Plugins

Mango comes with a set of default plugins, and others that can be downloaded here. The recommended way to install is copying the download URL and pasting it in your administration > Plugins.

If there is no download link, then the plugin is already bundled with Mango's default install.

Do you have a plugin you created? Submit it!

CFFormProtect

Combat comment and form spam in Mango Blog using CFFormProtect. Includes:

  • keyword filtering
  • Hidden form field
  • Akismet test
  • HoneyPot IP test
  • and more...

More information

Auto-install URL: http://github.com/downloads/asfusion/mango-plugins/cfformprotect.zip

Fancybox

This is an updated version of Mark Aplet's fancybox plugin with a couple of new features.
Allows for:

  • Title position Control
  • Transition In/Out animation Control

More information

Auto-install URL: http://4thwavedesign.com/blog/assets/mango/fancybox1-3-0.zip

ShareOnWeb

It allows your blog to share on web and easily bookmark and share content to user's favorite social destinations through AddThis.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.thecfguy.com/assets/content//plugins/shareonweb.zip

Brightcove.tv

Lets you easily embed Brightcove.tv videos to your posts

More information

Auto-install URL: http://justjoshn.com/assets/content/downloads/brightcove.zip

Twitpic

Adds a pod with your Twitpic photos

More information

Auto-install URL: http://jbuda.co.uk/assets/content/downloads/twitpic_1.0.zip

Beer Me

Allows you to add a link to PayPal at the bottom of each post.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://beerme.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Facebook Like Button

Adds a button to let users share your content with friends on Facebook

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.ppshein.net/assets/content/facebookLike.zip

OpenSearch

It allows your blog's search to be added to the browser's search bar.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.thecfguy.com/assets/content//plugins/opensearchplugin.zip

ShareMe

It adds links in your posts to some of the most popular social bookmarking websites.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.cftips.net/downloads/shareMe.zip

Github Gists

Plugin to embed Github Gists

More information

Auto-install URL: http://github.com/downloads/andreacfm/mango.gists/com.andreacfm.mango.gists.zip

Color coding

Color coding to format code blocks. It will also add breaks and paragraphs to comments. To use it, you need to wrap your code in <code> tags and copy your code directly there. Unfortunately, the WYSIWYG editor will screw the code, so for now, please disable javascript in order to use it (at least when editting those posts that have code).

Auto-install URL:

Google Custom Search

Converts your normal site search to a custom search provided by Google.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://github.com/downloads/asfusion/mango-plugins/googlesearch.zip

rememberLogin

Adds a 'remember login' checkbox to the login form, and remembers your login across sessions if you checked it, and succesfully logged on.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.coldfusiondeveloper.nl/svn.cfm?repositorypath=rememberLogin/RememberLogin-v.1.0.zip:90&download=1

Memento

It creates photo galleries from a directory of images. (ColdFusion 8 required)

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/Memento-v1-1.zip

jQuery

It will include the jQuery JavaScript library in your pages.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://mangojquery.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Aggregator Auto-Ping

Allows you to ping up to 5 custom URLS and a currently small but soon to be growing list of XML-RPC.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.empiregpservices.com/blog/assets/content/Code/Mango_Blog/FeedPing.1.1.3.zip

Easy Retweet

Adds support for John Resig's Easy Retweet Buttons.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content//mango/EasyRetweet1.1.zip

SmartType

Converts dashes and elipses to their prettier alternatives

More information

Auto-install URL: http://mangosmarttype.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

ColdFusion 8 Captcha

Adds a captcha image to comment forms. It has settings for captcha difficulty, length and fonts. (ColdFusion 8 required)

More information

Auto-install URL: http://sebduggan.com/assets/content/File/mango/cf8captcha.zip

Home Page chooser

Ability to set a mango page as the mainpage. From the admin, you can choose an already created page as the main "landing" page when the reader goes to the index.

Auto-install URL: http://www.mangoblog.org/downloads/homeChooser.zip

Comment Moderation

Adds comment moderation options to the admin Settings page.

Auto-install URL: http://www.mangoblog.org/downloads/commentModeration.zip

Simple Rating

Allows users to rate posts and pages.

Auto-install URL: http://mangoblog-extensions.googlecode.com/files/simplerating.zip

feedMe

Adds a list of posts from an RSS feed to your blog's sidebar.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.cftips.net/downloads/feedMe.zip

SweetTweets

SweetTweets will show posts made in twitter that link back to your post.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://sweettweets.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Related Entries

It allows you to specify blog posts that are related to one another, and display a list of related entries at the end of each post — if any exist.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://mangorelated.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Sound Cloud

This plugin allows the integration of the Sound Cloud media player. Sound Cloud player is a music player for artists. It allows an artist to upload a track and and have people comment it at any point in a song.
Simply include [soundcloud] into any post or page for it to appear.
Allows for minor tweaks such as toggling autoplay, play count, display album art, display comments and choosing an accent color.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://4thwavedesign.com/blog/assets/mango/SoundCloud.zip

Blog Subscriber

Allows readers to subscribe to the blog and receive email notifications when a post is published.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://blogsubscriber.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Burnt Mango

Allows you to replace the feed urls that your blog readers see with the URLs provided by FeedBurner.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://burntmango.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

CSS Naked Day

On CSS Naked Day, it automatically removes the css and adds the notification message to tell users that it is css naked day.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/cssNakedDay.zip

Flickr Pics

Shows a set of Flickr thumbnails in your blog sidebar. It has settings for tags, user id, number of photos to display, and photo side.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/flickrPics.zip

Honey Pot

It helps you running a honey pot on your site.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/honeypot.zip

addcfcode

It lets you add your own coldfusion code in your post/page of mango blog. Useful to display small output of your code in your post without creating demo page.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://mangoblog-extensions.googlecode.com/files/addcfcode.zip

Social Links

Social Links is a Blog plugin that adds a pod to your blog that displays links to social websites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, ...

More information

Auto-install URL: http://sociallinks.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Audio Player

Plays an audio file within a blog post. Using a few tags within a post or a page, this plugin will display a Google audio player with a page or post that will play an MP3 file within the content.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://mangoaudioplayer.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

EmpireGP Color Coding

Format and colorize your code for better display. Currently supporting general HTML, ColdFusion and ActionScript, MXML, XML and Properties Files.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.empiregpservices.com/blog/assets/content//Code/Mango_Blog/EGPS_ColorCoding.1.0.8.zip

Scribe

Allows readers to subscribe be notified by email when a new post is added.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://fusiongrokker.com/get/Scribe

Twitter Retweet

This plug-in uses the official twitter retweet button. It allows you to change:
Button Style (with comments, without)
Referrer (@wris_oh)
Tweet Text (Click Here!)
If there is no tweet text specified the plug-in will use the meta title for the tweet text.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://4thwavedesign.com/blog/assets/mango/TwitterRetweet-1-0.zip

blip.tv

Lets you embed blip.tv videos to your blog posts easily.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://justjoshn.com/assets/content/downloads/Bliptv.zip

Facebook Like Button (forked and updated)

Adds a button to let users share your content with friends on Facebook

More information

Auto-install URL: http://facebookplugin.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Fancybox Light

Adds Fancybox scripts to your blog to show images in a "lightbox"

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/fancybox-light.zip

Konami Code

Adds Konami Code support to your blog. Includes easy setups for popular services like: rickroll, cornify, ninjafy, sharkify, and nippleit.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/konami.zip

Last.fm

It creates a sidebar pod which shows your recently-listened tracks on Last.fm.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://mangolastfm.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

mangoLipsum

The mangoLipsum plugin converts a tag in a post/page into a string of lorem ipsum text. The plug communicates with a feed from Lipsum.com, and outputs up to 500 words of lorem ipsum filler text.
It is a really simple plugin for help filling pages and posts during construction phase of a blog or for various other reasons.

Auto-install URL: http://www.bricecheddarn.com/mango/mangoLipsum-0.9.zip

Permalink

The permalink plugin allows you to link directly to the post in your Excerpt HTML.
You do so by inserting [permalink] in the href tag in the Excerpt Section.
When inserting the link, you should preface it with the path to your blog. (e.g. /blog/[permalink])

Auto-install URL: http://www.spfmgmt.com/assets/downloads/mangoblog/permalink/permalink.zip

RandomString

Output a different phrase, quote, magical incantation, or any other sequential string of words you choose, every time your page is refreshed.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://moonlitscript.com/assets/content/randomString.zip

Shadowbox 3a

A modified Shadowbox plugin with a different skin.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/shadowbox3a.zip

SideNote

Lets you add a custom text or HTML to your blog's side bar.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/sideNote.zip

sIFR3

sIFR text replacement

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/sIFR3.zip

TextAds

Adds Text Ads in a pod

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.andreacfm.com/get/com.andreacfm.mango.textads.zip

Unit PNG Fix

Adds alpha transparency support for png's for Internet Explorer 6. It uses Unit PNG fix script to apply the fix to all or specifically marked PNGs in the page.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/unitpngfix.zip

Adsense

Shows adsense ads (or others) on your blog

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.coldfusiondeveloper.nl/adsense-plugin-mangoblog/adsense-plugin-mangoblog-v1.1.1.zip

AnalyticsHelper

Enables users to track static links from websites using Google Analytics and jQuery.
Google can only track rendered pages in the browser, with this small javascript snippet and adding an attribute to the link tag, tracking can also include downloadable files such as .zip and .pdf.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://jbuda.co.uk/assets/content/downloads/analyticsHelper_1.0.zip

Juitter

Shows Twitter feeds and searches in your sidebar

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/juitter.zip

Spammy!

Comment Spam Keyword Filtering.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.cjboco.com/cj_hitman.cfm?link=http://www.cjboco.com/assets/content/projects/Spammy/Spammy_v1.1.zip

Tweet

Adds a Twitter feed to your sidebar using jQuery.

Auto-install URL: http://freerksen.googlecode.com/files/mango_tweet.zip

twtpoll

twtpoll is a feedback tool that helps you to conduct polls/surveys on Twitter, Facebook or any other social media site. A plugin to embed a twtpoll chart in your posts or pages.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.bricecheddarn.com/mango/twtpoll-v0.9.zip

ViewCount

Shows the number of times a blog post has been viewed

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.railodeveloper.com/viewCount/viewCount-plugin-Mangoblog-v1.5.zip

roleSecure

Uses a custom field to secure a page/post by user role.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://blog.dkferguson.com/enclosures/roleSecure_1_0.zip

Form To Email

A plugin that inserts forms to your pages. The information supplied in the form is sent by email to specified address. More information

Auto-install URL:

YouTube

Lets you easily embed You Tube videos in your blog posts.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://sebduggan.com/assets/content/File/mango/youtube.zip

Flash Showcase

Easily type in WIZIWIG format markup code that will be converted into a full flash call at time of render.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.empiregpservices.com/blog/assets/content//Code/Mango_Blog/flashShowcase.1.0.0.zip

Form Rememberer

"Remember me" support in comment forms.

Auto-install URL:

Google Plus One

Adds Google's "+1" link to your Mango Blog entries. Visitors can +1 your blog posts and can even share a link to the blog entry in Google+ from that +1 button.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.thoughtdelimited.org/thoughts/downloads/googlePlusOne.zip

SOTR2010 badges

Adds a "Scotch on the Rocks 2010"-badge of you choise to your blog.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.lagaffe.be/assets/content/SOTR2010.zip

SwfObject

It adds SWFObject to all pages if you need to embed a Flash movie.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://mangoswfobject.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

SyntaxHighLighter

Adds syntax highlighting to be able to post code snippets while using the post HTML editor.

More information

Auto-install URL: https://github.com/downloads/tony-garcia/SyntaxHighlighter-Mango-Plugin/syntaxhighlighter-mango-plugin.zip

twitter

Adds your latest twitter updates to the sidebar in a pod.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content//mango/twitter.zip

Flickr Widget

Pod Plugin that shows a slideshow of Flickr photos in your sidebar.

Auto-install URL: http://mangoblog.googlecode.com/files/flickrWidget.zip

Lightbox

Easily add Lightbox effects to your website

More information

Auto-install URL: http://mangolightbox.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Shadowbox

Adds Lightbox type effects for images, videos (FLV, MOV, AVI, WMV, etc), SWF, inline content, and web pages.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://freerksen.googlecode.com/files/mango_shadowbox3.zip

Sitemap.xml generator

Generate a Sitemap (version 0.90 compliant) that is supported by search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Ask.com and Moreover.com

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.empiregpservices.com/blog/assets/content/Code/Mango_Blog/SiteMapGenerator.1.0.6.zip

AddRatings

Basic post rating plugin which generates code for AddRatings.com.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.tlson.com/dist/addratings-plugin.zip

CommentJunkie

It will notify all authors of a blog when a comment is added to any post.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://CommentJunkie.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Linkify

Hot linking of urls in comments

Auto-install URL:

Akismet

Helps prevent comment spam by using the Akismet service (Akismet key needed).

Auto-install URL: http://mangoblog-extensions.googlecode.com/files/akismet_1-2.zip

Anchor Fader

Adds a script to add fading links.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/anchorfader.zip

Authors Only

It protects the blog so that only authors can read it (it does not protect RSS/Atom feeds). CF 8 or above required.

Auto-install URL: http://mangoblog-extensions.googlecode.com/files/authorsonly_1-0.zip

Log Viewer

This plugin shows when you have error/warning logs, and lets you view and delete them from the comfort of your Mango admin.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://mangologviewer.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

OpenID Delegate

Adds OpenID code to your blog so that you can use your own domain as your OpenID

More information

Auto-install URL: http://hofo.com/assets/content/openIDDelegate/openIDDelegate.zip

Woopra

It inserts the relevant tracking code and scripts into the bottom of your web pages for Woopra analytics.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://mangoplugins.googlecode.com/files/woopra-1.1.zip

Lyla Captcha

Captcha to prevent comment spam (thanks to Lyla Captcha)

Auto-install URL:

Google Webmaster Tools

Adds Google Webmaster Tools verification code to your blog

More information

Auto-install URL: http://hofo.com/assets/content/googleWebmasterTools/googleWebmasterTools.zip

Google Analytics

Google Analytics plugin that adds the necessary JavaScript code to pages to track traffic using Google Analytics. Once you have turned the plugin on, you need to go to Settings > Google Analytics to enter your account number.

Auto-install URL:

Post To Twitter

Updates your Twitter status with a link when you publish a post.

Auto-install URL: http://mangoblog-extensions.googlecode.com/files/postToTwitter_1-0.zip

Extreme Cache

Adds extreme caching for faster performance. Warning: this plugin is not compatible with other plugins that add time-sensitive output, such as captcha images. Use with caution.

Auto-install URL: http://www.mangoblog.org/downloads/extremecache.zip

HoneypotSpamBlocker

With the help of the Project Honeypot HTTP:BL service, you can now block spamming and harvesting ip addresses from even seeing your blog. This will reduce comment spamming, reduce server resources, and helps protecting the content of your site, especially any email addresses you might have on your blog. What it does is simple: before the template of your website is executed, the ip address of the visitor is checked. If it is a spammer or harvester, your custom message will be displayed, and the request will be aborted.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.coldfusiondeveloper.nl/svn.cfm?repositorypath=honeypotSpamBlocker/HoneypotSpamBlocker-v1.0.zip:89&download=1

Post By Email

It allows you to send blog posts via email.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://postbyemail.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Anchor Slider

Adds a sliding effect when clicking on internal links.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.visual28.com/assets/content/mango/anchorslider.zip

Cocomment

Cocomment support

Auto-install URL:

ColdFISH

Allows the use of the ColdFISH syntax highlighter in Mango Blog. Line numbers and the toolbar can be turned off and on in the Mango admin.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://coldfishformangoblog.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

riaApps

A simple cfc that allows you to query the riaforge api on a regular basis to create a cached list of projects currently available in riaforge. Pulls from the list of projects in a category or the recently changed rss feed.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://riaapps.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

tungleMe

The tungleMe plugin adds a tungle.me widget in the sidebar. With the tungle.me widget vistors are enabled to schedule a meeting.

Auto-install URL: http://emundivagant.com/downloads/tungleMe.zip

Twitter Follow Button

Adds Twitter's Follow Button to a website to increase engagement.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://twitterfollow.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

CFObjective Badger

Adds cf.Objective() 2011 badges to your sidebar.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.brandonmoser.com/downloads/CFObjectiveBadger.zip

GMap

Adds a map to Posts and Pages when you use the tag [ gmap] and [/gmap ] (Without the spaces) to wrap the variables for your map.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://cfpro.me.uk/assets/content/gmap.zip

Google Translate

The Google Translate plugin provides a convenient little sidebar widget. Once activated, the plugin acts as a Pod and is controlled through a small admin screen that supplies options for display and tracking.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://googletranslateplugin.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

Google Weather

The Google Weather plugin that provides a convenient little sidebar widget for websites using Mango Blog's framework. Once activated, the plugin acts as a Pod and is controlled through a small admin screen that supplies options for display and lookup. The current weather conditions will be displayed in the site's sidebar. That includes a small thumbnail describing the conditions, the temperature (F and C), the wind and the humidity.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://googleweatherplugin.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

idxAmazon

It's for all users that publish book reviews and would like to have their associates id submitted with the interactive link to the Amazon location for the book.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://idxamazon.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

idxEmbedly

Places the embed.ly js in the HTML header of your MangoBlog to make it available to every page & post. Embed.ly is the public version of ParrotFish powering the enhanced Twitter Layout.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://idxEmbedly.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download

MementoPlus

This is a enhancement on the memento plugin that makes plugins. The enhancement allows the plug in to create more web friendly images for those like me that hate to resize before uploading. It also maintains the originals for use later if the user so desires.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://www.brentajones.com/assets/content/mementoPlus.zip

Meta Tags

Allows authors the ability to add meta keywords & meta description on individual posts.

Auto-install URL: https://github.com/downloads/tkelley/MangoBlog-metaTags/metaTags.zip

Recent Comments

Plugin add link in admin section to see recent comments from your reader. This will also let you edit, delete or approve comment without going into post listing page.

Auto-install URL: https://github.com/downloads/thecfguy/RecentComments/recentcomments.zip

Reinvigorate Analytics

Adds Reinvigorate.net support

Auto-install URL: http://www.andyjarrett.co.uk/downloads/reinvigorateAnalytics.zip

Tynt Analytics Plugin

The Tynt plugin operates in a similar fashion to Mango Blog's inherent Google Analytics plugin. It embeds a snippet of code into the section of a website which allows Tynt to keep track of user interaction with the site.

More information

Auto-install URL: http://tyntplugin.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=action.download