Best / Favorite XenForo 2.x Addons?

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This is a bit of a test of the new Q&A thread type, but also a useful topic.

What are your favorite or most useful Xenforo 2.x addons?

  • One reply per add-on. Can describe why it's useful. Links to said add-on would be helpful.
  • Upvote replies if already mentioned rather than duplicate replying

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Siropu Ads Manager 2. We find this to be invaluable. It handles the entire banner process from signing them up to invoicing and taking payments, emails to advertisers, placement of banners, statistics, etc. We have access to this system set up as a usergroup, and we grant access when someone inquires about advertising. It's pretty much self service after that, and they get to monitor their stats/performance or upload new banners (which we have to approve). It lets us define a graduated pricing program with discounts for longer terms, supports coupons, etc. It lets us define a custom XF group that gets enabled only while the advertiser is active, which we use to put a special title on the advertiser's posts, etc.

We also use it for internal banners of our own, in other places, for holidays and system ads. The support is always excellent, when we have had questions.

We couldn't be happier with this purchase.

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Ads Manager 2 by Siropu [Paid]

Siropu submitted a new resource: Ads Manager 2 by Siropu - Feature-rich, lightweight advertisement management application. Ads Manager 2 is the new and improved version of Ads Manager 1, designed for XenForo 2. Ads Manager 2 allows you to make money by displaying your own ads or by selling ad...
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A hidden gem created by the late Liam (RIP)

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[Liam W.] Post Macros

Description : Post Macros 5 is a XenForo 2 compatible major rewrite of my Post Macros add-on for XF 1. Post Macros allows your users to define 'macros' that are available to use inside of the rich text editors on your board. These macros can...
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It speeds up moderation actions such as inserting replies while locking and applying prefixes.

Of course Bob's articles too :)
 
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Alert Improvements by Xon

A collection of improvements to the XenForo Alerts system. Do not use MySQL statement-based replication with this add-on Features Per-alert 'mark read' links on each alert Multi-select ability to mark alerts as read or unread. Avoid unexpected...
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I don't think I saw this one in here. It's a must for me because I can't stand the notification bell clearing all of your notifications at once just because you clicked on it. With this, they won't clear until you read each one.
 
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Lazy Load [img]

Provides lazy loaded image support via the Lazysizes A zero query method for per user-group lazy loading of the [img] and [plain] Enable Outside threads/Conversations permits the lazy loading bbcode injection to run outside of those contexts...
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It's free, it provides lazy loading for attachments, so it speeds up page views --- especially for those with large amounts of embedded attachments. In fact, I see no reason not to install it.
 
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Here's a great one by @Kirby
[Kirby] Public Account Upgrades
It makes your account upgrade page public so guests can see the description and price of memberships instead of a no permission message. They are prompted to login if they click to buy. Very cool!
Unfortunately it is not in Resources, it was attached to one of his posts here after I requested it. Maybe he will add it!
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XF 2.1 - Any way to make "Account upgrades" page viewable to public?

This "page" is pretty robust with our descriptions for all the upgrades (memberships). I understand they must be logged in to purchase but the URL is accessible at: domain.com/account/upgrades I have created a menu tab for this page (works great for those logged in). Instead of creating a Page...
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7. Keyword Linking: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/keyword-linking-by-siropu.7406/

Helps with content discovery. You can forward keywords to your content. Like if you have a thread about person x, you can set a keyword to this thread. And from then on everytime this name is mentioned somewhere in your forum, that keyword appears and people can click on it and find that content which otherwise wouldn't be found.
 
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User Promotion on Profile Update

Adds an per-custom field criteria option to match an empty value. Preforms a user promotion when: A user updates their own profile (Routes under /account). When admin's edit a user's profile. When a user upgrade is being applied/removed...
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If you sell account upgrades and have a special user group upgrade to go with them, this is a must. It'll change their group instantly so they can have their new perks right away.
 
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Here's a very good add-on that's hidden away in the archives but works perfectly well with 2.1 ...

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[Liam W.] Custom Editor Colors

Liam W submitted a new resource: Custom Editor Colors - Add/edit/delete colors displayed in the editor dialog Customise the colors displayed on the color grid of the message editor in XenForo. Note: This add-on does not currently display branding, but it may do in the future. Read more about...
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Allows you to change and add colours to the Text color picker
 
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1. Thread Filter: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/thread-filter-by-addonslab.6034/

Can't imagine anyone using custom thread fields without this addon. This addon is super important for quickly finding threads and narrowing it down to one's specific search criteria. Like "car" + "red" + "1968" + "US" and it finds every thread with these criteria.
So it helps discovering your content and gives results the user wanted to see.
 
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3. Advanced Forms: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/advanced-forms-for-xenforo-2-1.5632/

Has tons of options and if you want organized threads, this is a must. Let's say your forum is about PC parts. And people are looking to buy a new PC. Instead of letting them open a thread with the content of "I need a good PC", you can force them to use the form. So the user needs to answer questions like "budget", "gaming or office" etc. etc. so you get information from him and then the users can help based on the answers.
 
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2. Enhanced Attachment System 2 by au lait

Unfortunately can't be bought anymore. It has usergroup/node specific attachment options, like one can set attachment size, or how often one can attach things, or has a pdf viewer, or lets you download all attachments at once with a single click, or lets you move attachments, or lets you rename... and so many more
 
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4. Multi-Prefix: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/multi-prefix.6281/

Super important. Every thread in your forum should have at least 1 prefix. It helps discovering content, makes a well organized structure where you can see with one look what the thread is about without even visiting it. Like "selling" "car" "new" as 3 prefixes is enough to describe the thread in the thread title. Don't need to visit the thread, it has every useful information.
 
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