shefing / payload-tools
A collection of modular plugins for Payload CMS that enhance content management with RBAC, collaboration tools, and UI improvements.
What is shefing / payload-tools?
Payload Tools is a collection of open-source plugins for Payload CMS that extend its core functionality with enhanced security, collaboration features, and UI customizations. It solves common pain points in content management by providing tools like role-based access control, inline commenting, and improved filtering directly within the admin interface. The plugins are designed to streamline workflows for developers and content authors managing complex content structures.
Developers and teams using Payload CMS who need to enhance the admin experience, implement granular permissions, or add collaborative features to their content management workflows.
Developers choose Payload Tools because it offers a modular, plugin-based approach to extending Payload CMS without modifying its core, ensuring compatibility and ease of updates. Its unique selling point is the combination of enterprise-grade features like RBAC with practical UI improvements, all maintained as independent packages for flexible integration.
Overview
This repository contains a set of powerful plugins designed to enhance your Payload CMS projects. Whether you're managing complex content structures or optimizing the authoring experience, these plugins will help streamline your workflow.
Use Cases
Best For
- Implementing role-based access control in Payload CMS projects
- Adding collaborative commenting features to content editing workflows
- Customizing the Payload admin UI with enhanced filtering and side panels
- Extending Payload CMS with custom field types like color pickers and icon selectors
- Managing complex content relationships with improved editing interfaces
- Streamlining content authoring experiences in headless CMS implementations
Not Ideal For
- Teams using a different headless CMS like Strapi or Sanity
- Projects that require server-side rendering for admin interfaces with zero client-side JavaScript
- Applications needing advanced, real-time collaborative editing beyond basic rich-text comments
Pros & Cons
Pros
Each plugin can be integrated independently based on project needs, promoting flexibility and maintainability as highlighted in the README's modular philosophy.
The Rich-text Comments plugin enables inline discussions using Lexical, directly improving team collaboration within the Payload admin interface.
Authorization plugin implements role-based access control with read/write/publish permissions for collections and globals, providing robust security customization.
Plugins like Field-type Component Override allow global replacement of default field components with custom ones, ensuring consistent UI across collections without manual overrides.
Cons
Compatible only with Payload CMS 3.0, which may force upgrades or limit use in projects on older or newer versions without updates.
Development requires pnpm workspace management, specific Node versions, and Corepack, adding initial setup overhead compared to simpler npm-based plugins.
Some plugins, like Icon Select, depend on specific libraries such as flowbite-react-icons, restricting design flexibility if other icon sets are preferred.
Frequently Asked Questions
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