Plugin Manager

Every module you see in the sidebar — Pages, Blog, Shop, E-Learning, Email Marketing, A/B Testing, AI — is a Plugin. The Plugin Manager lets you install and uninstall plugins that ship with the CMS. Typical case: a site that does not need e-learning uninstalls the elearning plugin to hide the sidebar entry and free up database resources.

Open Settings → Plugin Manager. The list shows every plugin bundled with your installation.

Columns:

Column	Purpose
Name	Human-readable plugin title.
Version	Plugin version from its bootstrap.php.
Status	Installed (green) or Not installed (grey).

1. Install a plugin

Find the plugin in the list. If its status is Not installed, a green Install button is on the row. Click it.

A confirmation dialog asks: Do you want to install the plugin?. Click Install.

What happens behind the scenes:

1. The plugin's install() method runs — registers URL rewrites, content types, API endpoints, webhook events, and scheduled tasks.
2. Any migrations under _public/extensions/core/backend/{plugin}/migrations/ run.
3. The plugin's sidebar entry appears on the next page load.

Refresh the page to pick up the new sidebar entry.

2. Uninstall a plugin

Find the plugin. If its status is Installed, a red Uninstall button is on the row. Click it.

A confirmation dialog asks: Do you want to safely uninstall the plugin?. Click Uninstall.

What happens:

1. The plugin's sidebar entry is removed.
2. API endpoints and webhook events registered by the plugin are de-registered.
3. Scheduled tasks owned by the plugin are removed from the scheduler.
4. The plugin's uninstall() method runs.

Uninstall keeps the data

Uninstalling does not drop the plugin's database tables. Your blog posts, orders, course records, or e-learning certificates stay in the database. Re-installing the plugin brings the data back. To truly delete the data, drop the tables manually after uninstall.

Undeletable plugins

Some plugins are marked as uninstallable: 0 because the system depends on them — for example base (site master data), user_management, demoAPI. These do not appear in the Plugin Manager list at all. They are always installed.

Search and sort

The header has a search field that filters by plugin name. The column headers are sortable — click to toggle ascending / descending.

What a plugin brings

Part	Example
Sidebar entry	"E-Learning" appears under the E-Commerce group.
Database tables	elearning_courses, elearning_episodes, elearning_certificates, …
API endpoints	/api/elearning/catalog, /api/backend/elearning.
Pagebuilder widgets	The elearning widget becomes available in the Widget Picker.
Scheduled tasks	Certificate expiry checks, reminder emails.
Webhook events	elearning.purchased, elearning.certificate_issued.

Uninstalling removes all of the above except the tables and their rows.

Common issues

I uninstalled a plugin but a page still shows an error. A Pagebuilder page references a widget that no longer exists. Open the page, remove the orphaned widget, save. Re-install the plugin if you need the widget back.

I re-installed the plugin but my old data is gone. Check that the tables still exist in the database. If the developer dropped them manually, they are gone for good — only a backup can bring them back.

I cannot find a plugin to install. Only plugins that live in _public/extensions/core/backend/ are listed. Plugins shipped via the Update Manager land there automatically; custom developer plugins need to be copied to that directory.

See also

• User Groups — plugins appear in the rights editor only after installation.
• Update Manager — installs new plugins as part of a system update.