic) - A tile that shows html text (similar to the static text portlet), with some additional configuration like the possibility to add custom css classes.
⟡ collective.tiles.collection (https://github.com/collective/collective.tiles.collection) - A tile that shows a set of collection results with possibility to choose (and develop) custom layouts.


Events

_Add-ons that handle events and calendars._

⟡ collective.easyformplugin.registration (https://github.com/collective/collective.easyformplugin.registration) - Add a behavior to collective.easyform to manage registration forms for events.
⟡ collective.fullcalendar (https://github.com/collective/collective.fullcalendar) - Display events in a nice calendar UI using https://fullcalendar.io.
⟡ collective.venue (https://github.com/collective/collective.venue) - Venue type with geolocation support for use with events or any other location specific content.


Forms

_Add-ons that allow generating and using forms._

⟡ collective.easyform (https://github.com/collective/collective.easyform) - EasyForm provides a Plone form builder through-the-web using fields, widgets, actions and validators. Form input can be saved or emailed. A simple and 
user-friendly interface allows non-programmers to create custom forms.
⟡ collective.fieldedit (https://github.com/collective/collective.fieldedit) - A flexible form to edit selected fields of a content type.
⟡ collective.honeypot (https://github.com/collective/collective.honeypot) - Honeypot protection for forms.
⟡ collective.z3cform.datagridfield (https://github.com/collective/collective.z3cform.datagridfield) - A field with a datagrid (table), where each row is a sub form.
⟡ collective.z3cform.norobots (https://github.com/collective/collective.z3cform.norobots) - A "human" captcha widget based on a list of questions/answers.
⟡ plone.formwidgets.hcaptcha (https://github.com/plone/plone.formwidget.hcaptcha) - HCaptcha widget to protect Plone from bots, spam, and other forms of automated abuse.
⟡ yafowil.plone (https://github.com/bluedynamics/yafowil.plone) - Yafowil is a form library for Python. This is its Plone Integration package.


Multilingual

_Add-ons to help manage multilingual sites._

⟡ collective.linguatags (https://github.com/collective/collective.linguatags) - Multilingual Tags for Plone.
⟡ plone.app.multilingualindexes (https://github.com/plone/plone.app.multilingualindexes) - Indexes optimized to query multilingual content made with plone.app.multilingual.


Media

_Add-ons that handle image, video and audio content._

⟡ collective.autoscaling (https://github.com/collective/collective.autoscaling) - Automatic scaling of large images. Useful to reduce your database size when editors upload too large images.
⟡ collective.behavior.banner (https://github.com/collective/collective.behavior.banner) - A behavior to create banners and sliders from banners.
⟡ collective.lazysizes (https://github.com/collective/collective.lazysizes) - Integration of lazysizes, a lightweight lazy loader, into Plone.
⟡ collective.wavesurfer (https://github.com/collective/collective.wavesurfer) - Implementation of https://wavesurfer-js.org audio player for Plone.
⟡ plone.app.imagecropping (https://github.com/collective/plone.app.imagecropping) - Crops Images in Plone manually using cropper JS library.
⟡ plone.gallery (https://github.com/plone/plone.gallery) - Photo gallery view for Plone.
⟡ redturtle.gallery (https://github.com/RedTurtle/redturtle.gallery) - Adds a gallery view with a carousel made with slick.
⟡ wildcard.media (https://github.com/collective/wildcard.media) - Provides audio and video content types and behaviors.


Security

⟡ collective.explicitacquisition (https://github.com/collective/collective.explicitacquisition) - Disallow access to acquired content outside the current path.
⟡ collective.geotransform (https://github.com/collective/collective.geotransform) - Graceful E-mail Obfuscation for Plone.

SEO

_Add-ons for search engine optimization._

⟡ bda.plone.gtm (https://github.com/bluedynamics/bda.plone.gtm) - Google Tag Manager Integration.
⟡ collective.behavior.seo (https://github.com/collective/collective.behavior.seo) - Adds extra fields used for SEO optimisation.
⟡ collective.splitsitemap (https://github.com/collective/collective.splitsitemap) - Provides a cached split sitemap on big public sites.

Authentication

_A list of authentication plugins, to integrate Plone with external user , Importsources and Migrations.import_

⟡ pas.plugins.ldap (https://github.com/collective/pas.plugins.ldap) - Provides users and groups from a LDAP directory.
⟡ pas.plugins.authomatic (https://github.com/collective/pas.plugins.authomatic) - Authomatic OAuth1/OAuth2/OpenID Login Integration with Plone.
⟡ iw.rejectanonymous (https://github.com/collective/iw.rejectanonymous) - Reject unconditionnally anonymous users from a Plone site, without any change in your security policy matrix or workflows. The basic use case is an extranet, 
where all visitors must be authenticated.
⟡ pas.plugins.headers (https://github.com/collective/pas.plugins.headers) - Reads request headers and uses them for authentication. Think SAML headers that are set by a front web server like Apache or nginx.
⟡ dm.zope.saml2 (https://pypi.org/project/dm.zope.saml2/) - Supports SAML2 based Single Sign-On.
⟡ collective.impersonate (https://github.com/collective/collective.impersonate) - Allow administrators to impersonate another user. Useful for verifying workflow/permission set up on real content.
⟡ collective.pwexpiry (https://github.com/collective/collective.pwexpiry) - Provideds methods for stronger user passwords in Plone and password attack protection.


Shop

⟡ bda.plone.productshop (https://github.com/bluedynamics/bda.plone.productshop) - Flexible and modular e-commerce solution for Plone.


Export, Import and Migrations

⟡ collective.exportimport (https://github.com/collective/collective.exportimport/) - Export and import content and a lot of other data from and to Plone. The main solution for all kinds of migrations based on plone.restapi.
⟡ collective.migrationhelpers (https://github.com/collective/collective.migrationhelpers/) - Helpers and examples to use during migrations.
⟡ collective.jsonify (https://github.com/collective/collective.jsonify) - Export Plone content to JSON.
⟡ collective.transmogrifier (https://github.com/collective/collective.transmogrifier) - A configurable pipeline, aimed at transforming content for import and export.


Themes

⟡ plonetheme.tokyo (https://github.com/collective/plonetheme.tokyo) - Tokyo Theme for Plone implements Bootstrap 4 into Plone, with an emphasis on keeping things as close to "default" as possible.
⟡ plonetheme.grueezibuesi (https://github.com/collective/plonetheme.grueezibuesi) - A kitten inspired theme for Plone 6.
⟡ collective.sidebar (https://github.com/collective/collective.sidebar) - A sidebar that consolidates toolbar and navigation.
⟡ collective.editablemenu (https://github.com/RedTurtle/collective.editablemenu) - A customizable navigation menu for Plone.


Develop

_Add-ons that help developing Plone_

⟡ Products.PDBDebugMode (https://github.com/collective/Products.PDBDebugMode) - Post-mortem debugging: open a pdb session whenever an exception occurs so you you can find out what is going wrong. Plus: By adding /pdb to a url you end up
you in a pdb session on the current context. A killer tool for developers.
⟡ plone.app.debugtoolbar (https://github.com/plone/plone.app.debugtoolbar) - A toolbar that shows a wealth of debug information about a running Plone site and the content you are inspecting. Also includes a interactive python-shell, a 
TALES-expression evaluator and and code-reload.
⟡ plone.reload (https://github.com/plone/plone.reload) - Code and configuration reload without server restarts.
⟡ Products.PrintingMailHost (https://github.com/collective/Products.PrintingMailHost) - Log mail messages instead of sending mail.
⟡ experimental.gracefulblobmissing (https://github.com/collective/experimental.gracefulblobmissing/) - Gracefully handle missing binary files in Plone.
⟡ collective.patchwatcher (https://github.com/collective/collective.patchwatcher) - A great companion for keeping track of patched or overridden files.
⟡ collective.relationhelpers (https://github.com/collective/collective.relationhelpers) - Helpers to manage, create, export and rebuild relations in Plone 5.x. For Plone 6 this was merged into Plone core.


Sysadmin

_Add-ons that help admins deploying and maintaining Plone_

⟡ collective.catalogcleanup (https://github.com/collective/collective.catalogcleanup) - Removes data from the catalog that no longer belong to an actual object.
⟡ collective.fingerpointing (https://github.com/collective/collective.fingerpointing) - Keeps track of different events and write them down to an audit log.
⟡ collective.ifttt (https://github.com/collective/collective.ifttt) - Enables any Plone site to play in the IFTTT ecosystem. For example when a news item is published, then tweet about it or post it on Facebook.
⟡ collective.purgebyid (https://github.com/collective/collective.purgebyid) - Use tag-based cache invalidation in Plone (e.g. with Varnish's xkey module).
⟡ collective.recipe.backup (https://github.com/collective/collective.recipe.backup) - Powerful and flexible backup/restore solution for Plone.
⟡ collective.regenv (https://github.com/collective/collective.regenv) - Override registry settings using environment variables.
⟡ collective.revisionmanager (https://github.com/collective/collective.revisionmanager) - Manage Products.CMFEditions histories that can bloat your database.
⟡ collective.sentry (https://github.com/collective/collective.sentry) - Sentry integration to aggregate errors and help finding their causes.
⟡ dm.historical (https://pypi.org/project/dm.historical) - Access any historical state of your database. Can be useful to find out what happened to objects in the past and to restore accidentally deleted or modified objects.
⟡ haufe.requestmonitoring (https://github.com/collective/haufe.requestmonitoring) - Detailed request logging functionality on top of the publication events. Useful to find out what takes longer than it should.


Finding more add-ons

It can be hard to find the right add-on for your requirements.
Here are some tips:

⟡ Make a list of required features.
⟡ Look in this list first.
⟡ Search pypi: https://pypi.org/search/?c=Framework+%3A%3A+Plone
⟡ Search the collective organization on github: https://github.com/collective
⟡ Search the plone organization on github: https://github.com/plone
⟡ Google for your requirements

Once you have a shortlist, test these add-ons. Here are the main issues you need to test before you install an add-on on a production site:

⟡ Test all required features. Read but do not trust the documentation
⟡ Check if the add-on runs on your required version
⟡ Check if it is maintained
⟡ Does it have i18n-support, i.e. is the user-interface translated to your language?
⟡ Does it uninstall cleanly?
⟡ Check for unwanted dependencies

Once you found an add-on you like, you can ask the community if you made a good choice or if you missed something:

⟡ Message Board: https://community.plone.org

If you can't find something that fits your requirements 100% you can:

⟡ Adapt your requirements to what is available.
⟡ Invest the time & money to customize an existing add-ons to better fit your needs.
⟡ Create a new add-on that does exactly what you need.

Official resources

_Because Plone also has a lot of good official info resources_


⟡ plone.org (https://plone.org/) - Official website for developers and community.
⟡ community.plone.org (https://community.plone.org/) - Official community forum, the best place to get help.
⟡ Discord chat (https://discord.gg/zFY3EBbjaj) - Discord is the best way to chat with members of the Plone community.
⟡ Plone support (https://plone.org/support) - Where to find help.
⟡ docs.plone.org (https://docs.plone.org/) - Official documentation for developers/integrators.
⟡ Plone 6 Documentation (https://6.dev-docs.plone.org/) - Official documentation for the upcoming Plone 6 (work on progress).
⟡ training.plone.org (https://training.plone.org/) - Training classes for developers/integrators/users/designers.
⟡ plone.api (https://6.dev-docs.plone.org/plone.api/index.html) - Documentation for plone.api.


Contributing

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