Features

What each feature does and how to set it up.

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Access and view cache filters for extensions Read this page if you build an extension that changes who may download a file, edit a draft or open a collaboration item, that decides which publications become notifications, or that needs view cache files of its own… AdministratorsDevelopers Features
A clean installation that fits shared hosting and says Exponential This page is for anyone installing Exponential 6.0.15, especially on shared hosting. July and August 2026 made the first run of a new installation smoother. Below is what you now get, in the order you meet it. AdministratorsDevelopers Features
An extension can replace a kernel module This page is for developers who need to change how a whole module works. A module is a set of views behind a URL (content/view, user/login, shop/basket). Until January 2024 the kernel's module won whenever an extension… Developers Features
A package installer that survives big packages This page is for anyone who installs a site package from the browser and has seen it time out. Installing a site package (the content, classes and design of a demo site) is the longest thing the setup wizard and Setup >… AdministratorsDevelopers Features
Benchmark: exp:benchmark This page is for site owners and developers who want to know how fast their installation is, which server answers it faster, and whether a change made it slower. exp:benchmark ships with Exponential 6.0.15. It needs… AdministratorsDevelopers Features
birthday: a birthday datatype This page is for site builders who store people's dates of birth. birthday ("eZ Birthday") provides the datatype ezbirthday. It stores a date of birth so that it can be sorted and searched, and ships the usual class and… Developers Features
Bookmarks of system pages Since Exponential 6.0.15 a bookmark can point to a system page, a page of a module view such as setup/info, exphelp/dashboard, role/view/3, audit/console/(user)/14 or a search (content/search?SearchText=news), as well… AdministratorsDevelopers Features
Change settings from the command line: exp:ini This page is for administrators and developers who change INI settings. One command reads and changes settings in every scope: the global override, a siteaccess, an extension, an extension siteaccess. It edits files… AdministratorsDevelopers Features
Check user accounts Read this page if you look after the user accounts of an installation: which accounts nobody uses, which are disabled or locked, which have lost their user object, which share an e-mail address, and how to tidy them up… AdministratorsDevelopers Features
cjw-exponential-media-site-data: installer data of the media site This page is for developers who install the CJW Exponential Platform Nexus starter project. The package cjw-exponential-media-site-data holds the full content of the media site (schema and content), used by the… Developers Features
Configuration managed by the deployment (ManagedByDeployment) Since 6.0.15. One switch per siteaccess, off by default: AdministratorsDevelopers Features
Content policy limitations of extensions Read this page if you build an extension that narrows who may read or edit content by a rule the kernel does not know (an organisation, a region, a rights matrix), or if you check access on behalf of another user… AdministratorsDevelopers Features
Content Security Policy A Content Security Policy tells the browser which scripts, stylesheets, images and connections a page may use. A strict policy (script-src 'self', no 'unsafe-inline') means that a script injected into a page through a… AdministratorsDevelopers Features
Custom items per page This page was merged into The sub-items list: columns, presets and CSV export, section "Custom page size". Related: Paging, sorting and page sizes. AdministratorsDevelopers Features
Data tables: module tables as part of the system (6.0.15) Read this page if you write or maintain an extension with tables of its own (a persistent class, a module over it), if you want to keep such a table in another database than the installation's, or if you administer the… AdministratorsDevelopers Features
Debug output you can read at a glance and style This page was merged into The Exp Debug bar, which now holds the classic debug block (heading names its switch, section ids, responsive layout, the [DebugSettings] table) next to the debug bar. AdministratorsDevelopers Features
enhancedezbinaryfile: a file datatype with information collection This page is for site builders who need forms where visitors attach a file. enhancedezbinaryfile ("Enhanced eZBinary File Type") is a file upload datatype, shown as Enhanced File in the class editor, built for… EditorsDevelopers Features
enhancedselection2: a selection that stores identifiers This page is for site builders who need a drop-down or multiple-select field whose stored values stay correct when the options change. enhancedselection2 is a selection datatype like the kernel's ezselection, with one… Developers Features
expai: Exponential Intelligence Read this page to decide whether to switch on Exponential Intelligence, the writing assistant of the administration interface, and to find its own documentation. The extension is the Composer package se7enxweb/expai… AdministratorsDevelopers Features
explayouts_ui: the Layouts admin screens This page is for administrators and site builders who manage page layouts. explayouts_ui adds the Layouts tab to the admin. It is the management side of Exponential Layouts: AdministratorsDevelopers Features

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