Journal plug-ins
Default Plug-ins
A TDL-hosted journal is installed with a number of plug-ins that add various kinds of functionality to the site. All installed plug-ins in a journal site can be viewed by going to Settings > Website Settings > Plugins in the administrative dashboard.
More information can be found in the PKP documentation.
Below is a list of plug-ins included by default in a fresh installation of OJS hosted by TDL.
Name of plug-in | Description | Enabled/Disabled by default |
Browse Block | This plug-in provides sidebar browse tools | Disabled |
"Developed by" Block | This plugin provides sidebar "Developed By" link. | Disabled |
Information Block | This plugin provides sidebar information link. | Enabled |
Language Toggle Block | This plugin provides the sidebar language toggler. | Enabled |
"Make a Submission" Block | This plugin provides a sidebar block with a "Make a Submission" link. | Disabled |
Subscription Block | This plugin provides sidebar subscription information. | Enabled |
Resolver Plugin | This plugin resolves issues and articles based on citation information. | Enabled |
Acron Plugin | This plugin attempts to reduce the dependence of the application on periodic scheduling tools such as 'cron.' | Enabled |
Announcement Feed Plugin | This plugin produces RSS/Atom web syndication feeds for journal announcements. | Disabled |
Citation Style Language | Allow readers to get a published article's citation in one of several formats supported by the Citation Style Language. | Disabled |
Custom Block Manager | This Plugin lets you manage (add, edit and delete) custom sidebar blocks. | Disabled |
DRIVER | The DRIVER plugin extends the OAI-PMH interface according to the DRIVER Guidelines 2.0, helping OJS journals to become DRIVER compliant. | Disabled |
Dublin Core Indexing Plugin | This plugin embeds Dublin Core meta tags in article views for indexing purposes. | Enabled |
Google Analytics Plugin | Integrate OJS with Google Analytics, Google's web site traffic analysis application. Requires that you have already setup a Google Analytics account. Please see the Google Analytics site for more information. | Disabled |
Google Scholar Indexing Plugin | This plugin enables indexing of published content in Google Scholar. | Enabled |
HTML Article Galley | This plugin provides rendering support for HTML Article Galleys. | Enabled |
eLife Lens Article Viewer | This plugin provides rendering support for JATS XML galleys using eLife Lens. | Enabled |
ORCID Profile Plugin | Allows for the import of user profile information from ORCID. | Disabled |
PDF.JS PDF Viewer | This plugin uses the to embed PDFs on the article and issue galley view pages. | Enabled |
Recommend Articles by Author | This plugin inserts a list of articles by the same author on the article abstract page. | Disabled |
Recommend Similar Articles | This plugin adds a list of similar articles to the article abstract page. | Disabled |
Static Pages Plugin | This plugin allows Static Content Management. | Disabled |
Tiny MCE Plugin | This plugin enables WYSIWYG editing of textareas using the content editor. | Enabled |
Usage Event | Creates a hook that provides usage event in a defined format. | Enabled |
Usage Statistics | Present data objects usage statistics. Can use server access log files to extract statistics. | Enabled |
Web Feed Plugin | This plugin produces RSS/Atom web syndication feeds for the current issue. | Enabled |
CrossRef XML Export Plugin | Export article metadata in CrossRef XML format. | Enabled |
DOAJ Export Plugin | Export Journal for DOAJ. | Enabled |
Native XML Plugin | Import and export articles and issues in OJS's native XML format. | Enabled |
PubMed XML Export Plugin | Export article metadata in PubMed XML format for indexing in MEDLINE. | Enabled |
QuickSubmit Plugin | One-step submission plugin | Enabled |
Users XML Plugin | Import and export users | Enabled |
Dublin Core 1.1 meta-data | Contributes Dublin Core version 1.1 schemas and application adapters. | Enabled |
DC Metadata Format | Structures metadata in a way that is consistent with the Dublin Core format. | Enabled |
MARC Metadata Format | Structures metadata in a way that is consistent with the MARC format. | Enabled |
MARC21 Metadata Format | Structures metadata in a way that is consistent with the MARC21 format. | Enabled |
RFC1807 Metadata Format | Structures metadata in a way that is consistent with the RFC1807 format. | Enabled |
Manual Fee Payment | The manager will manually record receipt of a user's payment (outside of this software). | Disabled |
Paypal Fee Payment | Payments will be processed using the PayPal service. | Disabled |
DOI | This plugin enables the assignment of the Digital Object Identifiers to issues, articles and galleys in OJS. | Disabled |
URN | This plugin enables the assignment of the Uniform Resource Names to the issues, articles and galleys in OJS. | Disabled |
Articles Report | This plugin implements a CSV report containing a list of articles and their info. | Enabled |
COUNTER Report | The COUNTER plugin allows reporting on journal activity, using the . These reports alone do not make a journal COUNTER compliant. To offer COUNTER compliance, review the requirements at the Project COUNTER website. | Enabled |
Review Report | This plugin implements a CSV report containing a list of review assignments for a journal. | Enabled |
Subscriptions Report | This plugin implements a CSV report containing a list of subscriptions and their info. | Enabled |
View Report | This plugin implements a CSV report describing readership for each article. | Enabled |
PKP Usage Statistics Report | PKP Default usage statistics report (COUNTER ready) | Enabled |
Classic Theme | An OJS theme that plays on colour and font contrasts based on literary classics’ book design and featuring a starkly contrasting black header and brand coloured-footer. | Disabled |
Default Theme | This theme implements the default theme. | Enabled |
Manuscript (Default child theme) | A clean, simple theme with a boxed layout that mimics a paper document. | Disabled |
Health Sciences Theme | This theme implements the health sciences theme | Disabled |
Immersion Theme | This theme implements the immersion theme | Disabled |
Pragma Theme | This theme implements the pragma theme | Disabled |
PKP Preservation Network Plug-in
The PKP Preservation Network Plug-in is not installed by default in TDL-hosted OJS sites, but can be added upon request.
If not configured for use, the plug-in causes error messages (in the form of “Null” notifications in the administrative dashboard).
Requesting additional plug-ins
Journal Managers cannot upload additional plug-ins through the administrative dashboard, even those available in the Plug-in Gallery section of a TDL-hosted OJS site.
Journal Managers may request additional plug-ins via the TDL Helpdesk (support@tdl.org). Requested plug-ins are assessed for security and sustainability prior to approval and addition to a journal site. TDL cannot support plugins that are in experimental or testing phases, or that are not actively supported. Additionally, TDL will not delay scheduled OJS upgrades and migrations if custom or non-standard plugins do not work with the upgraded software.