Admin UI & Fields
Plugins that extend the Payload admin panel: new field types, editor features and visual customisation.
71 plugins, ranked by health score, then weekly downloads.
payload theme
shadcn-style redesign of the Payload admin panel driven by one accent color, with dashboard, command palette and dark…
69909/wk26v3
encrypted fields
Encrypt field values at rest in the database with a drop-in encryptedField helper
6955/wk83v3
payload icon picker
Icon picker field with searchable dropdown or drawer grid that stores the icon name and raw SVG
690/wk52v3
payload nested docs page tree
Drag-and-drop page tree with status badges for Payload nested docs collections in the admin list view
690/wk35v3
fullscreen editor
Fullscreen mode for the Payload Lexical rich text editor
680/wk114v3
payload plugin info tooltip
Show field help as an info icon tooltip next to the label instead of a description under the field
670/wk6v3 v4
payload lineage
Admin pages showing a lineage graph and ERD data model of your collections, globals and blocks
66400/wk0v3
theme management
Theme presets, live preview and WCAG contrast audit managed from the Payload admin, with SSR theme injection for Next.js
650/wk9v3
payload phone number plugin
Phone number field with country selection, formatting and validation powered by libphonenumber-js
64114/wk16v3
payload nav studio
Replace the Payload admin sidebar with a drag-and-drop navigation that each user can customize
640/wk13v3
payload enhanced sidebar
Tabbed sidebar navigation for the Payload admin panel that groups collections, globals and custom links
630/wk29v3
payload html editor
Tiptap-based WYSIWYG field that stores content as an HTML string in a Payload textarea field
630/wk0v3
blockwright
Visual drag-and-drop page and theme builder for Payload with widgets, forms, menus and templates
610/wk3v3
richtext
Rich-text child block, default Lexical editor preset and JSX renderer for Atomic Payload
610/wk37v3
payload plugin
Payload plugin adding layouts, templates, menus, forms and a visual editor for the Blockwright page builder
600/wk3v3
payload plugin json form builder
Edit a Payload JSON field as real admin fields using a builder inside the admin panel
580/wk29v3
payload plugin presets
Save and apply reusable block configurations as presets in the Payload admin panel
580/wk29v3
payload lexical typography
Lexical editor features for text color, font size, letter spacing, line height and font family
571.1k/wk109v?
payload paste as markdown
Lexical editor feature for pasting raw Markdown via a toolbar button, slash command, or drawer
570/wk0v3
payload plugin icons
Icon picker field for Payload with Lucide and Phosphor providers and a React rendering component
570/wk2v3
payload puck
Integrates the Puck drag-and-drop visual page builder into Payload for editing pages visually
570/wk108v3
styles
Manage Tailwind-style design sets, tokens and shortcuts in Payload and generate CSS with UnoCSS
570/wk37v3
payload editor
Preset-based, deterministic configuration builder for the Payload Lexical rich text editor
564/wk2v3
select search field
Server-backed searchable select field for Payload with custom search functions
560/wk15v3
block builder
Visual drag-and-drop builder that stores content block schemas in the database instead of code
550/wk8v3
link field
Link field and Lexical link feature for internal and custom URLs with document URL resolution
550/wk0v4
payload plugin menus
Create and manage navigation menus in the Payload admin for rendering in a frontend
550/wk0v2
templates
Managed template documents with editable content and template-backed fields that inherit defaults
550/wk0v4
block settings
Hide extra block fields behind a settings toggle in the Payload admin, inline or in a drawer
540/wk15v3
heading field
Field wrapper that lets editors choose the h1–h6 tag for text, textarea, or rich text headings
540/wk15v3
icons
SVG icon collections with upload optimization, an admin icon select, and a server Icon component for Payload
540/wk37v3
reset list view
Adds a Reset Preferences button to collection list views in the Payload admin
540/wk181v3
payload better fields plugin
Enhanced admin field types for Payload such as slug, combo, number, pattern, range, telephone, colour and date
531.4k/wk294v3
payload admin theme
shadcn-style admin theme for Payload whose colors, logo, navigation and login page are configured from the admin panel
530/wk1v3
payload cmdk
Command menu for the Payload admin panel with keyboard shortcuts to jump to collections, globals and documents
520/wk30v3
payload markdown
Markdown-first editing and server-side rendering for Payload with CodeMirror, Shiki code blocks and structured…
490/wk8v3
payload plugin admin alerts
Dashboard alerts for the Payload admin with audience targeting and per-user dismissals
4820/wk1v3
Payload Advanced Sidebar
Add icons, custom links and animated groups to the Payload admin sidebar
470/wk7v3
payload google map autocomplete places
Google Places autocomplete field for Payload CMS collections with automatic coordinate capture
470/wk28v2
menu plugin
Menu management collection with nested dropdowns, mega menus, and a public endpoint to fetch menus by slug
420/wk6v3
payload color picker
Color picker field for the Payload admin that stores the selected color as a string
420/wk1v3
payload richtext lexical react native
React Native renderer for serialized Lexical rich text content from Payload CMS
420/wk0v3
payload icon picker field
Icon picker field for Payload using react-icons packs or custom SVG icons
410/wk57v3
payload plugin reading time
Computed reading time and word count fields for Lexical rich-text content in Payload collections
410/wk1v3
better use as title
Build a custom computed title for collection documents instead of relying on a single useAsTitle field
400/wk334v3
payload navigation
Drag-and-drop navigation menu builder with a precomputed menu tree for frontend use
400/wk2v3
docs reorder
Drag and drop reordering of collection documents in the Payload admin, sortable by a docOrder field
380/wk334v3
payload color picker field
Color picker field for Payload collections with HEX color support
370/wk41v3
payload iframe tabs plugin
Add iframe tabs to collection and global edit views in the Payload admin panel
370/wk25v2
payload plugin tree list
Adds a collapsible tree list view to Payload collections that use nested docs
370/wk50v3
payload icon picker
Icon picker field that stores a selected icon from registered libraries as a text value
360/wk0v3
payload code block feature
Adds a code block feature to the Payload Lexical editor using @lexical/code
350/wk11v2
payload table field
Table field for Payload collections built on TanStack React Table
320/wk25v1 v2
payload label popover
Add descriptive popovers to field labels in the Payload admin panel
310/wk18v2
payloadcms lexical ext
Lexical editor features for text color, highlight, block background and YouTube or Vimeo embeds
310/wk73v?
payload mask plugin
Input masking for Payload text fields using IMask
300/wk17v1 v2
Payloadcms Dynamic Value Richtext Plugin
Insert dynamic field values as inline badges in the Lexical rich text editor
270/wk1v3
payload docs reorder
Drag and drop reordering of collection documents in the Payload admin, stored in a sortable docOrder field
260/wk4v3
compass payload plugin
Checks content and coded design tokens for brand drift, flags it in the admin and on the live site, and can fix it
250v3
payload plugin search replace
Find and replace text across collections, including Lexical rich text, with a preview before saving
250v3
payload plugin lexical
Lexical-based rich text editor field for Payload 1.x with tables, embeds, and configurable features
240/wk214v1
payload lexical collaboration
Inline commenting and threaded discussions inside the Payload Lexical rich text editor
220/wk14v3
payload shiki code
Server-rendered Shiki syntax-highlighted code block for Payload Lexical rich text fields
200/wk3v3
payload callouts
Callout block for the Lexical editor with GitHub and Obsidian themes and server-rendered output
180/wk1v3
payloadcms slate plugin textcolor leaf
Text color picker leaf with a predefined palette for the Payload Slate rich text editor
180/wk5v2
shadcn ui
Shadcn UI components pre-configured for the Payload admin panel
180/wk20v2
plugin
Sitecore-style hierarchical content tree view for the Payload admin panel
150v3
payload plugin image relationship
Gallery-style image picker that replaces the default relationship field for media collections
130/wk3v3
payload folder tree view
Collapsible folder tree in the Payload admin navigation for browsing documents by folder
02/wk13v3
payload plugin phone field
Phone number field for Payload built on react-phone-number-input
01/wk12v1
payload plugin collections docs order
Drag and drop reordering of collection documents in the Payload admin, with a sortable docOrder field
018v3