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Welcome to the 2012 edition for the Top 100 Joomla Extensions: the number one resource to find the best Joomla extensions for your Joomla website. Our Joomla experts have taken the time to evaluate thousands of Joomla extensions and compile the best to help save time, money, and energy when selecting extensions for your Joomla Project.

The extensions were ranked based on overall usefulness, front and back end functionality, J!2.5 compatibility, ability to customize, support provided, and other key factors. All of these extensions have been used by the Savvy Panda team and this list will be updated twice per year. We also value your opinion so we have added public rating so you can rate your favorite extensions. Enjoy!

Rank Name Category Type JED Previous Rank Highest Rank Rating
1 K2 Content Construction Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.63 (160 Votes)
2 Better Preview Admin Publishing Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.07 (41 Votes)
3 Chrono Forms Forms Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.47 (63 Votes)
4 sh404SEF SEF Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.81 (80 Votes)
5 Akeeba Backup Backup Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.71 (183 Votes)
6 JCE - Joomla Content Editor Editors Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.64 (149 Votes)
7 Warp 6 Framework Template N/A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.20 (69 Votes)
8 XMap Site Map Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.99 (68 Votes)
9 Mobile Joomla Mobile display Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.79 (47 Votes)
10 Widgetkit Mutli Component N/A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.26 (70 Votes)
11 Community Builder Communities Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.34 (46 Votes)
12 Zoo Content Construction Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.64 (77 Votes)
13 Modules Anywhere Embed & Include Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.18 (50 Votes)
14 Admin Tools Site protection Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.65 (81 Votes)
15 Seblod Content Construction Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.34 (74 Votes)
16 JEvents Events Calendars Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.61 (36 Votes)
17 DT Register Events Registration Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.19 (92 Votes)
18 RedSHOP Shopping Cart Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.52 (65 Votes)
19 Ignite Gallery Photo Gallery Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.44 (17 Votes)
20 spUpgrade Joomla Migration Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.40 (20 Votes)
21 JCal Pro Events Calendars Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.03 (18 Votes)
22 RSform Pro Forms Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.22 (43 Votes)
23 RS Firewall! Site protection Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.13 (19 Votes)
24 Account Expiration Control Membership & Subscriptions Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.69 (13 Votes)
25 Kunena Forum Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.21 (64 Votes)
26 Akeeba Subs Membership & Subscriptions Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.66 (25 Votes)
27 hwdMediaShare Multimedia Display Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.14 (11 Votes)
28 ACL Manager Backend & Full Access Control Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.24 (36 Votes)
29 Flexi Content Content Construction Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.45 (20 Votes)
30 BlankModule Custom Code in Modules Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.56 (8 Votes)
31 VirtueMart Shopping Cart Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.60 (72 Votes)
32 EasyBlog Blog Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.28 (39 Votes)
33 Advanced Site Search Site Search Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.63 (8 Votes)
34 JComments Articles comments Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.00 (24 Votes)
35 One Web Framework Template N/A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.06 (18 Votes)
36 Praise URL SEF Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.39 (9 Votes)
37 Fa Lang Multi-lingual Content Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.19 (8 Votes)
38 All Videos Video Players & Gallery Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.05 (33 Votes)
39 Simple Image Gallery Pro Photo Gallery Plugin N/A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.68 (34 Votes)
40 Alpha Points Gifts Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.57 (14 Votes)
41 Breezing Forms Forms Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.21 (34 Votes)
42 LOF K2 Scroller K2 extensions Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.63 (8 Votes)
43 Gantry Framework Template N/A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.13 (39 Votes)
44 Joom Donation Donations Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.64 (11 Votes)
45 Store Locator Maps Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.60 (5 Votes)
46 Tabber Articles Tabs Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.75 (18 Votes)
47 Modalizer Popups & iFrames Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.03 (18 Votes)
48 Tooltips Tooltips Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.57 (15 Votes)
49 1pixeloutplayer Audio Players & Gallery Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.50 (11 Votes)
50 Ace Poll Polls Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.21 (19 Votes)

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Rank Name Category Type JED Previous Rank Highest Rank Rating
51 AiDa News Latest News Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.35 (10 Votes)
52 GK Tabber GK4 Modules Panel Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.77 (15 Votes)
53 ARTIO Joom SEF SEF Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.31 (8 Votes)
54 AL Ratings Ratings & Reviews Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.63 (4 Votes)
55 Magebridge Bridge Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.50 (4 Votes)
56 JFBConnect Facebook integration Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.17 (12 Votes)
57 Maxi Menu CK Drop & Tab Menus Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.25 (8 Votes)
58 Blank Template Design Tools Tool JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.86 (14 Votes)
59 YJ Popup Login Authentication Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.30 (5 Votes)
60 ALFContact Contact forms Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.42 (6 Votes)
61 Phoca Gallery Photo Gallery Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.14 (36 Votes)
62 Content Templater Code Snippets Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.06 (9 Votes)
63 Cache Cleaner Cache Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.19 (18 Votes)
64 SSL Redirect plugin URL Redirection Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.80 (5 Votes)
65 Hika Shop Shopping Cart Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.46 (26 Votes)
66 Ohanah Events Management Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.19 (16 Votes)
67 JSN PowerAdmin Admin Navigation Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.43 (20 Votes)
68 j4Schema MetaData Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.25 (6 Votes)
69 JMonitoring Site monitoring Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.09 (11 Votes)
70 Simple RSS Reader RSS Readers Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.63 (8 Votes)
71 Advanced Module Manager Modules Management Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.61 (32 Votes)
72 MetaMod Modules Management Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.75 (14 Votes)
73 Replication Database Management Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.80 (5 Votes)
74 Josetta Multi-lingual Content Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.04 (12 Votes)
75 Gavern Framework Template N/A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.75 (10 Votes)
76 Frontpage Slideshow Slideshow Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.53 (16 Votes)
77 DocMan Downloads Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.25 (18 Votes)
78 JA Voice Testimonials & Suggestions Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.21 (7 Votes)
79 SC Jquery jQuery scripts Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.25 (6 Votes)
80 Registration Validator Authentication management Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.88 (4 Votes)
81 Sobi2 Directory Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.14 (22 Votes)
82 Admin Praise 3 Admin Templates Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.13 (8 Votes)
83 Project Fork Project & Task Management Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.00 (13 Votes)
84 HotSpots Maps Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.70 (5 Votes)
85 Zen Grid Framework Template N/A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.25 (4 Votes)
86 Fabrik Forms Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.81 (16 Votes)
87 Agora Pro Forum Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.38 (8 Votes)
88 Art Sexy Lightbox Multimedia Display Module JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.56 (8 Votes)
89 Articles Anywhere Articles Embed Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 4.00 (22 Votes)
90 Qlue 404 Error pages Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 0.92 (6 Votes)
91 ReReplacer Replace Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.75 (22 Votes)
92 SW Menu Pro Menu Editors Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.14 (7 Votes)
93 AutoTweet Social Auto publish Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.10 (5 Votes)
94 Extra Vote Ratings Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.30 (5 Votes)
95 JA Job Board Jobs & Recruitment Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.60 (5 Votes)
96 Lazy DB Backup Backup Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.86 (7 Votes)
97 iJoomla SEO MetaData Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 1.38 (12 Votes)
98 Jom Social Communities Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.01 (34 Votes)
99 What? Nothing! Miscellaneous Plugin JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.46 (24 Votes)
100 Blast Chat Chat - hosted Component JED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 2.36 (7 Votes)
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