Craft CMS

Official list of awesome Craft CMS resources, article, and other and shiny things.

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Craft CMS is a flexible, extensible content management system for building bespoke digital experiences.

Contributing

Please take a look at the contribution guidelines. If you see an article or resource here that is no longer maintained or is not a good fit, please submit a pull request. We appreciate your input!

Contents

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• Official Links
• Community
• Plugins
• Resources
  • Core Technologies
  • Articles
  • Videos
  • Presentations
  • Praises
  • Podcasts
  • Dev Tools
• Showcase
  • Official Case Studies
  • Organizations Using Craft

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Official Links

• Website - craftcms.com
• Newsletter - craftcms.com/newsletter
• Craft Commerce - craftcms.com/commerce
• Demos - craftcms.com/demo
• Tutorial – craftcms.com/docs/getting-started-tutorial
• Craft CMS 4 Docs - craftcms.com/docs/4.x - Class Reference
• Commerce 4 Docs - craftcms.com/docs/commerce/4.x - Class Reference
• Knowledge Base - craftcms.com/knowledge-base
• Partners - craftcms.com/partners
• Craft Console - console.craftcms.com
• Repository - github.com/craftcms/cms
• Starter Project - github.com/craftcms/craft
• Dot All Conference - craftcms.com/events

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Community

• Craft Coding Challenge - A training ground for Craft CMS developers to test and improve their coding skills.
• Craft Cookbook - Quick solutions to common Craft CMS problems.
• CraftQuest - Unlimited access to Craft training (and more).
• Discord - The official Discord community for Craft CMS.
• Facebook - Like the official Craft CMS Facebook page.
• Issues, Feedback, Discussions - Post feature ideas and bug reports on GitHub.
• Meetups - Find a local Craft meetup.
• StackExchange - Q&A for administrators, end users, developers and designers.
• Twitter - Follow the conversation, official community hashtag is #craftcms.
• Mastodon - Latest news, on the newest network.
• Work With Craft - Dedicated job board aimed to connect employers with Craft professionals.

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Plugins

• Craft 4 Plugins
• Craft 3 Plugins
• Developer Portal
• Generator

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Resources

Core Technologies

• PHP - A popular general-purpose scripting language.
• Yii - A fast, secure, and efficient PHP framework.
• Twig - The flexible, fast, and secure template engine for PHP.
• MySQL - The world's most popular open source database.
• PostgreSQL - The world's most advanced open source database.

Articles

Assets

• 9 Tips For Speeding Up Your Imager Transforms by André Elvan/Værsågod - 12 Jun 2017
• Creating Optimized Images in Craft CMS by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 9 Sep 2017
• Responsive Images with srcset & Craft by Trevor Davis/Viget - 22 Mar 2016
• Simple Static Asset Versioning in Craft CMS by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 6 Jan 2018
• Support for Imgix in Imager for Craft by André Elvan/Værsågod - 10 Jul 2017

Commerce

• Multi-attribute variant selection in Craft Commerce by André Elvan/Værsågod - 13 Feb 2017

Content

• Craft CMS Content Builder: The Client Experience by Cosmic - 1 Feb 2017
• Creating a Content Builder in Craft CMS by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 16 Jan 2017

Content Migrations

• Add users to Craft with content migrations by Joren Van Hee - 28 Oct 2018
• Using Content Migrations in Craft 3 by Matt Shearing/A Digital - 23 Feb 2018

Craft 3

• 11 Things You Need to Know About Craft 3 by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Why you should update your website to Craft CMS 3 by Lauren Swarbrick/Abstrakt - 22 Nov 2019

Deployment

• Atomic Deployments Without Tears by Andrew Welch/nystudio107

Element API

• Global Sets in the Craft Element API by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Lazy Loading with the Element API & VueJS by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 14 Jan 2017

Environments

• Database & Asset Syncing Between Environments in Craft CMS by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 7 Apr 2017
• Localization & Multi-Environment Setup in Craft by Ian Ebden/Design Karma - 4 Apr 2017
• Multi-Environment Config for Craft CMS by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 4 Sep 2017

Front End

• Craft CMS AJAX Page Transitions with history.pushState by Cosmic - 1 Feb 2017
• Editing a Front End Form with Matrix by Sean Smith/Caffeine Creations
• Language switcher for Craft 3 by Jan D'Hollander - 25 July 2018

Getting Started

• 20 Principles for Craft CMS by Knut Melvær - 30 Sep 2017
• Craft CMS 3 Orientation Guide by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 31 July 2018
• Craft CMS through the eyes of a website designer by Laura Montgomery/A Digital Agency– 3 September 2021
• How To Get Started With SEO In Craft CMS by Galaxy Weblinks - 22 June 2018
• Setting up a New Craft CMS 3 Project by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 12 Jan 2018

Integrations

• Sending notifications to Slack and other channels with Craft CMS by Rias Van der Veken
• The Living Component Library by Graham Smith/Clearleft - 13 Mar 2017

Local Dev

• Getting Started with Craft CMS 2 and Laravel Valet by Jalen Davenport - 9 Feb 2018
• Getting Started with Craft CMS 3 and Laravel Valet by Jalen Davenport - 23 Feb 2018
• How I Automate My Local Development Craft CMS 2.x Installs by Tim Knight - 17 Jul 2017
• A Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker: Part 1 - Local Development by Matt Gray - 4 Dec 2018

Modules

• [Enhancing a Craft CMS 3 Website with a Cu