Plugins & themes

The Plugins section manages extensions, and Templates manages appearance (themes). New extensions and themes can be installed here too.

Plugins

A plugin adds functionality to the site: forms, analytics, a shop and so on. The core works without plugins — they only extend its capabilities.

The Plugins page shows a list of installed extensions with slug, name, version, author and status.

Enabling and disabling

Enable — the plugin is activated: its pages are wired up, and on first enable the database changes (migrations) are applied.
Disable — the plugin stops working, but its data and files are kept.

Enabling/disabling affects only this particular site.

Installing from a ZIP

On the Plugins page, find the "Install from zip" block.
Select the plugin's zip archive and upload it.
The archive is checked for safety, unpacked into plugins/<slug>/ and appears in the list. Enable it with the "Enable" button.

Deleting

The "Delete" button removes the plugin from the active list and erases its folder. The action is irreversible — reinstall the plugin if needed.

Templates (themes)

The Templates section shows the available appearance themes. The active theme defines the look of the entire front-end.

Switch theme — pick another theme; the site immediately starts rendering in it.
Install a theme — like a plugin, themes can be uploaded as a zip archive; they're unpacked into templates/<slug>/.
Template editor — a built-in editor of theme files for pinpoint markup tweaks.

After editing templates in production you may need to clear the cache (Settings → Performance → Clear cache), otherwise the old version is shown.

Marketplace

In the future, plugins and themes will be installable in one click from a marketplace catalog right in the panel — without manual zip uploads. Until it's connected, use the ZIP install.