Databases & data

Database adapters, data seeding, backups, caching layers and data synchronisation for Payload.

23 plugins, ranked by health score, then weekly downloads.

payload plugin janitor

Find orphaned files, missing uploads and unreferenced documents, then delete only what you approve

7031/wk5v4

payload upstash

Upstash Redis key-value adapter for Payload's built-in KV store

690/wk7v3

payload revalidate

Field-driven Next.js cache revalidation and tagged cached finders for Payload collections and globals

67151/wk18v3

payload locale snapshot

Preserves other-locale rows of localized blocks and arrays when saving documents on the PostgreSQL adapter

650/wk3v3

payload collection references

Cascade-delete or unlink documents that reference a deleted document in relationship and upload fields

593/wk2v3

switch env

Switch the local admin between development and production databases and copy production data into development

590/wk15v3

seed

Seed an Atomic Payload database from a dashboard button backed by a POST /api/seed endpoint

570/wk37v3

payload seed

Type-safe database seeding for Payload with typed cross-document references and inline media uploads

560/wk18v3

payload db backup restore

Export and restore selected Payload collections as portable JSON from an admin view

480/wk3v3

payload db check

Admin view that finds duplicates, broken references and one-sided relationships, with opt-in repairs

430/wk0v3

payload plugin switch env

Switch between production and development databases or copy production data to development from the Payload admin

430/wk5v3

payloadcms redis cache

Redis client helper for caching Payload collection data in Next.js apps

410/wk2v?

payloadcms redis plugin

Transparent Redis caching layer for Payload database read queries with automatic invalidation on writes

400/wk15v3

cached local api

Cache Payload Local API operations with Next.js unstable_cache and automatic tag revalidation

380/wk334v3

payload plugin backup mongodb

Back up and restore MongoDB databases and media from the Payload admin using Vercel Blob or S3-compatible storage

380/wk5v3

payload default value gen

Generate custom default ID values such as UUIDs or auto-increments for selected Payload collections

370/wk3v3

payload redis cache

Redis-backed caching layer for Payload API endpoints

360/wk64v1

payload hypervalue

Track Payload field and collection changes as time-series history in TimescaleDB hypertables

184v3

payload plugin vanguard

One-click backup and restore for Payload CMS data

184v3

payload relationship enhancer

Adds referential integrity and bi-directional syncing to Payload relationship fields

160/wk12v2

db sql

MySQL database adapter for Payload built on Drizzle ORM

100v3

payloadcms relationships

Track incoming and outgoing relationships for any document through a dedicated relationships collection

101v2

payload dependency graph

Tracks dependencies between collections and globals so you know which content depends on which

02/wk14v2