Headless CMS — Payload CMS plugins 16

Customizable Payload admin sidebar with drag-and-drop reordering, per-user preferences, 70+ icons, nested sub-menus, and a visual customizer view.

Save and apply reusable block configurations as presets in the Payload admin panel.

Adds parent-child document hierarchies with auto-generated breadcrumbs to Payload collections.

Official Payload plugin that lets admins build forms, collect submissions, send templated emails, and optionally process payments or uploads.

Live preview for Payload CMS in Astro and any SSR/static frontend (SvelteKit, Nuxt, Next.js, plain HTML), patching the DOM without rebuilds.

Integrates Typesense search capabilities into Payload CMS with real-time synchronization.

Interactive CLI that scaffolds a production-ready Payload CMS monorepo preconfigured with FocusReactive plugins.

Adds a menus collection to Payload for building navigation with nested items, collection links, custom URLs, icons, and preview images.

Sales reporting plugin that totals revenue, units and orders by period, product and customer from Payload order collections.

Adds likes, dislikes, favourites, ratings, and threaded reviews with moderation to any Payload collection via a headless REST API.

Wrapper around Payload's Local API providing repository operations.

Adds reusable deck blocks with slide capabilities to Payload CMS.

CLI for direct access to PayloadCMS data for AI agents and humans.

Replaces the Payload media collection list view with justified, masonry, and grid layouts plus a lightbox.

Adds a GraphQL view with IDE support to Payload collections and globals.

Adds ready-made collections, globals, and layout blocks for agency and hospitality sites to a Payload CMS config.