Please note that many of these plugins are restricted by plan level, if you are uncertain if you plan includes a certain addon or feature, contact your CSM or Vanilla Support.
To have an addon enabled that does not appear in settings / addons, contact your CSM or Vanilla Support.
It is always strongly recommended to test new addons and features out on your staging site prior to enabling them on production.
Advanced Editor
Older Editor that enables advanced editing of posts in several formats, including WYSIWYG, simple HTML, Markdown, and BBCode. Typically used by legacy customers, we recommend using our Rich Editor instead.
Advanced Search
Enables advanced search on sites. Replaces "{searchbox}" with "{searchbox_advanced}".
Akismet
Adds Akismet spam filtering to all posts by unverified users and applicant registrations
All Viewed
Allows users to mark all discussions as viewed and mark category viewed.
API v1
Provides simple access_token API access to the forum. This addon was formally called "Simple API".
Author Selector
Auto Signout Timer
Automatically signs people out if they have not been active for a period of time
Auto-Role By Email
Add users with a confirmed email address to roles, based on their email domain.
Avatar Pool
Create a limited stock of default avatars that members can choose between.
Badges
Give badges to your users to reward them for contributing to your community.
Badgify Comments
It's gamification with badges. Assign badges to discussions to incentivize users to comment.
Bulk User Import
Bulk user import with standardized CSV files. Send invites or directly insert new members.
Bump
Allows moderators to bump a discussion without commenting.
Civil Tongue Ex
A swear word filter for your forum. Making your forum safer for younger audiences.
Gravatar
Implements Gravatar avatars for all users who have not uploaded their own custom profile picture & icon.
Hero Image
A plugin to add a hero image upload per category. The image is accessible through the Smarty tag {hero_image_url}. Supports a default image and inheritence from parents.
Hosted Tours
Provides new user walkthrough tours for administrators
Ideation
Let users vote on discussions in a Idea category
Ignore
This plugin allows users to ignore others, filtering their comments out of discussions.
Keyword Blocker
Block posts containing certain words and send to the moderation queue them for review.
Knowledge
A community centered knowledge base that helps your customers with self-service and tribal knowledge.
Link Types
Open external URLs in a new tab. Links that are on the same main domain are not considered external URLs
Multilingual
Allows use of multiple languages. Users can select their preferred language via a link in the footer, and administrators may embed their forum in different languages in different places.
OAuth2 SSO
Connect to an authentication provider to allow users to log on using SSO.
Online
Tracks who is online, and provides a panel module for displaying a list of online users.
OpenID
Allows users to sign in with OpenID. Must be enabled before using ‘Google Sign In’ and ‘Steam’ plugins.
Pockets
Administrators may add raw HTML to various places on the site. This plugin is very powerful, but can easily break your site if you make a mistake.
Polls
Allow users to create and vote on polls.
Profile Extender
Add fields (like status, location, or gamer tags) to profiles and registration.
Q&A
Users may designate a discussion as a Question and then officially accept one or more of the comments as the answer.
Ranks
Adds user ranks to the application.
Reactions
Adds reaction options to discussions & comments.
reCAPTCHA Support
Add recaptcha validation to signups.
Reporting
Allows users to report posts to moderators for abuse, terms of service violations etc.
Resolved Discussions v2
Allow staff users to mark discussions as resolved. Only staff users see the resolution status.
Rich Editor
The new WYSIWYG editor for Vanilla. Easy to use, with support for rich content embedding. Also supports a more minimal text mode, Markdown, and BBCode.
Role Titles
Lists users' roles under their name and adds role-specific CSS classes to their comments for theming.
Salesforce
Allow staff users to create leads and cases from discussions and comments.
Salesforce OAuth2 SSO
Allow users to signin through a Salesforce App.
SAML SSO
Allows Vanilla to SSO to SAML 2.0 compliant identity providers.
ShareThis
Adds ShareThis (http://sharethis.com) buttons below discussions.
Signatures
Users may create custom signatures that appear after each of their comments.
Sitemaps
Creates an XML sitemap based on http://www.sitemaps.org.
Split / Merge
Allows moderators with discussion edit permission to split & merge discussions.
Spoof
Administrators may "spoof" other users, meaning they temporarily sign in as that user. Helpful for debugging permission problems.
Steam Connect
Allow users to sign in with their Steam Account. Requires ‘OpenID’ plugin to be enabled first.
Stop Auto Draft
Comments are auto-saved as a user types. This plugin disables that feature so that drafts are only saved if the "Save Draft" button is clicked.
Stop Forum Spam
Got spammer problems? This integrates the spammer blacklist from stopforumspam.com to mitigate the issue.
Subcommunities
Allows you to use top level categories as virtual mini forums for multilingual or multi-product communities.
Troll Management
Allows you to mark users as trolls, making it so that only they can see their comments & discussions. They essentially become invisible to other users and eventually just leave because no-one responds to them.
Twitter Social Connect
Users may sign into your site using their Twitter account.
Vanilla Analytics
Track important trends on your forum and chart them in a customizable dashboard.
Vanilla jsConnect
Enables custom single sign-on solutions. They can be same-domain or cross-domain.
Vanillicon
Provides fun default user icons (avatars) from vanillicon.com.
Walk Through
Allow other plugins to display custom tours to administrators.
Warnings & Notes
Allows moderators to warn users and add private notes to profiles to help police the community.
Zendesk
Allow staff users to create tickets and cases from discussions and comments.