Publishing workflow
Scheduled publishing, live preview, approval steps, comments, versions and other editorial tools for content teams.
25 plugins, ranked by health score, then weekly downloads.
payload better editor
Side-by-side live preview iframe with a sidebar for editing individual blocks in the Payload edit view
710/wk113v3
payload plugin scheduler
Date field that queues native scheduled-publish jobs for drafts, with schedule status shown in the admin
6727/wk32v3
content freeze
Block create, update and delete on chosen collections and globals while a content freeze is active
660/wk114v3
payload isr
Revalidate Next.js paths and cache tags when Payload documents change, with optional full rebuild fallback
650/wk3v3
payload markdown docs
Sync a repo-local Markdown docs tree into Payload and render it in a Next.js site
630/wk4v3
payload live nav
Section index and field focus bridge that syncs the Payload edit form with Live Preview
628/wk0v3
plugin
On-page editing and draft preview links for Payload pages rendered in a Next.js frontend
610/wk0v3 v4
payload plugin html preview
Live preview and click-to-edit for Payload on any frontend that renders HTML, including static sites and template…
600/wk29v3
soft delete
Soft delete documents in Payload collections with restore and optional hard delete
600/wk114v3
pages
Adds a versioned pages collection with configurable page types, localized fields, drafts and autosave
593/wk0v4
payload plugin visual editing
Click-to-edit overlays on your frontend that deep-link back to the matching field in the Payload admin
580/wk29v3
payload plugin comments
Document-level and field-level comments with @mentions and resolution inside the Payload admin panel
550/wk29v3
payload plugin scheduling
Schedule future publish dates for drafts on selected collections and globals, triggered by a cron-pinged endpoint
550/wk29v3
changes button
Adds a Changes button that shows a field-by-field diff of unpublished changes against the published version
500/wk181v3
payload better preview
Live preview with block hover highlighting and two-way scroll sync between the admin editor and the preview
490/wk16v3
payload plugin admin feedback
Floating feedback widget with screenshot annotation for the Payload admin and selected Next.js frontend routes
487/wk5v3
plugin
Click-to-edit fields and block operations on the page, layered on Payload Live Preview
410/wk9v3
payload visual editor
Visual live preview editor in the Payload admin edit view, with live data exchange to your frontend
400/wk314v2
payloadcms visual editor
Inline text editing on live draft pages plus visual annotation markers that can be sent to webhooks
340/wk17v3
payload plugin comments
Adds a configurable Comments collection with submission endpoint, approval logic and email alerts
320/wk63v1
payload plugin versioning
One-to-many versioning between a base collection and a version collection with cascade deletes
320/wk2v2
payload visual editor
Edit text fields inline in the Payload live preview iframe and save changes back as a draft
320/wk5v3
payload workflow
Kanban-style workflow status board for Payload collections
310/wk109v2
payload kanban board
Kanban board view for moving Payload documents between configurable status columns
280/wk42v2
payload comments
Anonymous threaded comments and emoji reactions with optional moderation for Payload collections
251v3