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!.
Content
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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- Email Cloaking Help
- Load Module Help
- Page Break Help
- Page Navigation Help
- Rating Help
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- Code Highlighting (Geshi) Help
- Category: Plugins
User
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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
- Category: Plugins
System
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.
- Category: Plugins
Search
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
- Category: Plugins
Editors-xtd
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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- None
- Category: Plugins
