Best Joomla Extensions
Mostly we use the Joomla Extensions that we need for the job in hand, but sometimes there’s a choice of several Joomla Extensions that do the same things. So which is best? Often the answer to this will be which once best matches the particular problem we’re trying to solve.
For example, we have used two support desk Joomla Extensions in the 2020Media customer portal because the first one we used didn’t, after being in use for a while, actually meet our expectations.
So a ‘Top Ten’ list of Joomla Extensions is a bit of fun more than anything else, but it’s always good to hear others views, and learn something new.
Readers of the Joomla Community Magazine have voted for their first round of 10 Best Joomla Extensions and here they are.
Extension: ACL Manager
Extension Developer: Sander Potjer
Extension Developer Website: http://www.aclmanager.net
Why do you love this Extension? With this extension it’s a piece of cake to make all kinds of administrator access levels in a Joomla website.
What does this Extension do to enhance your website? The summary of acces levels.
Submitted by: Connie de Buijn
Submitter’s Website: http://webartenco.nl/
Extension: AcyMailing
Extension Developer: Acyba
Extension Developer Website: http://www.acyba.com
Why do you love this Extension? Excellent extension to make emailing quality! Support is very good, with a very, very responsive forum. Regular changes, for better efficiency always.
What does this Extension do to enhance your website? Thanks to this extension, my site has a extremely good management newsletters!
Submitted by: Fabrice Zavattero
Submitter’s Website: www.lalumieredesfees.fr
Extension: EasyBlog
Extension Developer: StackIdeas
Extension Developer Website: http://stackideas.com/
Why do you love this Extension? EasyBlog has been a huge help on our theater web site. They give first rate support and have been most helpful.
What does this Extension do to enhance your website? Makes blog posting easy!
Submitted by: Gala Lindvall
Submitter’s Website: www.ForestTheater.com
Extension: EasyCalcCheck Plus (ECC+)
Extension Developer: Kubik Rubik
Extension Developer Website: http://joomla-extensions.kubik-rubik.de/ecc-easycalccheck-plus
Why do you love this Extension? Easy to use, lightwight, free… and EFFECTIVE!
What does this Extension do to enhance your website? Frees me from SPAM… really.
Submitted by: Ivo Schmid
Submitter’s Website: http://www.Lehrmittelperlen.net
Extension: Fabrik
Extension Developer: Fabrikar
Extension Developer Website: http://fabrikar.com
Why do you love this Extension?
Because it is:
- Free of charge.
- Easy way to use and manage.
- Very useful forum.
- Constantly updates for security issues and enhancing.
What does this Extension do to enhance your website?
It allows me to manage and develop:
- Databases
- Forms
- Lists
- Statistics
- Visual Charts
Submitted by: Bader Ajhar
Submitter’s Website: http://www.lamafurnituresy.com/index.php
Extension: JComments
Extension Developer: JComments
Extension Developer Website: http://www.joomlatune.com/
Why do you love this Extension? Works out of the box. Very useful features. Add the comments to the articles.
What does this Extension do to enhance your website? This is a functionality that Joomla has been lacking in the core.
Submitted by: Fermin Jimenez
Submitter’s Website: www.najar.ca
Extension: Joomla Content Editor (JCE)
Extension Developer: Ryan Demmer
Extension Developer Website: http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net
Why do you love this Extension? Absolutely a must have. Editing articles is breezing plus tons of features. And it’s free 🙂 It’s always the first extension I install after installing Joomla. And believe me – I use a lot of extensions.
What does this Extension do to enhance your website? Its image manager makes my site have images in the first place. I work with people whose experience editing content is next to zilch and JCE’s easy ways of inserting various objects (links, images etc) is second to none.
Submitted by: Olek Trembowiecki
Submitter’s Website: www.biblioteka.koszalin.pl
Extension: Komento
Extension Developer: Stackideas
Extension Developer Website: http://stackideas.com/
Why do you love this Extension? Komento is useful, powerful and free.
What does this Extension do to enhance your website? With Komento you can add comments to articles and share them on social networks. My clients love it!
Submitted by: Lucía Otero
Submitter’s Website: http://www.movilidadelectrica.com/
Extension: Ozio Gallery
Extension Developer: Alessandro Rossi
Extension Developer Website: http://www.opensourcesolutions.es/en/ext/ozio-gallery.html
Why do you love this Extension? Very easy to use, and very powerful for my photo gallery in most of my website.
What does this Extension do to enhance your website? I am able to give that extra touch to the images being able to offer them in an interesting perspective to the navigator, also with the new version that makes the gallery responsive fits very well with mobile devices.
Submitted by: Matteo Montanari
Submitter’s Website: http://www.sensiparrucchieri.it/sensi-vip.html
Extension: sh404SEF
Extension Developer: Yannick Gaultier
Extension Developer Website: http://anything-digital.com/sh404sef/seo-analytics-and-security-for-joomla.html
Why do you love this Extension? Installation is easy, great documentation, helps my sites with SEF friendly URLs and powerful tweaks when needed.
What does this Extension do to enhance your website? SEF URLs, special page titles.
Submitted by: Tanya Flores
Submitter’s Website: http://www.massageforhealing.com
