Joomla Extensions

Joomla is the world's most popular open source CMS (Content Management System). with 2.7 percent of the Web running on Joomla, the software used by individuals, small & medium-sized businesses, and large organizations worldwide to easily create & build a variety of websites & web-enabled applications.  With thousands of extensions to improve its functionality finding an extension can be hard. Check out my list of favorite free extensions to improve your Joomla functionality.

Art Sexy Lightbox

Art Sexy Lightbox Lite Edition - Free Joomla! popup for local images. It contains the basic functionality of extremely popular Art Sexy Lightbox extension.

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/photos-a-images/photo-gallery/12768

http://www.artetics.com/ARTools/art-sexylightbox-lite-edition


jUpgrade

Upgrade is a simple Joomla 1.5 component that will download a version of Joomla 1.7, decompress it and install it. After that, it should migrate all of the data from old Joomla 1.5 to the new Joomla 1.7 installation.

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/migration-a-conversion/joomla-migration/11658


Googlemaps Plugin

Plugin (Mambot) for displaying one or more Google Maps within content-items, modules or components of Joomla 1.0.x, 1.5.x (native), 1.6.x and 1.7.x.

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/maps-a-weather/maps-a-locations/maps/1147


MailChimp integration

The MailChimp integration is a whole new Joomla! newsletter component and more. It thoroughly exhausts the MailChimp API and will bring you unprecedented control and content inclusion options with your newsletters, along with satisfaction. Get a free MailChimp account and send up to 12,000 newsletters to 2,000 subscribers each month:http://mailchimp.com/

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/content-sharing/mailing-a-newsletter-bridges/13602

http://www.joomlamailer.com/


Attachments for Joomla!

The 'Attachments' extension for Joomla! allows files to be uploaded and attached to articles and other types of content. 'Attachments' includes the ability to attach and edit files from the front end as well as from the administrative back end. There are options to control who can see the attachments and who can upload them, along with many other options to increase its flexibility and usefulness.

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-a-documentation/downloads/3115


Jumi

Jumi is the set of custom code extensions for Joomla! 1.0.x, 1.5.x and 1.6.x in their native modes. Since 2006 more then 200.000 downloads.

http://edo.webmaster.am/jumi


eXtplorer

eXtplorer is a web-based File Management Component for all your needs. It has a desktop-application-like interface with drag&drop, grid and a directory tree and makes heavy use of the ExtJS Javascript Library.

http://extplorer.net/


Xmap

Xmap is a Site map generator component for Joomla. Xmap allows you to create a map of your site using the structure of your menus.

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/structure-a-navigation/site-map/3066


JCE

An award-winning, configurable WYSIWYG editor for Joomla! based on Moxiecode's TinyMCE.

http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/


Akeeba Backup

Akeeba Backup Core is the successor to the now famous JoomlaPack component. In a nutshell, Akeeba Backup Core is an open-source backup component for the Joomla! CMS, quite a bit different than its competition. Its mission is simple: create a site backup that can be restored on any Joomla!-capable server.

https://www.akeebabackup.com/