UsingJoomla - System

Your Joomla System Plugins operate every time a page on your site loads - which is typically when a visitor visits a page on your website.

These System Plugins control your URLs (Universal Resouce Links), whether users can tick (select) a "Remember me" box on the Login Module, and whether website caching is enabled - among a number of other 'things' as well - these are listed below.

System Plugins include the following (in order of appearance in this article)

Additional Accessibility Features

The System - Additional Accessibility Plugin - adds an accessibility toolbar to your site with additional accessibility options.


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Debug

The Debug - System Plugin - provides debugging information.


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Fields

The Fields - System Plugin - is required to display the custom fields.


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HTTP Headers

As of Joomla 4.0, Joomla introduced an HTTP Header Management System.

This System is designed to help site owners to configure the HTTP Security Headers from the Administrator area of their website.

This feature is controlled via the System - HTTP Headers Plugin


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Highlight

The System - Highlight Plugin - is used to highlight specified terms.


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Job Scheduler

The System - Job Scheduler Plugin - looks for Plugin tasks to run - such as via Cron tasks


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Joomla CMS Statistics

The System - Joomla Statistics Plugin - sends your Joomla installation environment statistics to a server controlled by The Joomla Project for statistical anaylsis - this includes data such as: your PHP version, Database type, Database version, and Server type.


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Joomla CMS Update Notification

The System - Joomla Update Notification Plugin - periodically checks for the availablility of Joomla CMS (Content Management System) updates.

This can be configured so that a 'Super User' receives an email notification of a Joomla CMS Update being available - the email is customisable.


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Language Code

The System - Language Code Plugin - provides the ability to change the language code in the generated HTML document to improve SEO.


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Language Filter

The System - Language Filter Plugin - filters the displayed content depending on language selected.


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Log Rotation

The System - Log Rotation Plugin - periodically rotates system log files.


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Logout

The Syem - Logout Plugin - enables Joomla to redirect the user to the home page if they choose to logout while viewing a protected access page (for example a Registered User accessible page).


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Page Cache

Page Caching allows the web server to save snapshots of pages and use them when serving web pages.

Page caching improves the performance of your web site as well as reducing the workload of your server.

The System - Page Cache Plugin - enables page caching.


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Privacy Consent

The System - Consent Plugin - allows to collect the consent of your users to your Site Privacy Policy and to manage the consent expiration.

Existing users who have not yet consented will be redirtected upon login to updsate their Profile.


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Redirect

The System - Redirect Plugin - enables the Joomla Redirect Component to catch missing , moved, or deleted pages which typically create an Error 404 and redirect users - where you have created a new landing page for that erroneous URL.


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Remember Me

The System - Remember Me Plugin - enables the 'Remember Me' functionality - typically on the Login page / Module.

This allows your website to 'remember' your user's Username and Password so that they can automatically be logged in when returning to your website. Note: If your User clears their browser cache - this will also clear the Username and Password


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S E F

The System - SEF Plugin - adds SEF (Search Engine Friendly) support to links in the document.

This operates directly on the HTML and does not require a special tag.


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Session Data Purge

The System - Session Data Purge Plugin - purges expired data and metadata depending on the Session Handler set in your Global Configuration file.


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Skip To Navigation

The System - Skip To Navigation Plugin - creates a dropdown menu consisting of the links to the important places on a given web page.

This makes it easier for keyboard and screen reader users to quickly go to the desired / required location by choosing it from the list of options.


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User Actions Log

The System - User Actions Log Plugin - records actions of users so that, if required, the actions can be reviewed.


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User Log

The System - User Log Plugin - provides logging when, for example, login fails.


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Help Resources Consolidated List

Here, we give you a consolidated list of Help Resources provided in this article.


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Consolidated System Group Plugin Help Resources List Help Resource list 2 of 2 System - Plugin - Remember Me System - Plugin - HTTP Headers System - Plugin - Language Filter System - Plugin - Language Code System - Plugin - Privacy Consent System - Plugin - User Actions Log System - Plugin - Joomla Statistics System - Plugin - Skip to Navigation System - Plugin - Session Data Purge System - Plugin - Joomla Update Notification System - Plugin - Additional Accessibility Features
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