All of the extensions you see listed here are ones we have used or have been recommended to us. If you have extensions that you like or know work well lets us know and we’ll add it to our site.
Admin Tools: A suite of tools that help you manage Joomla. It comes with a Joomla core update, emergency off-line, master password, permissions configuration, fix permissions and a whole lot more. Admin Tools Official
Akeeba Backup: Backs up all of your files including the those at the top level. Easy backup that you can do whenever. You can also use the backup file to migrate and restore files. Akeeba Backup Official
JavaScript Control: Speed up the loading time of your Joomla site by having the choice which scripts are loaded. Choose between Mootoos-core.js, Mootools-more.js, Core.js, and Caption.js. Any and all of these can be disabled. Some templates/components require these files, so do some testing. JavaScript Control Official
sh404SEF: Gives you complete control over your URLs. This is by-far the best URL manager out there for Joomla. Set URL rules, manage specific urls, add aliases, redirects, log 404 errors, add meta titles/descriptions and more. sh404SEF Official
NoNumber is the company behind a bunch of plugins for Joomla like We have all of those extensions installed, so check them out as well. NoNumber Official
JCE (Joomla Content Editor): Most Joomla users favorite content editor. Usually known as WYSIWYG editors, content editors make it easy to format text, add html and CSS to your posts by adding an easy to use tool bar above the text area. JCE Official
JCH Optimize: Gives you the control to combine CSS files, GZip files, minify files, exclude files, and much more. We like it for it’s minification abilities, but use ScriptMerge to combine files. JCH Optimize Official
JotCache: A caching tool that replaces the Joomla Core Cache. This tool is great because it works well and it gives you two important options: to exclude pages or components from being cached. JotCache Official
ScriptMerge: This tool gives you an easy way to merge and compress CSS and JS documents. We like it because it allows you to exclude certain files that you need to exclude. ScriptMerge Official
OBRSS: makes it easy to manage all of your RSS feeds. It comes with the unique feature to combine rss feeds into one feed. It comes with RSS feed types: Banners, Content, RSS Merge, and Weblinks. OBRSS Official
Xmap: Gives you control over your site map. Letting you include and exclude menus, add CSS classes and compress XML. It also gives your SiteMap a SEF URL to link to from your site as well as an XML sitemap for your analytics. Xmap Official
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