The TYPO3 extension manager provides a central area in which we can install or uninstall new features for our TYPO3 installation. The extension manager was added to TYPO3 to organize the TYPO3 system core. Now, features that do not make up the core system can be plugged into the system as extensions.
Extensions can be developed by third parties, leaving the core functionality to the core developers, thus allowing anyone to add features that are not available out of the box.
To access the extension manager, we just need to click on Ext Manager from the Tools menu:
When we access the extension manager for the first time, we are presented with the translation handler. This allows us to manage the translations of labels, in the system, and from extensions. To get to the main extension manager interface, we just need to select Install extensions from the drop-down menu. We will cover the other options seen in this menu, throughout...