Admin customization

Dashboards, themes, branding, navigation and other changes to the look and behaviour of the Payload admin panel.

34 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

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

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 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

blockwright

Visual drag-and-drop page and theme builder for Payload with widgets, forms, menus and templates

610/wk3v3

payload plugin

Payload plugin adding layouts, templates, menus, forms and a visual editor for the Blockwright page builder

600/wk3v3

payload plugin presets

Save and apply reusable block configurations as presets in the Payload admin panel

580/wk29v3

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

block builder

Visual drag-and-drop builder that stores content block schemas in the database instead of code

550/wk8v3

payload plugin menus

Create and manage navigation menus in the Payload admin for rendering in a frontend

550/wk0v2

block settings

Hide extra block fields behind a settings toggle in the Payload admin, inline or in a drawer

540/wk15v3

reset list view

Adds a Reset Preferences button to collection list views in the Payload admin

540/wk181v3

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 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

menu plugin

Menu management collection with nested dropdowns, mega menus, and a public endpoint to fetch menus by slug

420/wk6v3

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 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 label popover

Add descriptive popovers to field labels in the Payload admin panel

310/wk18v2

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

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 folder tree view

Collapsible folder tree in the Payload admin navigation for browsing documents by folder

02/wk13v3

payload plugin collections docs order

Drag and drop reordering of collection documents in the Payload admin, with a sortable docOrder field

018v3