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Developing for Fred

Fred is maintained at Github, and is an MIT-licensed Open Source project. Issues and Pull Requests to enhance its functionality and to fix bugs are welcome.

Developers can also extend Fred by creating Plugins to enhance its functionality. A list of currently know Fred plugins follows:

  • Fred Ace Integration – Type-ahead code hints for the Fred Manager for Theme developers
  • TinyMCE for Fred – use TinyMCE to edit rich text in Fred, with per-element editor configurations
  • Font Awesome 5 icon picker – choose icons found in content using a Font Awesome 5 based icon picker

MODX Events​

The MODX Events allow Fred to interact with and trigger other actions using Fred plugins. Plugins are registered to one or more Events, depending on the functional requirements.

Toolbar Plugins​

You can register additional functionalty for Elements, such as a Google Map Marker picker, with Toolbar Plugins.

You can create additional Sidebar functionality, such as a media manager or gallery tool, with Sidebar Plugins.