Plugins are small task oriented extensions that enhance the Joomla! framework. Some are associated with particular extensions and others, such as editors, are used across all of Joomla!. Most beginning users do not need to change any of the plugins that install with Joomla!.  

System

Default on:

Debug

Remember me

SEF

Default off:

Cache

Log

Redirect

Read more: System

Authentication

Default on:

Joomla

Default off:

Gmail

LDAP

OpenID

Content

Default on:

Email Cloaking

Load Module

Page Break

Page Navigation

Rating

Default off:

Code Highlighting (Geshi)

Editors

Default on:

CodeMirror

TinyMCE

No Editor

Default off:

None

Read more: Editors

Editors-xtd

Default on:

Editor Button: Image

Editor Button: Readmore

Editor Button: Page Break

Editor Button: Article

Default off:
None

Read more: Editors-xtd

Search

The search component uses plugins to control which parts of your Joomla! site are searched.

Default On:

Content

Contacts

Weblinks

News Feeds

Categories

Default off:

Sections

User

Default on:

Joomla

Default off:

Two new plugins are available in 1.6 but are disabled by default.

Contact Creator

Creates a new linked contact record for each new user created.

Profile

This example profile plugin allows you to insert additional fields into user registration and profile display. This is intended as an example of the types of extensions to the profile you might want to create.