Add features with recommended add-ons

Recommended add-ons add features to your site, preconfigured with smart defaults that you can change later. Different site templates recommend different add-ons based on the use case.

Goal

A new feature installed from the recommended add-ons list, with its modules installed and its preconfigured settings applied to your existing site.

Prerequisites

• A running Drupal CMS site, from the launcher or DDEV.
• An administrator account.

Steps

1. Go to Extend → Recommended/admin/modules/browse/recommended.
2. Select Install for each add-on you want to apply. Drupal CMS installs the add-on’s modules and applies its configuration to your existing site.
3. Provide any information the add-on prompts for, such as an API key or identifier, to complete the configuration.

Some add-ons include demo content that demonstrates the newly installed feature. Once an add-on is installed, update any of its settings to meet your requirements.

Under the hood, an add-on is a Drupal recipe: a package that installs modules and applies configuration in one automated step. The recipes page in the developer docs covers how recipes work.

Verify

• The add-on’s feature is available on your site. For example, the Forms add-on adds a contact form at /contact; see Create a contact form.
• The modules the add-on installed appear checked on the Extend/admin/modules page.

Variations

• Install a single module instead: when no add-on covers what you need, install modules individually; see Install and manage modules.

Related

• Install and manage modules explains modules, recipes, and the project browser.
• Recipes explains the format add-ons are built on.
• Set up AI tools walks through installing one of these add-ons end to end.