Plugins

Plugin types

There are two types of plugins:

System plugins (blue badge) - Manage CMS functionality such as Dashboard, Logs and Statistics
Content plugins (green badge) - Display content on the front-end such as HTMLBlock and Navigation

Essential plugins

Essential plugins (with a shield icon) cannot be edited, deactivated, or deleted. This applies to the Navigation plugin for example.

Managing plugins

Enable/Disable - Turn plugins on/off
Edit - Modify plugin code
Configuration - Plugin settings (only for plugins with a Config button)
Delete - Remove plugin

Only active plugins are shown in the admin sidebar.

New plugin

Go to Plugins → New plugin
Enter a name (e.g. MyPlugin)
Edit the PHP file
Enable the plugin

New plugins are content-plugins by default. To create a system plugin, add "type": "system" to plugin.json.

Plugin editor

Via Edit (pencil icon) in the plugin overview you open the plugin editor (/admin/plugins-edit?plugin=<name>). It works the same as the content and theme editors.

File browser sidebar

Shows the nested file tree of the plugin, with a clickable plugin root at the top
Click a file to open it in the CodeMirror editor
Click a folder to open the folder detail pane on the right (new file, new folder, upload, delete)
Folders containing the active file are auto-expanded
Per folder there are action buttons: new file, new folder — they operate on the selected folder
Per file there are action buttons: rename/move (pencil), delete (trash) — appear on hover

Drag-and-drop

Drag a file or folder onto another folder to move it
Valid drop targets are highlighted during dragging
The move is performed via an AJAX call — the page reloads automatically on success
Protected plugins (like Navigation) cannot be edited/moved

Editable file types

.php, .json, .md, .html, .css, .scss, .js

Create a new file / folder

Select the target folder in the sidebar (click the folder name), or use the root
Click New file or New folder (in the folder-detail pane or at the top)
For a new file: enter a path within the plugin (e.g. helper.php or assets/css/extra.css)
Subfolders are created automatically

Move / delete a file

Move: drag the file onto another folder (drag-and-drop), or click the pencil icon
Delete: click the trash button next to the file in the sidebar, with confirmation

Folder management

Click a folder in the sidebar to open the folder-detail pane on the right
New file / new folder / upload into this folder: use the buttons in the folder-detail pane
Delete folder: delete button in the folder-detail pane (only empty folders)

Security

Protected plugins (Navigation) cannot be edited
All actions require a CSRF token
Path-traversal protection via realpath() + prefix check on the plugin dir

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