Confluence plugins: which ones would you recommend?
Asked by Andrei [errno]:

what would be a "must-have" for most Wiki instances?

Please add 1 plugin per answer, so it can be up/down-voted to gauge usefulness/popularity


Answers:
author: Azwandi Mohd Aris
body: You shouldn't miss the [SQL Plugin](https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/225)!


author: Mark McCormack
body: Scaffolding - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/190>


author: Mark McCormack
body: Reporting - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/186>


author: Colin Goudie
body: Gliffy - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/254>


author: David Peterson
body: Content Formatting Plugin - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/247>

Lets you do more advanced HTML layout without the XSS risks you have with the {html} macro.


author: Mark McCormack
body: Ad-Hoc Workflows - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/142> or <http://www.adhocworkflows.com/display/WWW/Home>


author: Andrei [errno]
body: I am a big fan of Command Line Interface : https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/284

comments: author: Gary Weaver
body: Wonderful utility, but I don't think it is a plugin, per se, even though it is listed, correct?


author: Colin Goudie
body: Balsamiq mockups - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/256>


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Confluence Source Editor - <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor>


author: Azwandi Mohd Aris
body: Ability to run command-line from Confluence - use the [Script Plugin](https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/266)!


author: Gary Weaver
body: CSUM - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/133> or <https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/SUSR/Confluence+Space+User+Management+Plugin>

(Using it assumes that delegation of space-level group management to space admins is appropriate. It really depends on the environment, but I'd say many consider it to be a "must-have", because otherwise in many environments their Confluence administrators can get overwhelmed with requests to manage groups.)


author: Mark McCormack
body: Table Plugin - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/197>


author: Colin Goudie
body: SharpView - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/28501>


author: Gary Weaver
body: Plugin authors and Atlassian partners need karma, badly... ;) I agree that people should use existing resources to place reviews, and in addition, I think it is great to submit "wonderful plugin" type comments on the wiki pages of the plugins. That always makes me feel better. However, reviews tend to be a place to bitch about things.


author: Andrew Ardill
body: This is copied from my comment on the similar question about jira plugins

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I down voted because I feel this form of question does not add to the site. For a good reference, see <http://stackoverflow.com/faq#dontask>. Moreover, as Justin has shown this information is for the most part available already.

Questions like this encourage karma-trawling, and don't really answer any specific question - it's really a poll.


author: Jeremy Largman
body: I agree with @Justin Downing - [plugins.atlassian.com](http://plugins.atlassian.com) is a better place for plugin reviews. Some Q \& A sites specifically state that open-ended questions that can result in flamewars or that can never be definitively answered aren't allowed. I think the spirit intended here is a good one, but I'm curious whether others think we should allow open-ended discussions like this.


author: justindowning
body: I didn't down vote your question. I think the popularity ranking by downloads FROM the community show their value to Confluence admins.


author: Andrei [errno]
body: so? does it have an option to add personal recommendations? why down vote? don't like a question - move on to the next one


author: justindowning
body: PAC already ranks plugins by popularity for each product:

Confluence: <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/popular?category=41>


author: Mark McCormack
body: TaskDock - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/13744> or <http://www.taskdock.com/>

comments: author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: This is no longer available.


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