Easy and (mostly) Free Joomla Modules developed by CollectiveRay
As a contributor to the Joomla community, CollectiveRay often releases free Joomla Extensions - Modules / Plugins / Templates and other development. These are available for free or for a minimal development support fee (the price of a beer or a coffee).
The way we do decide which Joomla modules and extensions to release works in the following way.
As we are creating a website for our needs or for the needs of our clients, we might find a deficiency of functionality, usability or find another reason why we're not happy with the way an extension we are using works.
At that point, we write our own Joomla module, to make sure that we are able to get the exact functionality that we need.
Once we're happy with the quality of the development, we release our new extension to the rest of the community. We will also typically submit the new module to the JED, such that it is easily accessible to anybody who needs.
Most of our released modules are free, though we do ask for a small donation, especially if you are using our work to make a profit. The donations are then used to fund the site, work and development of new extensions.
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- Written by: David Attard
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Mod HTML is a module, developed by this website, for those who need a simple way to quickly add HTML to their Joomla website. It allows you to add any HTML snippet or JavaScript code to your Joomla website via a Joomla module and thus create a website without requiring expertise in web site design.
Read more: HTML for Joomla - Simple Module to Quickly Add Code (2025)
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- Written by: David Attard
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If you've got a blog, work in web design and haven't heard about Sumo yet, you are probably not in the company of the right people - or you're following the wrong blogs and people! :) Sumo is a company whose growth has exploded over the last few months - thanks to the fact that they provide tools to grow your website's traffic. That's why we wrote this Joomla Sumo plugin because we wanted to bring the power of Sumo to all the Joomla users out there.
Infact, you might notice that our "Share" buttons and our "Subscribe" popup, have quite a common look and feel - that's because Sumo tools have become so popular in the last few months, that they're starting to feel ubiquitous.
But let's give you a few reasons why we strongly believe and urge you to start using Sumo on your blog, or website which has been struggling to get traffic or leads.
Read more: Get Joomla Sumo Set Up in Seconds With our Simple Plugin
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- Written by: David Attard
- Category: Modules
Create a responsive full-screen overlay menu for your Joomla website
We have recently seen a growing trend of websites using a full-screen menu - this is for two main reasons. First, it is quite a bold move in terms of functionality.
Covering all your content to show the menu is a relatively new concept - however, it is become quite trendy to use a full-screen responsive menu. Even large creative agencies have successfully used this.
The second reason why this is very popular is because of course, this is as responsive as something can get.
The menu will look identical whether this is a desktop, a phone or a tablet. This plugin makes it easy to implement this concept of a full-screen menu on your Joomla website - and integrates with the Joomla menu functionality directly.
It's also very flexible and customisable, you can choose the fonts, colors, and animation direction of the Joomla full-screen responsive menu - so that it is in line with the rest of your website.
Best of all - this Joomla plugin is completely FREE, Gratis, you pay nothing, zero, zilch, niente! ;-) Just say thank you to CollectiveRay.com :-)
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- Written by: David Attard
- Category: Modules
How to Add to Joomla, your Google Analytics code
If you have created a Joomla website, one of the very first things you want to do is monitor how much traffic is coming to the website. This is where the Joomla Google Analytics plugin is important.
By far the easiest way to monitor the traffic to your website is through Google Analytics. Of course, to be able to do this, you'll need to add the code from Google Analytics to your Joomla website template.
This comes with a risk of forgetting some pages or messing up your template.
Our Joomla Google Analytics plugin saves you the headache and does all the dirty work for you.
To save you from messing around with more code, we have also added the possibility of adding Google WebMaster verification code and Bing WebMaster Verification codes.
Read more: Joomla Google Analytics Plugin: Simple Way To Add GA Code
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- Written by: David Attard
- Category: Modules
Why pay for Facebook fans when you can get them for free? The Joomla Facebook Like Popup helps you get more fans from people who visit your website.
If you are like us, you know how hard it is to increase Facebook fans without having to pay for FaceBook ads. You try to put social media icons, and Like Boxes in prominent places, but you only get a trickle of fans here and there.
However, there is one PROVEN technique that will boost your Facebook fans immediately. You don't have to pay anything and you don't have to change anything that you are doing.
We'll show you how to increase Facebook Fans for your Joomla site but let's first understand what getting more fans involves.
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- Written by: David Attard
- Category: Modules
If you have created a website and have been using Joomla, and you haven't figured out a way to monetize it yet, then Google AdSense is a must. You also know that your CTR rate increases dramatically when your ads are displayed within your content rather than to the side, before or after your content. That's why you need to use our Joomla AdSense plugin
There are many Google AdSense plugins for content, but many of them are simply "auto" - and thus you lack the control to determine exactly where you want to place the ads.
For us, this is simply not enough control.
We want ads to blend seamlessly with my content, thus we want exact control of where we want the exact ads to appear, whether we want to align it to the left or to the right and whether we want one ad in one article or three ads in a different longer article.
These are many things which the other Joomla AdSense modules or plugins for Google AdSense do not provide.
So we wrote our own plugin to have full control over AdSense in Joomla.
Read more: Joomla AdSense: Using Google Ads Within Joomla Content
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- Written by: David Attard
- Category: Modules
THIS PLUGIN IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE
While the plugin is no longer available, we are leaving this post up for posterity. You can now use the normal Joomla LoadPosition plugin that can perform the same function.
If you have been using Joomla! for a while, you have probably already encountered the need to hide some content when users are logged in.
Let's say, for example, you want users to be able to download files only if they have registered and logged in - and you want to display a specific "Register and Login" message only if users are logged out of the website.
Or you want to load adverts if users are guests and have not subscribed and logged in to your website.
Read more: Load Public Position Joomla! Plugin - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
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- Written by: David Attard
- Category: Modules
Online payment gateways are not easy to integrate with. This Joomla module makes it very easy to accept Joomla Paypal payments on your site. Our highly customizable module enables you to accept Paypal Donations. You can also use it to accept payments online using Paypal as your online payment gateway.
At CollectuveRay, we spend much time to make the life of Joomla! web designers easier: search engine optimization tips and tricks for Joomla!, how to make Joomla load really really quickly, and ways to increase website traffic with social media!
Read more: The Easiest Way to Add a Joomla Paypal / Donations Button
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This page is in place to show how the Joomla FaceBook Like Popup Plugin works - as you can see as soon as you enter this page, you'll get the Facebook Like Popup displayed. {facebookpopup}
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This page is in place as a demo to show how the Mod HTML Module works. There is a simple version of the HTML module which shows you can insert any HTML into the module.