Top 15 most popular drupal 8 modules
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The document outlines the top 15 most popular Drupal 8 modules, highlighting their functionality and common uses. Key modules discussed include Views, Chaos Tool Suite (ctools), Token, and Pathauto, among others, each offering unique capabilities to enhance website performance and management. The summary emphasizes the importance of selecting useful modules from the vast library of over 20,000 available for Drupal.
Top 15 most popular drupal 8 modules
- 1. Top 15 Most Popular Drupal 8 Modules
- 2. There are over 20,000 modules available in Drupal. It is often difficult to choose the most useful modules for your website. We have listed down 15 most useful modules for your next Drupal 8 site. Every Drupal site can have 3 kinds of Modules: Core Contributed Custom
- 3. Views Views is the mostly used Drupal module and it has been included in Drupal 8 core. 1 Most evident uses of Drupal View: Modify the front page default view Modify taxonomy or term listing Display a block with most recent posts Provide a unread forum posts block
- 4. Chaos tool suite (ctools) CTools is a series of tools that make code readily available for developers and create libraries for other modules to use. 2 Most evident uses of Drupal CTools: Helps improve the developer experience Used by many modules, like Views, Panels, etc.
- 5. Token Token allows you to use small placeholders to automatically complete tasks. 3 Most evident uses of Drupal Token: Provides API for providing tokens for other modules Small text placed into larger documents via simple placeholders
- 6. Pathauto Pathauto module automatically generates clean and SEO friendly URL for content. 4 Most evident uses of Drupal Pathauto: Automatically generates URL/path aliases for content (nodes, taxonomy terms, users) Generates URL aliases like /category/my-node-title instead of /node/123 Aliases are based upon a "pattern" system that uses tokens
- 7. Libraries API Pathauto module automatically generates clean and SEO friendly URL for content. 5 Most evident uses of Drupal Libraries API: Introduces common repository for libraries in sites/all/libraries resp. sites/<domain>/libraries for contributed modules Ease the process of upgrading a module that requires an external library. Same library can be shared by more than one module/site
- 8. Entity API Entity API module provides a way to deal with entities and their properties. 6 Most evident uses of Drupal Entity API: Helps to create new entity types Introduces unique place for metadata about entity relationships and properties Provides API functions allowing modules to create, save, delete, view or to determine access for any entity
- 9. Admin Toolbar Admin Toolbar module transforms administration menu into a drop-down menu. 7 Most evident uses of Drupal Admin Toolbar: Provides a fast access to all the administration navigation links Provides a submodule called "Admin Toolbar Extra Tools" adding extra links Works on top of default toolbar core module & keeps toolbar functionalities (shortcut / media responsive)
- 10. jQuery Update Upgrades the version of jQuery in Drupal core to a newer version of jQuery. 8 Most evident uses of Drupal jQuery Update: Drupal 5 to jQuery 1.2.6 Drupal 6 to jQuery 1.3.2 Drupal 7 to jQuery 1.5.x, 1.7.x, 1.8.x, 1.9.x, 1.10.x, 2.1.x and jQuery UI 1.10.2
- 11. Date Date module is a handy tool for adding date picker or time picker to the input field. 9 Most evident uses of Drupal Date: Provides Date API which can be used by other modules Uses the Date API to create date fields and widgets Select List date widget presents users with a drop-down list or text field for each part of the date
- 12. Webform Views is the mostly used Drupal module and it has been included in Drupal 8 core. 10 Most evident uses of Drupal Webform: Users can send e-mail "receipt" as well as send notification to administrators Provides basic statistical review and has an extensive API for expanding its features
- 13. IMCE IMCE module is media uploader that supports personal directories and can be integrated into the WYSIWYG editors. 11 Most evident uses of Drupal IMCE: File upload and delete Image preview, resize and create thumbnail Multiple selection and upload Upload configuration based on the user's role Ajax file operation
- 14. CKEditor – WYSIWYG HTML editor CKEditor – WYSIWYG HTML editor module allows Drupal to replace textarea with CKEditor. 12 Most evident uses of Drupal CKEditor: ready to use plugins and buttons for <!--break-->and <!--pagebreak--> tags support for external file browsers, like CKFinder, IMCE CKEditor SWF support for enhance functionality of Flash embedding plugin
- 15. Wysiwyg Wysiwyg module allows editing content with client-side editors. 13 Most evident uses of Drupal Wysiwyg: Helps to connect with external text editor such as TinyMCE and CKEditor Simplifies the installation and integration of the editor of your choice supports any kind of client-side editor including HTML editors, pseudo-editors, or even Flash-based applications
- 16. Google Analytics Google Analytics module Adds the Google Analytics to Drupal website. 14 Most evident uses of Drupal Google Analytics: Provides all statistics features to your website Selectively track/exclude certain users, roles and pages Monitor what files are downloaded from your pages Changing URL fragments can be tracked as pageviews
- 17. Link The link module provides a standard custom content field for links. 15 Most evident uses of Drupal Link: Helps to add links to any content types and profiles Helps to validating and different ways of storing internal or external links and URLs Supports additional link text title, site wide tokens for titles, target attributes, css class attribution and more
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