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Low Variables

Compatibility: EE1, EE2
Latest release: 2.0.2 (released 2012-01-20)
Licensing: Commercial License Agreement

Do away with the native Snippets or Global Variables—Low Variables gives you both in a single interface and lets you do so, so much more. Want to group your variables? No problem. Want to choose which variables are parsed early and which ones are not? Check. Want to save your variables as files on the server? Yes, you can! Want to have control over who can edit the variables? You got it. Want to have different variable types, just like field types? It ships with 11 variable types built in and there are several third party types available.

And it doesn’t end there. You can add notes to groups and variables. You can sort both using drag and drop. You can clone variables, batch-create them and duplicate whole groups. There’s a Low Variables fieldtype, so you can add global variables to your channel entries. There’s even an API so you can create your own variable types or create Low Variables compatible field types, like Pixel & Tonic’s Wygwam.

Example usage

What the community thinks of Low Variables

Low Variables should basically be how variables work. It’s near perfect and should be built in.

James Buckley, Bright Rocket

Low Variables could be the best module/add-on for ExpressionEngine I’ve seen yet.

Sean Sperte

Low Variables is one of the coolest, most useful add-ons I’ve seen in a while.

Ryan Masuga, Devot:ee

I think you’ve won add-on of the year 2010.

Jamie Pittock

Can’t rate it high enough, makes life so easy!

Rob Allen, Blue Dreamer

One the best thought-out #EE add-ons I’ve ever used.

Simon Rudkin