Top 10 Free Joomla 3.x Extensions
Updated in Nov 2016
Joomla is a CMS with rich functionality, but if you are building a Joomla-based site you will definitely need some extensions, in addition to those included in the starter package.
The standard Joomla package includes a minimum set of extensions, modules and plugins. Joomla developers originally positioned their CMS to be extended with third-party components. Thus, they started a unique system that helps develop and test extensions, modules and plugins. And today there are millions of Joomla extensions.
In this blog post we’d like to concentrate on the best of the best extensions for your favorite CMS. We’ve outlined the Top 10 free Joomla 3.x extensions that will be useful for every project. Have a look at the list below and be sure to check out these extensions.
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Advanced Module Manager
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With Advanced Module Manager you can easily change the way your default module manager looks. Additionally you will get a bunch of cool functions like:
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JSN Power Admin
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JSN PowerAdmin is a free content management extension for Joomla. Basically it’s a tool that will help owners manage their site with ease.
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FaLang
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With FaLang, you can translate your site in multiple languages in the easiest way. This component allows you to manage all your content translations, even the content of all your components/modules, on your web site.
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Asynchronous Google Analytics Plugin
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The Asynchronous Google Analytics Plugin will be useful for you if you are trying to increase the speed of your website. This extension allows for the rest of your site to load while the analytics code loads in the background thus increasing the load speed of your site.
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ReReplacer
With ReReplacer you can easily replace anything in your Joomla site output with anything you need. All replacements are made on the fly, meaning that they are not permanent. They are done every time you request a web page in your site.
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K2
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K2 provides an out-of-the box integrated solution featuring rich content forms for items (think of Joomla articles with additional fields for article images, videos, image galleries and attachments), nested-level categories, tags, comments.
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Twitter Widget Slider
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Want to show your latest tweets? Please consider the Twitter Widget Slider extension. With its help you can display your latest tweets on the homepage of your site. Plus, the Twitter sidebar is adjustable in both height and width in pixels.
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KeyCAPTCHA
Captcha is one of the essential elements on any website. Captcha helps preventing spams very effectively. KeyCAPTCHA - CAPTCHA with social features will be your guardian. Plus, it doesn’t require any text typing.
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JSN PageBuilder
JSN PageBuilder is a powerful Drag and Drop Page builder for Joomla. This extension allows you to build amazing pages effortlessly. Just drag and drop the page elements you want, construct content visually without any lines of code and get instant view of what is going on with live preview.
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Sourcerer
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With the Sourcerer you can easily put code anywhere you want it: into the middle of your content, article, section, category, component, META tag, simply everywhere. Use the Sourcerer wisely.
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Besides these above things, you might need other extensions to help you create your Joomla site easily with professional & amazing design. Let explore our Joomla extensions!
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In case you’re feeling that something is missing feel free to use the comments section to post your favorite (or the ones you consider the best) extensions for Joomla.