Joomla is one of the most well-known content management systems in the world.   Millions of websites use Joomla as they are easy to use, easy to customize, and put a huge focus on content management. You can find plenty of Joomla extensions and components all over the web that you can use.

There are a lot of sites online who offer great Joomla extensions that can use for free or premium paid versions. At present, Joomla is used on over 30 million websites worldwide, with over 200,000 community users and a seemingly endless amount of extensions to use.

There are a wide variety of extension (just like plugins) that you can use that fit almost every purpose that you can think of.  There are Joomla extensions for: social networking, advanced comment services, video players, photo galleries, etc. the list is endless.

Here are my choices for the most useful Joomla extensions to use.

Joomla Extensions

Contus MAC Effect

The ‘Contus Mac Effect‘ photo gallery is the ultimate gallery extension for Joomla  which helps you to create a photo-rich site that is pleasing in every way possible. This extension comes with a Mac dock effect, that displays the images in an outstanding manner. You can easily use the functionality and the Mac Dock effect gives a fantastic visualizing experience for your visitors.

Community Builder

‘Community Builder‘ is a great module that creates your own social media community. Enriched with functions such as user profiles and image upload, PMS, newsletter,  forum and galleries and many third party additions that add even more functions to this great extension. Easy to download and the support for this extension is excellent as well.

HD Flv Player Free

‘HD Flv Player Free‘ is an incredible Joomla extension for people who love HD quality videos. It is easy to add impressive high definition videos to your site in many different formats.  The Player Module is compatible with Joomla 1.5,1.6 ,1.7, 2.5 and Joomla 3.0.

DJ Image Slider

‘DJ Image Slider‘ is another great Joomla extension. The enhanced slider extension is developed by Design-Joomla.eu. This one can display a gallery support to create images with a title and short description linked to any menu item or URL address. You can create categories for your slides or customize the interface in module parameters.

JComments

‘JComments‘ helps you to make your site interactive and collect more information about your visitors by enabling them to comment on your web page articles and products. This ‘JComments’ extension allows people to sign up while providing you complete management control and encourages people to sign-up to your site. It also includes anti-spam features and integration with many third-party extensions.

Jumi

The ‘Jumi‘ Joomla extension may seem like nothing exciting, but this great plugin allows you to include custom code on your site, including; php, Html and javascript into modules. It offers complete access to Joomla variables, functions, constants, in Php scripts. It holds compellingly good when it comes to adding banners or text ads to your site. It doesn’t take so much of time to include smart Php codes, javascript, dhtml, html,etc.

Acajoom

‘Acajoom‘ is designed with easy of use and robustness in mind, making it the best way to create a powerful newsletter components for your site. Some of its reliable features include managing newsletters effectively, auto-configuration of mail settings, unlimited lists, limitless subscribers, multi-language back-end and front-end completely, lucrative front-end user panel, abides by the isp restrictions, etc.  A must have extension if you plan on sending out a newsletter.

Stalker 

With social media sites being the powerful sources for driving tremendous net traffic, the best way to take your business further is with the help of the ‘Stalker‘ Joomla extension. This extension helps to link the posts with your registered social media sites effortlessly to increase the visibility of your site. Comprising 45 social media sites to begin with, you can add the desired social media site with ease. Excellent tool for driving more traffic and throwing spot light on your products and services.

Do you use Joomla to manage your site?  If so, which Joomla extensions would you recommend?  Do you use any of these Joomla extensions already?  Let us know by leaving a comment below!