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Addons in Vanilla
This article explains how add-ons are organized in Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla), where to manage them, and how to interpret their current status. Add-ons notes Availability varies by plan, community configuration, and feature status. If you cannot find an add-on or feature described here, contact your CSM or Vanilla…
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Addons Overview
In Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla), an addon (also known as a plugin) is a feature or tool that can be added to your Vanilla community to customize and enhance the overall experience. Some addons are geared toward community users . An addon might, for example, give them more profile-avatar options by means of adding an…
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Category as Link
[alert callout] IMPORTANT: The Category as Link addon is currently in the Maintenance stage of our Product Life Cycle. It’s still available to use, but it isn’t being actively enhanced and may not be compatible with all newer features. The Category as Link addon allows admins to configure a Category to display on your…
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Groups and Events
The Groups and Events addon allows you to: Create Groups, which are member-driven "micro-communities" within your larger Vanilla community. They provide focused spaces where members can connect around shared interests, roles, or projects, enabling more intimate and targeted conversations outside your main public…
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Invisibility Cloak
The Invisibility Cloak addon allows you to hide your public Higher Logic Vanilla community from the prying eyes of search engines and bots while you set it up. It achieves this by setting all of your community's content to noindex, noarchive. [neutral callout] TIP: This is particularly useful if you want to be able to…
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Link Types
The built-in Open external links in a new tab setting opens links that have a different hostname than your Higher Logic Vanilla site in a new browser tab. ⭐️ EXAMPLE: If a user is on higherlogic.vanilla.com and clicks a link to visit a third-party integration web site, it will open in a new tab; however, if the user clicks…
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MailChimp Push
MailChimp is a leading email-marketing platform, allowing organizations to send newsletters and automated messages, and set up targeted campaigns to help their business. Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) includes the Mailchimp Push addon, which synchronizes the email addresses of your community’s users with a MailChimp…
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Manage the Zendesk Addon
Vanilla and Zendesk There are several ways that you can use your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) account with your Zendesk account in order to maximize the features and functionality of both accounts. The Zendesk integration is the foundation of this cross-account relationship and the anchor point for other features and…
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Multilingual Addon
What's changed in Release 2026.017: Site Structure is now the central place to review and manage the relationships between languages, subcommunities, Categories, Knowledge Bases, layouts, and Style Guides. Changes are staged in a plan so you can review them before they affect members. See Release 2026.017 notes for an…
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No Index
The No Index addon allows admins, moderators, and curators to mark a discussion as noindex/noarchive. This forces Higher Logic Vanilla to not index a particular discussion, meaning it will be hidden from the prying eyes of search engines and bots. This is a great way to make specific content "invisible" from outside your…