Top Elgg Plugins
Elgg is a open-source social networking platform for building a community based website. Think of a fully customizable MySpace of your own. Elgg V1.0 just launched on August 18th and every week there are new plugins being released from community members. Elgg’s Full Package comes with quite a few useful plugins, but these plugins from the community really bring Elgg to the next level.
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Be Myspace’s Tom
v1.01.1The Be Tom plugin automatically adds the user of your choice to a newly registered users friend list. Hence the name Be Tom. On Myspace every new user automatically has Tom added to their friend list. This is a great way to make your site not so lonely for new members.
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Default Widgets v1.1
This plugin is almost a necessity for a new site. By default when a new user registers there are no pre-loaded widgets on their dashboard and profile. This makes for a pretty confusing and empty looking page. With Default Widgets you can make new users have the widgets of your choice displayed automatically. There are a couple limitations, but nothing that makes this plugin not great.
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User Contact List Plugin v0.2
The User Contact List plugin adds a tab for administrators to view a nice list of registered users, which shows their username, nickname, and email. This plugin also doubles as a contact list in case you need to email a member directly.
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Invitations v0.2
Invitations allows you to send out a email to multiple people inviting them to join your community. Great for getting your community started.
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Artfolio v0.8 Beta
Artfolio is basically a image gallery plugin for Elgg. It integrates a rating system and is a definite necessity to Elgg, since by default you can only upload one photo to your profile.
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User Friends Blog Post v0.9
This plugin creates a new widget that dispays a list of a users friends latest blog post. A nice option for your members I would say.
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Tag Cloud Widget v1.0
Adds a Widget option to place a tag cloud on your dashboard or profile. Nothing too complex but a nice addition.
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Group Feed Widget
Group Feed displays the 10 most recently updated content resources for a group of your choice.
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LastFM Latest Songs Widget
The Latest song widget will display the last 5 songs you listened to on your LastFM account. A great new feature is that it automatically adds the cd cover and album name to the list.
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Friend Feed Widget v0.5
Allows users to add a FriendFeed widget to their profiles. FriendFeed is a service that allows users to create and share a river of their activity across the web.
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Zaudio v1.0
If you have the file repository plugin enabled, you can install this plugin so when you upload a Mp3 file it can be played in the browser without having to download the file to your computer.
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Flicker Widget v0.1
This widget let’s users display their latest flickr photos on their profile. At the moment it does not work in Safari, but possibly will in future releases.
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Twitter Widget v1.0
This widget will display all of your latest tweets on your profile.
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Coppa
v0.1v1.1Coppa adds a check box that requires users to specify that they are over 13 years old when registering. Coppa is a online child protection act. Technically it should ask if users are over 12 years old, but theres nothing wrong with being extra safe.
For more plugins you can visit the Elgg Community. New plugins are coming out every week so I recommend checking back here for updates or going directly to Elgg.org. Also if you have a plugin I missed or a plugin recommendation post a comment below with the details about it.
on November 16th, 2008 at 3:53 pm Said:
good list of plugins for elgg!
I am using some of them on my community website.
on November 19th, 2008 at 7:44 pm Said:
I really like the design of your site, great job. Elgg definitely is opening up a lot with all of these new plugins. I hope to see more like them in the future!
on November 25th, 2008 at 7:34 pm Said:
This is excellent! Thanks for putting this list together. I’m so impressed with the elgg community. This is really amazing stuff!
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