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

Editors

Editors are used thoughout Joomla! where content is created. TinyMCE is the default choice in most locations although CodeMirror is used in the template manager. No Editor provides a text box for html content.

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  • CodeMirror Help
  • TinyMCE Help
  • No Editor Help

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  • None

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 Help
  • News Feeds Help
  • Categories Help

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

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.  New in 1.6 is the redirect plugin that with the redirect component assist you in managing changes in URLs.

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  • Remember me Help
  • SEF Help
  • Debug Help

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  • Cache Help
  • Log Help
  • Redirect Help

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