Awesome Wagtail

Website: https://github.com/springload/awesome-wagtail#readme
Category: Themed Directories
Tags: awesome-lists, web-development, cms

Summary

Awesome Wagtail is a curated, community-maintained directory of packages, snippets, starter kits, and learning resources for building sites with the Wagtail CMS (a Django-based Python CMS). It aggregates tools and references that help developers extend Wagtail for a wide range of use cases.

Features

Scope & Purpose

• Curated "awesome"-style list specifically focused on the Wagtail CMS ecosystem.
• Highlights third‑party apps, tools, and resources created by the Wagtail community.
• Aims to help developers discover extensions and best practices for real-world Wagtail projects.

Main Sections

• General resources

  • High-level links and references for working with Wagtail.

• Apps (Wagtail/Django packages and extensions), organized by use case:

  • Blogging / News – Packages for implementing blogs, news sections, and related content patterns.
  • Rich Text Editor Extensions – Add-ons and customizations for Wagtail’s rich text editor.
  • Widgets – Custom form and admin widgets, including relationship helpers such as:
    • ForeignKey
    • ParentalKey
    • ManyToMany
    • raw_id_fields
  • StreamField – Blocks, utilities, and patterns for Wagtail’s StreamField content system.
  • Static Site Generation – Tools and workflows to export or serve Wagtail content as static sites.
  • Settings Management – Approaches and packages for managing site and app settings.
  • E‑commerce – Integrations and packages for building online stores and transactional sites.
  • SEO and SMO – Tools for search engine optimization and social media optimization.
  • Analytics – Integrations with analytics platforms and tracking solutions.
  • Customer Experience – Tools that improve UX, personalization, or engagement.
  • Security – Packages and patterns addressing security concerns in Wagtail/Django.
  • Media – Handling of images, files, and other media content.
  • Translations – Internationalization and localization tools.
  • Forms – Advanced form building, processing, and management.
  • Testing – Utilities to test Wagtail projects.
  • Modeladmin – Enhancements related to Wagtail’s modeladmin functionality.
  • Asynchronous (tasks) – Background processing, task queues, and async workflows.
  • Content Management – Tools to manage content lifecycle, workflows, and structures.
  • Misc – Additional Wagtail-related apps that don’t fit other categories.

• Tools

  • General utilities and helper tools for Wagtail development and operations.

• Templates & Starter Kits

  • Example projects and boilerplates to quickly start Wagtail sites.
  • May include setups using docker-compose and other tooling.

• Templates (start command)

  • Project templates that integrate with Wagtail’s/Django’s start commands.

• Resources (learning & reference materials):

  • Getting started – Introductory guides and tutorials for newcomers.
  • Articles – In-depth blog posts and technical write-ups.
  • Recipes – Practical how-tos and code examples for common tasks.
  • Presentations – Conference talks and slide decks.
  • Podcasts – Audio content discussing Wagtail and related topics.
  • Videos – Screencasts, talks, and visual tutorials.
  • Books – Longer-form learning resources.
  • Showcases – Example sites and implementations built with Wagtail.
  • Lists – Other related collections or meta-lists.

• For editors

  • Resources oriented toward content editors and non-developer users of Wagtail.

• Community

  • Links to community hubs, communication channels, or collaboration spaces around Wagtail.

• Open-source sites

  • References to open-source Wagtail-powered sites for learning by example.

• Contribute

  • Clearly documented contribution guidelines for adding or updating entries.

Licensing

• Distributed under CC0 (Public Domain), allowing reuse of the list content without restriction.

Pricing

• Awesome Wagtail is an open-source, public GitHub repository and directory.
• Price: Free to access and use.
• No paid plans or commercial tiers are indicated.