Magento is without doubt the most functional and customizable eCommerce platform in the world. It’s also by far and away the most popular. Part of its popularity lies in the amount of freely available extensions there are through Magento Connect.
Just like WordPress has thousands of plug-ins which allow website owners to add functionality to their sites without any coding knowledge, extensions in Magento allow the same. 2013 has seen some pretty neat Magento Extensions come available to download. Here are 4 that really are that little bit special, helping you add functionality to your website for customers and also yourself.
1. Yireo TrashCan
Listing thousands of products takes time and patience and the most annoying thing that will ever happen to you during this process is deleting products by accident. This will cost you time, money, and could make you cry. The good news is that Magentix – The Magento Recycle Bin simply puts deleted products in to your websites recycle bin. Then, all you need to do is restore them. Nice!
2. ReCAPTCHA
Spam is a problem that plagues all types of website. Spam can come in the form of email, comments, on social media and the real risk is that spam can lead to the hacking of your website. ReCAPTCHA helps you fight spam by protecting your websites forms. It will cover your back against spammers and robots by asking them to input a series of characters that only a human can see.
3. VS Product Image Zoom – Featurezoom
By default many people do not like the standard zoom on Magento product pages. VS Product Image Zoom – Featurezoom solves this by simply allowing users of your website to view a magnified portion of any image simply by hovering over it. This can then be toggled using a mouse wheel. This is perfect for desktop users and will add a little bit extra to user experience.
4. Color Thumbnails: Magento Extension
If you sell customizable products on your website then Color Thumbnails: Magento Extension is a must have extension on your website. This neat extension allows customers to see how a product looks in various different colours, simply by selecting their colour preference through a drop down menu on product pages. Bespoke colours can be set in order to create custom functionality for different products.
