# Plugins for Nextly: Add the official plugins, or write your own.

The established official plugins: Visual Page Builder, SEO and Form Builder.

Alpha plugin SDK. The `@public` surface becomes semver-protected at 1.0; until then, pin exact versions.

[Start building](https://nextlyhq.com/docs/getting-started/quick-start.md) · [Read the docs](https://nextlyhq.com/docs/plugins.md)

```bash
npx create-nextly-app@alpha my-app
```

## What it does

### Visual Page Builder

Add the official Visual Page Builder when your project needs it.

The Visual Page Builder is itself a plugin.

![The Visual Page Builder with the heading “What shipped in October” selected, and the Style tab showing its typography: Inter Variable, 56px, weight 600.](https://nextlyhq.com/captures/builder-style-tab-light.png)

[The Visual Page Builder](https://nextlyhq.com/page-builder)

### SEO

The SEO plugin adds an SEO issues widget.

![The SEO issues card on the admin dashboard: how many published pages are hidden from search engines, and how many are missing a meta title, a canonical URL, a meta description or a social image.](https://nextlyhq.com/captures/seo-widget-light.png)

[The SEO plugin](https://nextlyhq.com/docs/plugins/seo.md)

### Form Builder

Build forms and capture submissions with the official Form Builder plugin.

![A Contact sales form open in the Form Builder: its name, slug and status, and the Builder tab listing its six fields with their types and which are required.](https://nextlyhq.com/captures/form-builder-light.png)

[The Form Builder](https://nextlyhq.com/docs/plugins/form-builder.md)

### Write your own

Dashboard widgets in the admin; plugins can add their own, an experimental part of the plugin SDK.

Limit: Alpha plugin SDK. The `@public` surface becomes semver-protected at 1.0; until then, pin exact versions.

- **Package:** `@nextlyhq/plugin-sdk`
- **Release:** `0.0.2-alpha.70` · 25 Oct 2026
- **Licence:** MIT

[Writing a plugin](https://nextlyhq.com/docs/plugins/author-guide.md)

## What ships today: in 0.0.2-alpha.70

- **Plugins:** `@nextlyhq/plugin-page-builder`, `@nextlyhq/plugin-seo`, `@nextlyhq/plugin-form-builder`
- **SDK:** `@nextlyhq/plugin-sdk`
- **Release:** `0.0.2-alpha.70` · 25 Oct 2026
- **SDK status:** Alpha
- **Licence:** MIT

## Where it stops

- **Plugin API stability:** Alpha plugin SDK. The `@public` surface becomes semver-protected at 1.0; until then, pin exact versions. [Docs](https://nextlyhq.com/docs/plugins/stability.md)
- **Experimental parts:** Parts are marked experimental; pin exact versions. [Docs](https://nextlyhq.com/docs/plugins/stability.md)

Nextly is in alpha. APIs may change before 1.0. Pin exact versions in production.

## Questions

### Which official plugins are there?

The established official plugins: Visual Page Builder, SEO and Form Builder.

### Is the Visual Page Builder a plugin?

The Visual Page Builder is itself a plugin.

### Can I write my own plugin?

An alpha plugin SDK for schema, services, routes, admin UI and permissions. Parts are marked experimental; pin exact versions.

### Is the plugin API stable?

Alpha plugin SDK. The `@public` surface becomes semver-protected at 1.0; until then, pin exact versions.

### Are forms built in?

Build forms and capture submissions with the official Form Builder plugin.

## More of Nextly

- [Visual Page Builder](https://nextlyhq.com/page-builder): Twenty blocks out of the box, and the page renderer takes your own React blocks.
- [CMS for Next.js](https://nextlyhq.com/nextjs-cms): Runs inside your own Next.js app, on your own PostgreSQL or MySQL database.
- [Publishing](https://nextlyhq.com/publishing): Working drafts, version history and Content Releases.