My Top 'Must Have' Extensions When Beginning a New Magento Website.

Posted on February 11, 2014 | Magento 1

When beginning any magento website, I always have a small list of extensions at hand that I trust and enhance my magento stores. Please find a few listed below.

For Product Image Zoom:

Magic Zoom Plus by MagicToolbox (£45)
http://www.magictoolbox.com/magiczoomplus/modules/magento/

For Navigation:

MegaMenu for Magento by TheExtensionLab (£149.99)
https://www.theextensionlab.com/megamenu

Or

ProNav by Brandammo ($69.99)
http://store.brandammo.co.uk/magento/pronav.html

ProCategory by Brandammo ($99.99)
http://store.brandammo.co.uk/magento/procategory.html

Improved Layered Navigation by Amasty ($139)
http://amasty.com/improved-layered-navigation.html

For Enhanced Checkout:

Light Checkout by GoMage ($169.00)
http://www.gomage.com/gomage-lightcheckout.html

For Shipping Rules:

Premium Matrix Rate by WebShopApps (£50.00)
http://www.webshopapps.com/uk/shipping/premium-matrixrate-shipping-extension.html

Or for those on a budget

Matrix Rate by WebShopApps (FREE)
http://www.webshopapps.com/free/matrixrate-shipping-extension.html

For Payments:

Sage Pay Suite Pro (Europe) by Ebizmarts (£169)
http://store.ebizmarts.com/extensions/sage-pay-suite-pro.html

For Blogging:

Magento Wordpress Integration by Fishpig (FREE or Paid Installation)
http://fishpig.co.uk/magento/wordpress-integration/

Core Enhancements

Remove any link from My Account navigation by Paul Donnelly [Shameless Plug but it's always needed] (FREE).
http://www.pauldonnelly.net/magento-extension-remove-any-link-from-my-account-navigation/

H&O Handles (FREE)
https://github.com/ho-nl/Ho_Handles