Installed Plugins

Plugins are mainly user-contributed add-ons that enhance and extend TWiki features and capabilities. A limited number of plugins are included in the core TWiki distribution - and any of those can be removed - while the rest are optional, available from TWiki:Plugins.PluginPackage.

Here is a list of the plugins currently installed and enabled on this TWiki site:

• SpreadSheetPlugin (any TWiki, $Rev: 17387 (11 Aug 2008) $): Add spreadsheet calculation like "$SUM( $ABOVE() )" to TWiki tables and other topic text
• CommentPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17302 (11 Aug 2008) $): Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
• BlackListPlugin (any TWiki, 13186): Utility to keep malicious users away from a public TWiki site
• ChartPlugin (1.401): Create PNG or GIF charts to visualize TWiki tables
• EditTablePlugin (4.8.4, $Rev: 17302 (11 Aug 2008) $): Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• GaugePlugin (1.003): Build dashboards that contain graphical images of gauges defined with %GAUGE{}% variables.
• InterwikiPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 14913 (17 Sep 2007) $): Link ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic
• LocalCityTimePlugin (1.011): Shows the local time of a city embedded in a TWiki topic.
• PerlDocPlugin (1.001): Extract the Perl documentation (POD) from a Perl module and display it in a topic.
• PreferencesPlugin (TWiki-4.2, $Rev: 15487 (11 Aug 2008) $): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
• RenderListPlugin (2.0, $Rev: 16235 (11 Aug 2008) $): Render bullet lists in a variety of formats
• SlideShowPlugin (02 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17260 (11 Aug 2008) $): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
• SmiliesPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 16049 (11 Aug 2008) $): Render smilies as icons, like for  :-) or for  :eek:
• TWikiDrawPlugin (Dakar, 8154): Java Applet based drawing editor
• TWikiNetSkinPlugin (1.0, $Rev: 16530 (16 Mar 2008) $): Helps formatting TWikiNetSkin? design. Enable by setting the skin to "twikinet"
• TWikiOrgPlugin (1.001): TWiki.org specific extensions
• TablePlugin (1.034, $Rev: 17367 (11 Aug 2008) $): Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
• TagMePlugin (TWiki 4, 1.046): Tag wiki content collectively to find content by keywords
• TinyMCEPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17302 (11 Aug 2008) $): Integration of TinyMCE? with WysiwygPlugin
• TwistyPlugin (1.4.10, $Rev: 15653 (19 Nov 2007) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically
• VarCachePlugin (Dakar, 8154): Cache TWiki variables in selected topics for faster page rendering
• WysiwygPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17359 (11 Aug 2008) $): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors

Administrators can enable and disable plugins using configure.

Contrib Modules

• AttrsContrib
• JSCalendarContrib
• MailerContrib
• TipsContrib
• TwistyContrib

Plugin Diagnostics

Plugin	Errors
SpreadSheetPlugin	none
CommentPlugin	none
BlackListPlugin	none
ChartPlugin	none
EditTablePlugin	none
GaugePlugin	none
InterwikiPlugin	none
LocalCityTimePlugin	none
PerlDocPlugin	none
PreferencesPlugin	none
RenderListPlugin	none
SlideShowPlugin	none
SmiliesPlugin	none
TWikiDrawPlugin	none
TWikiNetSkinPlugin	none
TWikiOrgPlugin	none
TablePlugin	none
TagMePlugin	none
TinyMCEPlugin	none
TwistyPlugin	none
VarCachePlugin	none
WysiwygPlugin	none

Handler	Plugins
afterCommonTagsHandler	VarCachePlugin
afterEditHandler	WysiwygPlugin
afterSaveHandler	TagMePlugin
beforeAttachmentSaveHandler	BlackListPlugin
beforeCommonTagsHandler	EditTablePlugin PreferencesPlugin VarCachePlugin WysiwygPlugin
beforeEditHandler	TinyMCEPlugin WysiwygPlugin
beforeMergeHandler	WysiwygPlugin
beforeSaveHandler	CommentPlugin BlackListPlugin WysiwygPlugin
commonTagsHandler	SpreadSheetPlugin CommentPlugin BlackListPlugin ChartPlugin EditTablePlugin GaugePlugin LocalCityTimePlugin PerlDocPlugin SlideShowPlugin SmiliesPlugin TWikiDrawPlugin TWikiOrgPlugin TagMePlugin
initPlugin	SpreadSheetPlugin CommentPlugin BlackListPlugin ChartPlugin EditTablePlugin GaugePlugin InterwikiPlugin LocalCityTimePlugin PerlDocPlugin PreferencesPlugin RenderListPlugin SlideShowPlugin SmiliesPlugin TWikiDrawPlugin TWikiNetSkinPlugin TWikiOrgPlugin TablePlugin TagMePlugin TinyMCEPlugin TwistyPlugin VarCachePlugin WysiwygPlugin
modifyHeaderHandler	WysiwygPlugin
postRenderingHandler	BlackListPlugin EditTablePlugin PreferencesPlugin TWikiNetSkinPlugin WysiwygPlugin
preRenderingHandler	InterwikiPlugin SmiliesPlugin TWikiNetSkinPlugin TablePlugin
startRenderingHandler	RenderListPlugin WysiwygPlugin This handler is deprecated - please check for updated versions of the plugins that use it!

22 plugins

Note: The diagnostics are provided by the %FAILEDPLUGINS% variable

Related Topics: TWikiPlugins, TWikiPreferences, AdminDocumentationCategory, AdminToolsCategory

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Comments & Questions about this Distribution Document Topic

See TWiki:Codev.StepByStepRenderingOrder for an understanding of the TWiki:Codev.PluginHandlers

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Changed HOMETOPIC% to WebHome in first paragraph because the local install might be using something different from twiki.org

-- MattWilkie - 15 Sep 2004

would be nice if %PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS% also dumped version numbers

-- WillNorris - 07 Oct 2004

Is this the right place to ask for plugins to get installed on TWikiDotOrg? ?

• No - you want PleaseInstallPluginsAtTWikiDotOrg -- MartinCleaver - 18 Apr 2005

-- DanielKabs - 18 Apr 2005