Top Drupal 7 Modules: Final Edition. If you have been to the Mediacurrent blog before you have probably seen my Top 5. Drupal 6 and 7. This current list will be my final update for Drupal 7. My last blog from 2.
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I have gone through one last time to give our readers my a good list of modules to start with for their next Drupal 7 site. If you have visited Drupal. This can be very intimidating for new users who are just getting started building Drupal sites. The secret for newbies to know is that most developers continually use a few dozen of the same modules on almost every project. As a 9 year veteran of Drupal I like to share my list of modules that I personally use on almost every site I build.
If you are just getting started, this is a good list to begin with. If you are an intermediate or even an expert developer it can be helpful to skim the list to see if there are any modules that can help you on your next project. If you are getting start be sure to take a look at the Panopoly distribution. This is a great way to get a lot of preconfigured modules and editorial tools out of the box.
I highly recommend you check it out! NOTE: I have tried to indicate on the list where I have made changes. You will see several 'New' and 'Updated' labels. New' does not mean new to Drupal, but rather new to the list.
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Address field allows you to collect an address from within a field and has Views integration. Admin Views + Views Bulk Operations*Update. Admin views will replace Drupal core administrative lists with Views. This makes it much easier to modify these lists (such as the /admin/content screen). This module uses VBO which adds bulk operations to administrative views. Date. Allows ‘date’ fields to be added to content with beautiful javascript- powered popup calendars and has Views integration.
Email. This module allows you to add email address as fields in Drupal 7 which is a pretty common use case. Entity Reference*New. This module is similar to the References module in that it allows you to reference one entity to another. Entity reference is now in Drupal 8 core so this is the module we recommend using.
One word of caution, the entity reference select widget can have performance consequences for large lists of content. Field Collection. This module allows you to create composite fields for Drupal content types. Field collections are 'entities' in Drupal 7. This is a VERY handy module. The module includes Views integration although it can be a bit advanced for novice site builders. Field Group. In Drupal 7 you need this module to group fields together on a content type.
This matter is probably moot by now, but Greg's answer (the first) is what actually did it for me, so perhaps someone can still benefit. The thing is that the command.
This is helpful for editors as it provides visual clarity as to how fields should be grouped together on a page. File Field Sources. This module provides a handy file widget for content forms. The Media module also provides a widget with a popup dialog but sometimes “filefield sources” is a better fit.
Image Link Formatter*New. This module is very handy for the common use case where you want to render an image as a linked image using a link field as the value. Link. Allows you to add ‘link’ fields to content and has Views integration. Media. This module is ubiquitous with file field widgets in Drupal 7.
The Media module provides an interface for managing media in Drupal and has many extensions available. The downside of this module is that it does have a history of being buggy.
Menu Block. While we avoid using the block module at all in favor of Panels sometimes we will enable the block module solely to be able to use this module. The menu block module allows site builders to create a slice of a menu that can be embedded as a block. Module filter*New. This module is a must have for the /admin/modules page which can get very long and difficult to navigate.
The module filter organizes modules and provides a search box. Panels*Update. Since my last post, the Mediacurrent team (as well as many other Drupal shops) has coalesced around using Panels as the site building tool of choice. With custom Panel layouts you can control the entire page output with the ability to heavily customize the markup.
Due to the rise HTML frameworks (e. Bootstrap, Foundation, etc.) it is critical to have strong control over the Drupal markup that renders on the page. We find that Panels can handle all our use cases without requiring additional site building tools (e. D. S., Context, etc.). Panelizer*New. This tool is a nice compliment to Panels, in that it gives editors the ability to customize layouts per entity instance.
This gives us the ability to empower editors with much more flexibility in how they build out pages. Panelizer can be used for virtually any entity type and view mode. Pathauto. The standard for automatic path aliasing.
A must- have module. Rules. This module is a swiss- army- knife tool for all sorts of tasks that in the past might have required custom code. You can send emails, set breadcrumbs, all sorts of tasks. Search API*New. For site builders that need to customize search, this module is the only way to go. The Search API will require additional modules (e. Search API DB, Search API Solr, etc.) depending on the search engine used. Smart Trim*New. This module is a must have for site builders.
Now maintained by Mediacurrent! Smart Trim gives developers much better options for providing trimmed content teasers. Views. This is the reason why you are using Drupal.
Views in now in Drupal 8 core! Views RSS*New. Out of the box, Drupal does not give a lot of control over how RSS is rendered by Views. This module allows developers to the tools they need to customize RSS display.
Webform. A must- have module for every site. Often used for contact forms and has all kinds of useful functionality.
Chaos Tools. From the mind Earl Miles, CTools is now required by Views in Drupal 7 so likely every D7 site will include this module. CTools is an important module for developers who need to create custom plugins and exportables. Entity + Entity Cache*Update. Entities are a new Drupal 7 concept, this module is required by a lot of other modules because it exposes an API to entities, so chances are you are going to need this module installed.
UPDATE: Entity Cache is also a good module to include so that your entities get cached. No configuration needed, this module can just be dropped in and enabled. File Entity. This is required by the Media module and extends file types by making them fieldable.
Libraries. The Libraries module is an API module for modules that makes it easier for module maintainers to include 3rd party libraries in their module. Strongarm. Great when used with the Features module. This module stores Drupal settings in code instead of the database. This is very handy for Features because it will auto- export a lot of settings for you when you export content types to Features. Token. Has been around for a while and is still great for using placeholders in content, and urls. Admin. I used this module quite often for Drupal 6 sites but I now use Admin Menu or Navbar.
Captcha + Recaptcha. Captcha’s are not quite as beloved as they once were for spam prevention. While still an option, there are captcha alternatives such as Honeypot. CCKThis module had some useful functionality when migrating from Drupal 6 but I don’t use this module much any more for D7 sites. Colorbox. Colorbox is a fairly good lightbox module and so it was a tough call to remove from the list. I think for new users colorbox works great. For highly customized sites though I find custom integrating a lightbox plugin is actually easier than fighting one of the modules to product the output I am wanting.
Content Taxonomy. While this module has some useful taxonomy, the core taxonomy term widget is good enough for most use cases. Context. While Context has some useful functionality I have found that I can use other tools in place of Context.