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.

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Contents

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

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 Andr Elvan/Vrsgod - 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 Andr Elvan/Vrsgod - 10 Jul 2017

Commerce

• Multi-attribute variant selection in Craft Commerce by Andr Elvan/Vrsgod - 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 Melvr - 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 Custom Module by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 19 Mar 2018

Performance and Testing

• A/B Split Testing with Nginx & Craft CMS by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 29 Nov 2017
• Debug Tool in Craft 3: Heres all you need to know about it by Galaxy Weblinks - 2 July 2018
• Large websites and performance in Craft CMS by Jason Mayo/MadeByShape - 2 Apr 2017
• Profiling your Website with Craft CMS 3s Debug Toolbar by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 9 Apr 2018
• Speed up your Craft CMS Templates with Eager Loading by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 21 Dec 2017
• Static File Caching with Craft CMS 3, aka The Best Of Both Worlds by Ben Croker/PutYourLightsOn - 21 Nov 2018
• Static Page Caching with Craft CMS by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 25 Dec 2017
• The Craft {% cache %} Tag In-Depth by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 24 Jan 2018
• Thoughts on full page caching in Craft by Josh Angell - 29 Aug 2017

Plugins

• 3 Things to Know About Craft Plugin Development by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Craft Plugins in Craft 3 by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Getting Started with Craft Plugin Development with Ben Croker by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Inspiration for Your First Craft Plugin by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Craft CMS E-Commerce: Why and How I Built a Snipcart Plugin by Matt Stein

Publications

• The Guide to Craft CMS Development by Ryan Masuga
• The Ultimate Craft CMS vs WordPress Guide by Ryan Masuga
• Introduction to Craft CMS by Jrme Coup/Webstoemp (on Github)

Security

• Securing Front-End User Profile and Entry Forms in Craft by Ben Croker/PutYourLightsOn - 4 May 2021
• Securing Your Craft Site in 2022Part 3 by Ben Croker/PutYourLightsOn - 24 May 2022
• Securing Your Craft Site in 2021Part 2 by Ben Croker/PutYourLightsOn - 26 Jan 2021
• Securing Your Craft Site in 2021Part 1 by Ben Croker/PutYourLightsOn - 13 Jan 2021
• Storing Secrets in Craft CMS by Ben Croker/PutYourLightsOn - 6 July 2021
• Common Security Vulnerabilities in Craft CMS Plugins by Ben Croker/PutYourLightsOn - 31 Oct 2021
• Enforcing better passwords in Craft CMS - Rias
• Hardening Craft CMS Permissions by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 19 Mar 2017
• Hashing Redirect Params in Craft by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• The Case of the Missing PHP Session by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 3 Oct 2017

Taxonomies

• Using Categories in Craft CMS by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo

Templating

• Brief Overview of Craft Routing to Templates by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Building Complex Queries by Extending the ElementCriteriaModel by Keith Damiani/Tighten Co - 10 Feb 2016
• Creating an Age Drop-down with Twig range() by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• DRY Templating with Twig and Craft CMS by Pierre Stoffe/Base Digital - 31 May 2017
• Filters in Twig and Craft by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Handling Errors Gracefully in Craft CMS by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 20 Oct 2017
• How to check for undefined variables by Ben Rogerson - 24 July 2018
• Key Value Arrays in Twig by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Passing data from Twig to JavaScript by Ben Rogerson - 1 Aug 2018
• Quick Tips: Craft CMS by Gregor Terrill - 26 May 2017
• Three Twig Tag Types in Craft CMS Explained by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Twig Processing Order & Scope by Andrew Welch/nystudio107 - 3 Jan 2017
• Using Macros in Twig and Craft by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Using Variables in Twig and Craft CMS by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Where am I in the Twig Loop? by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Tips for Craft multilingual websites by Jrme Coup/Webstoemp - 15 Jul 2015
• Combined searches and filters using Craft by Jrme Coup/Webstoemp - 17 Feb 2016
• SVG Sprites and Twig Macros in Craft CMS by Sean Smith/Caffeine Creations - 29 June 2018
• Responsive tables in Craft by Jan D'Hollander - 10 July 2018

Videos

Assets

• Craft 3 Remote Volumes with AWS S3 by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Image Editing in Craft 3 by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Images and Image Editing in Craft 3 by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 17 Mar 2017
• Remote Asset Sources in Craft by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo

Commerce

• Fundamentals of Craft Commerce by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo - Paid
• Introduction to Craft Commerce II by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 12 Feb 2016

Content

• Pushing the Limits of Craft CMS's Matrix Field by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 17 Mar 2017

Control Panel

• Customizing the Craft Control Panel by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 1 Jul 2016

Craft 3

• An initial look at Craft 3 by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 5 Aug 2016
• Craft 3 Command Line by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Craft 3: What You Need to Know by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo

Development

• Better Build Processes with Gulp and Craft by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 29 Jun 2016

Element API

• Creating an Element API in Craft by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo

Getting Started

• Craft CMS 3 Manual Installation by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo - 5 Apr 2018
• Craft CMS Essentials by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo - Paid
• Craft Starter Pack by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo - Paid
• Up and Running with Craft by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo - Paid

Integration

• Craft-Powered Apps by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 16 Sep 2016

Installation and Upgrading

• Composer and Craft 3 by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 20 Apr 2018
• Installing Composer by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Installing Craft 3 (beta) by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Installing Craft CMS by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Updating Craft 3 Beta by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Upgrading Craft 2 to Craft 3 by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo

Multi-site

• Managing Multiple Sites in Craft 3 Sites and Localization by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 10 Mar 2017
• Using Craft CMS 3 Multi-Site by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo

Nitro

• How I Use Craft Scripts in Craft CMS Running in Craft Nitro 2
• Hot Module Reloading with Laravel Mix v6 and Craft Nitro 2
• Local Development with Craft Nitro

Performance and Testing

• Yii Debug Toolbar in Craft CMS 3 by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo

Plugins

• Craft 3 Plugin Development - Controllers & Variables by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 7 Apr 2017
• Craft Plugin Development by Ben Croker/Mijingo - Paid
• Craft Plugin Development Workbook by Ben Croker/Mijingo - Paid
• Getting Started with Craft Plugin Development (Craft 3) by Ben Croker/CraftQuest
• Getting Started with Craft Plugin Development (Craft 2) by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Migrating a Field Type plugin from Craft 2 to Craft 3 by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 24 Mar 2017
• Migrating a plugin from Craft 2 to Craft 3 by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 3 Mar 2017
• Migrating a website with plugins from Craft 2 to Craft 3 by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 4 May 2018
• Plugins in Craft 3 by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Tools for getting started with plugin development? by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 11 Mar 2016
• Writing Bulletproof Database Migrations by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 2 Sep 2016
• Craft CMS E-Commerce: Why and How I Built a Snipcart Plugin

Security

• Critical Updates and Craft CMS by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 2 Sep 2016
• Hashing Redirects in Craft by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Security and Craft CMS by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 22 Apr 2016

Templating

• Changing Section Labels in Craft by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Control Flow in Twig by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo - Paid
• Craft 3 Service APIs in Templates by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo -DRY Templating Techniques by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 1 Apr 2016
• Eager-Loading Elements by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 18 Mar 2016
• Flexbox and Craft by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 27 May 2016
• Flexible Twig Templates in Craft by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo - Paid
• How I build components in CraftCMS with Twig by Alex Carpenter - 28 Dec 2017
• How to build a content builder in Craft CMS by Alex Carpenter - 30 Mar 2018
• How to build a reusable carousel component with Craft CMS by Alex Carpenter - 22 Apr 2018
• Matrix as a Layout Builder by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 13 May 2016
• Navigating Navigation in Craft CMS by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 20 May 2016
• Nested navigation based on Structure section by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo - 30 Jan 2018
• Passing Data with Twig Include by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Twig Templates in Craft by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo - Paid
• Twig's null-coalescing operator (??)! by Ben Parizek/Straight Up Craft - 8 Apr 2016
• Using .all() in Craft 3 by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo
• Using the Batch Filter in Twig by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo

Tutorials

• Building a Blog in Craft CMS by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo - 23 Jan 2018
• Contact Form in Craft CMS by Ryan Irelan/Mijingo

Presentations

• Building a Smarter Craft Commerce Website by Stephen Callender - 27 Sep 2018
• Craft 3 Plugin Development by Brandon Kelly - 26 Apr 2017
• Crafting Modern SEO by Andrew Welch - 23 Oct 2017
• Design Processes and Systems in Craft by Courtney Bradford - 27 Sep 2018
• Designers Guide to Craft CMS Plugins - by Jason Mayo - 3 Nov 2016
• Dot All 2017 Keynote by Brandon Kelly - 23 Oct 2017
• How to Migrate Legacy Content to Craft Without Losing Your Sanity by James Greig - Sep 28 2018
• Intro to Craft by Philip Zaengle - 29 Apr 2016
• Intro to Craft 3 by Brandon Kelly - 26 Apr 2017
• Making a Craft CMS Website That Flies by Andrew Welch - 27 Sep 2018
• Modern Frontends with Craft CMS, GraphQL, and React by Paulo Elias
• Multilingual Sites in Craft 3 by Zoltan Varady - 27 Sep 2018
• Running Craft as a 12-factor app on Heroku by Bob Olde Hampsink - 27 Sep 2018
• Scaling Craft CMS Sites for Large Launches by Matt Weinberg - 28 Sep 2018
• State of Craft 2018 by Brandon Kelly - 28 Sep 2018
• The Art Of Plugin Development by Ben Croker - 27 Sep 2018
• Twig Super Power Roundup by Jason Mayo - 1 Nov 2018
• Whats the Deal with Craft CMS? by Brandon Kelly - 21 Apr 2016
• Working with Craft Commerce by Jason Mayo - 2 Nov 2017

Praises

• 10 Reasons Why We Love Craft CMS by Taecho Group
• A Review of Craft Commerce by Adam Fairholm/New Media Campaigns - 19 May 2017
• A love letter to Craft CMS by Harry Keller/diesdas.digital - 18 Apr 2017
• An Overview of Pixel & Tonics Craft CMS by Matthew Soyka - 21 Feb 2017
• Craft CMS vs WordPress: A comparison & why we love Craft CMS by Chris Cox/Made by Bridge - 17 Nov 2021
• Craft CMS Vs WordPress: Why Choose Craft? - 19 June 2018
• Crazy About Craft by Nathan Huening/New Media Campaigns - 27 Feb 2017
• How we chose Craft CMS for our product websites by Eugene Fedorenko/Wildbit - 1 Nov 2016
• Why Content Managers Love Craft CMS by Lauren Swarbrick/Abstrakt - 17 May 2017
• Why Content Writers Love Craft CMS by Sean Smith/Caffeine Creations
• Why Craft CMS is the best content management system we (and you) have ever used by Owen Matthews and Andy Green/Ten4 Design - 21 Apr 2017
• Why We Love Craft CMS by Trevor Davis/Viget - 17 Oct 2014
• Why We Use Craft CMS by Cosmic - 1 Feb 2017
• Why We Use Craft CMS by Masonry - 7 Nov 2017
• Why We're Craft CMS Developers by Honcho - 16 Apr 2019
• Why We've Fallen Head Over Heels for Craft CMS by Welford Media - 14 Oct 2016
• Why we develop websites using Craft CMS instead of Wordpress by Abstrakt - 25 Apr 2017
• Why you should be considering Craft over WordPress by Sam Goddard/Kind - 21 Mar 2017
• Why Craft? by Jrme Coup/Webstoemp - 17 Jun 2015

Podcasts

• Craft.Podcast - A voice for the #CraftCMS community.
• Craft CMS 3 as an Application Platform - devmode.fm and Ben Crocker discuss using Craft CMS 3 as an application platform.
• Craft CMS 3 with Pixel & Tonic Founder Brandon Kelly! - Get an insiders view of the the development of Craft CMS 3.
• Dot All 2018 Conference Recap & Analysis, Live from Berlin! - The devMode.fm crew recaps the Dot All 2018 Conference in Berlin.
• Talking Craft CMS 3 RC1! - The inaugural episode of the devMode.fm podcast.
• Commerce Minded - A Craft Commerce-centric podcast that goes behind the scenes to chat with ecommerce merchants, developers, and vendors.

Dev Tools

• Craft CLI - Command line interface for Craft CMS 2.
• Craft CMS Bootstrap - Streamline Craft CMS bootstrapping and configuration.
• Craft CMS Docker - Get started playing with Craft CMS 3 in a few command lines with Docker.
• Craft 3 Multi-environment - Craft 2 Version - Efficient and flexible multi-environment config for Craft CMS.
• Craft Scripts - Shell scripts to manage common tasks between Craft CMS environments.
• Craftman - To help speed set up and start a new Craft CMS installation smoothly.
• Crafty Vagrant - A boilerplate dev environment for jump-starting Craft CMS projects.
• Generator Craft Install - Yeoman generator for Craft CMS installs.
• Happy Lager Demo Site - A fork of the Craft CMS demo site, updated for Craft 3.
• Nginx Craft - An Nginx virtual host configuration for Craft CMS that implements a number of best-practices.
• Plugin Factory - Generate Craft CMS plugin code scaffolding that conforms to P&Ts Coding Standards.

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Showcase

Official Case Studies

• % Arabica - Project: arabicacoffee.hk by Digital Butter
• Associated Press - Project: blog.ap.org + insights.ap.org by Vector Media Group
• Barefoot Contessa - Project: barefootcontessa.com by Apartment One & Jonathan Melville
• Grill'd - Project: grilld.com.au by Evolution 7
• iDE Global - Project: ideglobal.org by Flipbox Digital
• Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity - Project: kappaalphatheta.org by TrendyMinds
• McKinnon and Harris - Project: mckinnonharris.com by Foster Made
• Mixmag Media - Project: mixmag.net by The Rye Agency
• Poki - Project: poki.com by Evermade
• Samuelsohn - Project: samuelsohn.com by Digital Surgeons
• Segway - Project: uk-en.segway.com by Wirelab Digital Agency
• Simon Fraser University (SFU) Beedie School of Business - Project: beedie.sfu.ca by Goat
• Ultimate.ai - Project: ultimate.ai by Function & Form Digital
• YumEarth - Project: yumearth.com by Electric Enjin

Organizations Using Craft

• Agatha Christie
• An Event Apart
• Associated Press: Blog - Plus the Insights website.
• Atkins
• Atlassian: Design
• Betterteam
• BigCommerce
• Bill Nye
• Canary Media
• City of Marion, IN
• City of Oakland
• Confab Events
• Dalai Lama
• Dialpad
• Duck Brand
• Emily Carr University
• Field Notes - Uses Craft Commerce.
• Foursquare for Business
• Grill'd
• Guy Fieri
• Hootsuite
• Icon Motorsports
• iDE Global
• Intel: Managed Service Providers
• Klipsch
• LA Marathon
• Layer Tennis - A Coudal Partners production sponsored by Adobe.
• Medialoot
• Mini: Miles Ahead
• Mixmag Media
• NameSnack
• Naughty Dog
• Naviance
• Netflix: Media Center
• Nissin Foods
• OneSignal
• Outreach
• PBS Kids Games - Craft powers the APIs used for the app.
• PBS Parents
• Pingdom
• Princeton Theological Seminary
• ProPublica
• Reddit Inc.
• SalesforceIQ
• Samuelsohn
• Sonos
• Stanford Research Park
• Stearns & Foster
• Visit Victoria: Corporate
• Wildbit
• Yale Environment 360