DjangoCMS 3 Filter Available Plugins

Question

In the DjangoCMS3 documentation it says you can configure DjangoCMS behavior using CMS_PLACEHOLDER_CONF in your settings. For instance:

CMS_PLACEHOLDER_CONF = { 'right-column': { 'plugins': ['TextPlugin', 'PicturePlugin'], ...

This would make TextPlugin and PicturePlugin to be the only two plugins available inside any placeholder called "right-column".

It works, but what if I want this restriction to apply to ALL placeholders??

Thanks!

Answer 1

Remove plugins you don't need from INSTALLED_APPS.

Alternatively, in an app after all plugin apps in INSTALLED_APPS in either cms_plugins.py or models.py you can use cms.plugin_pool.plugin_pool.unregister_plugin to remove them from the pool:

from cms.plugin_pool import plugin_pool
from unwanted_plugin_app.cms_plugins import UnwantedPlugin

plugin_pool.unregister_plugin(UnwantedPlugin)