Do you know which TYPO3 extensions are most loved by TYPO3 people for years? I want to share popular TYPO3 extensions from the TYPO3 extensions repository, Github, Packagist, etc. Trust me you’ll be surprised!
IMHO, From the TYPO3 community, Published TYPO3 extensions are one of the big reasons for the popularity of TYPO3 CMS. You know what, you can download TYPO3 extensions at many places like official extensions.typo3.org, github.com, gitlab.com, Composer packagist.org, etc. What I found is, at all platforms, TYPO3 people markdown “likes, stars, forks” etc. That’s why I wrote down this blog to highlight the best TYPO3 extensions for all the platforms.
Without TYPO3 extensions, TYPO3 would have never been that flexible or scalable to succeed for so many different use cases. Interview with Benni: TYPO3 for Everyone!
A year ago, I wrote a popular TYPO3 extension series based on downloads and popularity in the TYPO3 community. I recommend you check it out.
- Top 10 Popular TYPO3 Extensions For Developers: Series 1
- 15 Best TYPO3 Extensions For Integrators: Series 2
- 10 Awesome TYPO3 Extensions For Editors - Series 3
This blog is dedicated to all TYPO3 developers who developed, published and maintained TYPO3 extensions to the variance platform. #T3Kudos
Are you excited to know which are the best TYPO3 extensions and most downloaded TYPO3 extensions on each platform? Keep reading!
[Extensions.TYPO3.org] Most Liked TYPO3 Extensions
Months ago, the TYPO3 community introduced cool “likes features”. Now, whenever you are logged in at TYPO3.org, you will like your favorite TYPO3 extension. And TYPO3 people can see a list of the most liked TYPO3 extensions. Here are Loved TYPO3 extensions with several likes at TER.
1. News system (75+ Likes)
Versatile news extension, based on extbase & fluid. Editor friendly, default integration of social sharing, and many other features.
2. Powermail (29+ Likes)
Powermail is a well-known, editor-friendly, powerful, and easy to use mailform extension with lots of features.
3. Grid Elements (26+ Likes)
This extension integrates the grid layout concept also to common content elements - the grid elements.
4. Bootstrap Package (23+ Likes)
Bootstrap Package delivers a fully configured frontend theme for TYPO3, based on the Bootstrap CSS Framework.
5. Mask (23+ Likes)
Create your content elements and page templates. Easy to use, even without programming skills because of the comfortable drag and drop system.
6. VHS: Fluid Helpers (18+ Likes)
A collection of ViewHelpers to perform rendering tasks that are not natively supported by Fluid.
7. TYPO3 Console (18+ Likes)
A reliable and robust command-line interface for TYPO3 CMS
8. Apache Solr (17+ Likes)
Apache Solr for TYPO3 is the enterprise search server you were looking for special features such as Faceted Search or Synonym Support and swift response times of results within milliseconds.
9. Femanager (16+ Likes)
TYPO3 Frontend User Registration and Management based on Extbase and Fluid and on TYPO3 and the possibility to extend it.
10. Yoast SEO (15+ Likes)
Optimize your website for search engines with Yoast SEO for TYPO3. With this extension, you get all the technical SEO stuff you need and will help editors to write high-quality content.
[Composer.org] Most Downloaded TYPO3 Extensions
TYPO3 community’s favorite composer, modern TYPO3 developers prefer to install & configure TYPO3 CMS with composer, of course, because of the beauty of installing & updating the whole TYPO3 by running a single command ;) Are you new to TYPO3 Composer? I recommend reading my article The Best Guide to TYPO3 Composer. Anyway, let’s check out which are the ten most downloaded TYPO3 extensions.
1. helhum/typo3-console (1 973 922+ Downloads)
A reliable and powerful command-line interface for TYPO3 CMS.
2. georgringer/news (1 038 065+ Downloads)
Versatile news extension, based on extbase & fluid for TYPO3 CMS
3. fluidtypo3/vhs (930 748+ Downloads)
The vhs package from FluidTYPO3
4. gridelementsteam/gridelements (877 915+ Downloads)
This extension integrates the grid layout concept also to regular content elements - the grid elements. It offers a lot of new features like advanced drag & drop or real references, that improve the usability of the page and list module to speed up the daily work with the backend.
5. dmitryd/typo3-realurl (681 798+ Downloads)
Speaking URLs for TYPO3. Note: From TYPO3 v9, TYPO3 has a built-in URL & routing feature.
6. apache-solr-for-typo3/solr (568 530+ Downloads)
Apache Solr for TYPO3.
7. in2code/powermail (524 174+ Downloads)
Powermail is a well-known, editor-friendly, powerful, and easy to use mailform extension with many features.
8. helhum/typo3-composer-setup (387 540+ Downloads)
Set up required entry points for TYPO3 web directory
9. friendsoftypo3/extension-builder (224 204+ Downloads)
A tool to kickstart and maintain TYPO3 extensions.
10. mask/mask (278 498+ Downloads)
Create your content elements and page templates. Easy to use, even without programming skills because of the comfortable drag and drop user interface.
Tips
Are you looking for TYPO3 extensions that only support Composer? You can explore Composer Support TYPO3 Extensions.
[Github.com] Most Starred TYPO3 Extensions
How can we forget Github? Because most TYPO3 developers use Github for their Open Source TYPO3 extensions. Let’s see who are at the popular TYPO3 extensions by considering most stars ;)
1. Bootstrap Package (271 Stars)
Bootstrap Package delivers a fully configured theme for TYPO3, based on the Bootstrap CSS Framework.
2. TYPO3 Console (249 Stars)
A reliable and powerful command-line interface for TYPO3 CMS.
3. News (188 Stars)
Versatile news extension, based on extbase & fluid. Editor friendly, default integration of social sharing, and many other features.
4. VHS: Fluid ViewHelpers (171 Stars)
A collection of ViewHelpers to perform rendering tasks that are not natively supported by Fluid.
5. Aimeos TYPO3 extension (149 Stars)
TYPO3 eCommerce extension for professional, ultra-fast online shops, complex B2B applications.
6. Flux (148 Stars)
Drop-in page and content templates with a nested content feature. Provides multiple condensed integration APIs to use advanced TYPO3 features with little effort.
7. Apache Solr (115 Stars)
A TYPO3 extension that integrates the Apache Solr search server with TYPO3 CMS.
8. Mask (99 Stars)
Create your content elements and page templates. Easy to use.
9. TYPO3 frontend editing (94 Stars)
This package gives frontend editing capability to TYPO3 CMS, the editor used is Ckeditor.
10. Staticfilecache (93 Stars)
StaticFileCache for TYPO3. Very flexible and very, very, very fast cache ;)
[t3planet.com] Free & Premium TYPO3 Extensions
Last but not least, T3Planet TYPO3 Shop vendor provides TYPO3 extensions, mostly you will like to explore many premium TYPO3 extensions.
Conclusion
Thanks for reading this article. I hope you enjoyed it & found it helpful.
Before you go, My personal wishes which you can quickly fulfill as my good TYPO3 reader ;)
- Appreciate all authors of TYPO3 extensions Sponsoring or at least write them “thanks notes”.
- Keep exploring TYPO3 extensions to variance platforms.
- If you are a TYPO3 developer, don’t forget to publish at TER, Github, Composer, etc. Of course, we are welcoming you to T3Planet TYPO3 Shop for your premium TYPO3 extension.
- Feel free to report any feedback, bugs, support to particular TYPO3 extensions - Because our lovely TYPO3 community is always eager to help you.
Which are your favorite TYPO3 extensions? I would be happy to receive your one in the comment box below.
Have a Happy TYPO3 Time!
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- Hey Sanjay, I have always found your blog fascinating and helpful and so this one too. Perfect wind up blog on top TYPO3 extensions. Keep it up!!
Sanjay Chauhan
CTO - T3Planet & NITSANSanjay Chauhan, Mitbegründer von NITSAN (Preisgekrönte TYPO3 Agentur) und Pionier von T3Planet, dem ersten TYPO3 Shop weltweit.
Ein wahrer TYPO3-Fanatiker seit 2010.
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