Where to Find the Best Plugins to Enhance your Squarespace Website
Squarespace is a really great platform on its own, it's highly customizable, it's got a ton of great built-in features and it's easy to use. But sometimes, you just want to add that little something extra to make your website stand out or perform just that little bit better.
This is where Squarespace's amazing community of creators come in! From newbies and DIYers to professional website designers and developers, the Squarespace community is bustling. And it's always lovely to see the pros in this community sharing tips and custom code with those who are still figuring the platform out.
Out of this, plugin stores created by Squarespace pros started popping up, offering a myriad of helpful tools, aesthetic tweaks, and fun new features that anyone could add to their Squarespace sites for just a small fee!
These plugins are way more affordable than having to hire someone to create custom code specifically for you. They generally come with detailed instructions on how to implement them, as well as customer support in case you get stuck (of course this depends from store to store so do your research before purchasing!)
If you're not really sure where to find the right plugins for your business, this week, we’ve gathered up eight of our favorite sources to find the very best plugins to enhance your Squarespace site!
We have used or are currently using plugins from nearly all of the sources on this list so you can be sure that these are great and reliable plugins with good customer support 🙌
Will Myers Squarespace Plugins
Will Myers is one of the OG Squarespacers, and a well-trusted member of the Squarespace community. As a developer, he not only builds complex Squarespace websites, he also teaches people the ins and outs of CSS, and has developed an amazing collection of high quality plugins ready for anyone to use.
We have used many of Will's plugins over the years and can only rave about their quality as well as the fast and thorough support that comes along with them.
Here are some key details:
The plugins are reasonably priced ranging from $10 - $25 for use on a single website.
There is an option to purchase a business license for $50 to be able to use the plugin on unlimited websites and in templates you sell.
The installation instructions include written code, video tutorials, styling options, examples, and typically a small FAQs section. If something isn’t working you have 60 days after purchase to get support.
Here are a few of our favorite plugins from Will 👇
Vertical Accordion
With this plugin, you'll be able to display your portfolio and blog content in a fun and trendy way, allowing site visitors to navigate across projects and posts via vertical tabs.
Dark Mode
The Dark Mode plugin allows site visitors to manually toggle between dark and light themes on your website (or any other color themes if you want!). This can be especially helpful to improve your site's accessibility.
Nested Menu Dropdown
With Squarespace's somewhat limited navigation options, this handy plugin will allow you to create a second level of dropdown folders in your menu navigation. This is great if you have different blogs or portfolios on your website and is just one of the many navigation plugins available in Will's shop.
Before / After Slider
This is such a great plugin for several different industries, allowing you to seamlessly show before and after shots in the same frame. It could be used to show Lightroom presets, your photography style or editing, home renovations, tattoo cover ups, hair styles, and tons more!
Ghost Plugins
Ghost Plugins has both free and paid plugins available. Their plugins are very high quality and will be sure to boost the look and user experience on any Squarespace website. If you need support, their team will get back to you within 24-48 hours of submitting a ticket for general questions and troubleshooting related to the product.
Free Ghost Plugins
Ghost Plugin's free library currently has 154 different free plugins! Here are some of our favorite freebies 👇
Percent Loading Screen
A fun loading screen animation whereby the percentage counts up as the page is loading to keep site visitors entertained while they wait.
Image Block Tilt Hover
To give your website a modern and fun edge, implement this plugin for images to tilt on hover for a fun animation effect.
Mobile Menu Animated GIF Background
We love a good GIF! This plugin allows you to add an animated GIF to the mobile menu background, making it extra fun!
Paid Ghost Plugins
Ghost's Super Plugin library currently has 55 available plugins ranging from $10-$30 USD.
There are plugins to modify your images, buttons, testimonials and more. Here are just a few of our favs 👇
Mood Board Images
This plugin allows you to create a moveable moodboard that your website users can interact with.
Hayton Summary Block
Give your summary blocks a revamp by adding a background image that appears on hover.
Snappy Page Sections
This plugin adds a subtle “snap into place” feeling for page sections are you scroll down your website for a more elevated look.
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Elfsight
Although a little more commercial, Elfsight offers easy to implement and highly customizable widgets for all kinds of different platforms, including Suarespace. Their plugins tend to focus on improving e-commerce and social features on your Squarespace site.
You can customize each of their widgets or plugins to fit your style. The plugins can then be purchased using difference pricing tiers based on views and numbers of widgets that you want to add across your site.
Here are a few plugins that we think you'll like 👇
Chat
This plugin is free for up to 200 monthly views and puts the familiar help chat box down in the lower right corner of your website. You can connect it to several contact options like Whatsapp, Messenger, Instagram, SMS, etc. to greatly facilitate communication with potential clients by being able to answer their questions right away.
Countdown
Are you launching a new product or opening doors for a course? This plugin puts a timer on your website to increase excitement and remind users when the product will be available.
Reviews
Show all your reviews from Google, Airbnb, Facebook, Amazon, and more, all in one place on your website. Customize the display of the review, eliminate the lowest ratings, and showcase what platforms the reviews are coming from.
Spark Plugins
Spark works differently than the other options we’ve mentioned so far. With Spark, you only need one plugin to get access to over 100 customizations! If messing with custom code freaks you out this is a great option for you.
Here are some key details:
Your website will need to be on the Squarespace 7.1 business or commerce plan to be able to use Spark.
Spark works on a monthly subscription (ranging from $11 - $29/month).
When you sign up, you will be give one piece of code to paste into your site's “Code Injection” and then you’ll have seamless access to their plugins, directly within your site.
Spark is reliable because they keep the customizations updated for you and optimized for mobile.
Here are three customizations included in the plugin that we think you’ll love 👇
Custom Button Styles
Choose from a range of button styles that are eye catching. You can add a gradient, underline, rounded edges and hover effects to your buttons in just one click too.
Emoji Cursors
Replace your standard cursor with one of their 10 custom emoji cursors.
Accordion Styles
Customize the standard Squarespace accordion section by adding shadows and motion, or modify the line styles.
Squarewebsites Plugins
Squarewebsites Plugins is for the more advanced website designers or those who aren’t afraid of a little code. They offer complex custom plugins that can really elevate a Squarespace website's functions.
We use many Squarewebsite plugins in our own website and their Squarewebsite Tools Pro Chrome Extension on the weekly so can attest to their great quality and key component to our web designer toolbox.
Each plugin additionally comes with very detailed installation instructions and if you run into an issue you can easily get support on their Slack Support Forum.
Here are our top 3 picks from Square Websites 👇
Universal Filter
This plugin is a fantastic option if you have a large blog, store or portfolio on your website, allowing you to add multiple filter options and a complex search bar so that your website users and customers can find exactly what they need.
Interactive Map
This handy plugin elevates Squaresapce's built in Map Block by giving you the ability to add multiple custom markers in your styles so that you can show various locations on the map. This would be great to show multiple locations of a restaurant, different hotel locations, or stops on a tour for example.
Chrome Extension for Moving Pages
Not quite a plugin but rather a Google Chrome extension, this incredibly handy tool allows you to import and export content and tweaks (font, colors themes, etc.) across different Squarespace websites. This tool is great for website designers and template creators, and will save you a ton of time! It works on a yearly subscription of either $84 - $168 USD.
SEOSpace
SEOSpace is the ultimate SEO plugin for Squarespace website designers, business owners, and bloggers to help your website bring in more traffic.
Not sure what SEO is? It's an acronym for Search Engine Optimization and this refers to how well your website ranks on a search engine like Google. It is so important to make sure your website is easy for your ideal customer to find and to have your pages show up as high as possible in a google search.
👉 If you want to learn more about SEO check out our complete guide to Squarespace SEO
Here are some key details:
SEOSpace's free plan allows you to run a scan on any live Squarespace page by installing their Google Chrome extension widget.
If you want more tools or want to use this plugin across multiple sites or on draft or password protected pages, check out their more advanced subscription plans starting from $14.99 per month.
How SEOSpace works
To get started, install the SEOSpace Plugin extension on your Google Chrome browser.
Once it's installed and enabled, you'll see this icon in the lower right hand corner of your screen.
Click on the icon and in the pop up menu, select Run Scan.
SEOSpace will generate an SEO checklist, giving you recommendations on ways to improve your page’s SEO (ie. image optimization, headings, meta-description, URL, etc.)
Follow the recommendations to optimize the page as well as possible.
Re-scan to page to check for improvements in your SEO score.
SquareKicker
SquareKicker is an awesome tool that makes building ultra customized and totally unique Squarespace websites super easy, allowing you to customize nearly everything on your website without code!
All you need to do to install it is to copy+paste a provided installation code into the code injection area of your Squarespace site and you're good to go!
Their plugin allows you to customize everything on your page from header to footer, text and images, and all the little details in between. Here's a quick look at some of the features you can add or adjust:
Here are some key details:
Their plugin design is intuitive and feels very similar to the Squarespace menus, making it so easy to use.
You can optimize your designs for a seamless user experience on all device including Desktop, Laptop, Tablet, and Mobile screens.
Squarekicker is a subscription, but you only need to pay for Squarekicker while you are using the tool. This means there are no ongoing costs for you or your clients sites.
If Squarespace makes an update, no sweat. Since all the code is backed up, SquareKicker can implement changes to respond to the updates and supply that code to all the active websites without you having to lift a finger.
If you do run into an issue, their support team is here to help. You can either visit their help center to check out their comprehensive support guides and tutorials or send them an email outlining your issue and they’ll help you out.
If you want to try out this plug in you can do a free 14 day trial!
SQSP Themes
SQSP Themes is another amazing place to get reliable plugins created by a Squarespace OG and pro developer, that will greatly extend the functionality of your Squarespace website. Choose from a wide range of high quality plugins in the SQSP Themes library that range from $10 - $59 USD.
We have used many SQSP Themes plugins over the years (and still do!) and can say they have always been great for giving our site that little something extra!
Not sure which plugin to pick? We've got a few recommendations 👇
Squarespace Sidebar Plugin
In Squarespace 7.0 you could get website templates with a sidebar, but in 7.1 there aren’t any templates like that! Now you can add in a fully customizable sidebar using the Squarespace Sidebar Plugin
Squarespace e-commerce product plugins
If you are selling physical products on your Squarespace website we think you might like these plugins:
Squarespace Product Gallery Video – This plugin really lets you show off your product to your customers before they purchase by using videos instead of just still images.
Product Color/Image Swatch Variant – Show your customers interactive swatches of other available colors or materials.
Hopefully you found this roundup helpful and it got you thinking about new creative customizations you can add to your Squarespace website!
If you need a little extra help or are looking for something a little different, our extra support team is always here to help with a little custom CSS that will get your site looking exactly how you envisioned it 👩💻
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