PhotoWebMax Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Like most newbies (I suspect) I am now exploring different Modules. To be honest some of them leave me wondering "how and when would I use this?" I bet most of you have favorites, a few oft deployed modules, that you reach for most of the time. I wonder if the most used modules would be the same for most of you? Anyways, I am interested (maybe others as well) in learning what modules you guys reach for most of the time... Thanks! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philipp Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Always "installed": AllInOneMinify ProcessImageMinimize/minimize.pw (of course ) ProcessBatcher (setting up the site structure for the first time) TextformatterOEmbed or the Youtube Embed Formatter ProCache 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Pretty much all of my sites have these installed at a minimum: AllInOneMinify FieldtypeCropImage/InputfieldCropImage SessionHandlerDatabase AdminTemplateColumns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fokke Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Pro Cache Thumbnails Admin Hot Keys Markup Simple Navigation E-mail Obfuscation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoWebMax Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Already interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onjegolders Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Thumbnails Login History Changelog ProCache Batcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Thumbnails AdminThemeReno (unless that doesn't count ) AdminTemplateColumns (shameless plug, but I do use it a lot to arrange fields more neatly in the edit screen) ProCache Minify (because I just haven't got around to checking out All In One Minify yet ) Those are the most commonly used for me, though that doesn't mean they're necessarily the most common ones I've been using recently - different projects mean different modules, but the top 4 there at least are my go-to modules for the majority of sites. EDIT: And may I say, what a good idea for a topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Walker Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 AIOM (primarily because I'm a LESS man) Batcher Import Pages from CSV Page Lister Pro Database Backups (because you just never know...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soma Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 MarkupSimpleNavigation FomSaveReminder PageEditSoftLock HelperFieldLinks ListerPro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Spex + AIOM Page Path History Form Save Reminder Maintenance Mode Diagnostics (+ Dependencies for Webserver, PHP, Database, Files, Imagehandling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 AIOM SelectorTest PageDelete PageClone MarkupSimpleNavigation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowled Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I deliberately try not to use modules unless I need them. There really is a lot you can do with the core/API alone, so I tend to consider modules as convenient helpers, usually to cover for when my puny PHP skills don't suffice. That being said, I recommend: Markup Simple Navigation – to dynamically generate almost any navigation structure Map Marker (Google Maps) – if you ever need users to be able to generate Google Maps, this is a lifesaver XML Sitemap – it's one of the basic SEO things, and no one should have to generate an XML sitemap manually Language Field Tabs – as if multi-lingual sites weren't awesome enough in PW already, this makes it even better Forgot Password (Core) – never, ever forget to install this; if a project has more than one user, someone will forget their password at some point 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 That is the beauty of ProcessWire - you can do so much without a single extra module if you really want to. But I think the five that I tend to add first are things like: XML sitemap Hanna code (I use it loads) Procache Lister Soma's Help notes thingy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I subscribe what yellowled said, so it's not easy to name them, but maybe these: Page Edit Soft Lock Page Link Abstractor Pagetree Add New Childs Reverse Video embed for YouTube/Vimeo Markup Sitemap XML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interrobang Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I use these modules in almost every project AIOM+ ProCache HelperFieldLinks ModulesManager TextformatterMakeLinks Really? Nobody uses ModulesManager anymore? Not in my Must-Have Top 5, but I find myself using these in many of my projects: Page List Pin Template Stubs Admin Save Actions ProcessBatcher Map Marker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiNNuT Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 On 11/17/2014 at 10:47 AM, interrobang said: I use these modules in almost every project AIOM+ ProCache HelperFieldLinks ModulesManager TextformatterMakeLinks Really? Nobody uses ModulesManager anymore? .............. It's been a while since i last used ModulesManager. I think that most, if not all of it's functionality is already available by default in recent PW versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rockett Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 As said by @yellowled, best to use modules only when needed. In my case, I don't use AIOM, as my assets are pre-compiled. Mine are: Redirector (also making my own, enhanced version - though, no time these days - you know how it goes...) Database Backups Diagnostics (all) File Manager Sitemap XML Upgrades For me, these are a must-have. I would add ProCache to that list, but I haven't purchased it as yet, as the built in cache system has been adequate for my sites. Keeping track of it though - looks like something I may need in the near future. @yellowled: isn't Language Field Tabs part of the core now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 On 11/17/2014 at 5:00 PM, Mike Anthony said: My assets are pre-compiled. You can get lotion for that. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowled Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 On 11/17/2014 at 5:00 PM, Mike Anthony said: @yellowled: isn't Language Field Tabs part of the core now? Yes, you're right: part of the core since 2.4. I only tested it some versions ago, but it was convincing at first sight (which is probably why it's in the core now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Knoll Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 FieldtypeSelect ProcessPageDelete ProFields and ProCache (at least included in case I should need them) AdminThemeReno Language Field Tabs I think I'm going to add the following to my default installation: Pagetree Add New Childs Reverse Page Edit Soft Lock XML sitemap My SEO module FomSaveReminder P.S.: Really interesting topic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 TemplateTwigReplace TemplateDataProviders Database Backups FieldTypeCropImage FieldtypeTable / FieldtypeTableExtended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjen Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Default: ProcessPageDelete ProcessGoogleAnalytics ProcessWireUpgrade Batcher Video embed for YouTube/Vimeo Paid: ProCache FormBuilder ListerPro Really surprised that Google Analytics hasn't been mentioned before. Clients really love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadeMyDay Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Process is always the same: 1. ModulesManager then (with the help of 1.): 2. MarkupSimpleNavigation 3. FieldTypeCropImage 4. ProcessPageDelete 5. FieldtypePageTableExtended (of course ) + Nearly every (as of today + upcoming) uses ListerPro and FormBuilder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernhard Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Quote ProcessPageDelete @nico and mademyday (just in case you don't know already) you can delete pages by clicking on "move" and then on the right "trash" since 2.5 https://processwire.com/blog/posts/processwire-2.5-changelog/#admin-theme-and-ui 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vineet Sawant Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 ProcessPageDelete Modules Manager Fieldtype Select MarkupSitemapXML ProcessForgotPassword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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