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title: "Content Elements & Plugins"
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# Content Elements & Plugins {#plugins}

This chapter handles content elements & plugins: What they are, how they can be
created, how existing content elements or plugins can be customized etc.

**Table of Contents**

-   [Introduction](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:introduction@11.5)
-   [Create a custom content element type](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:create-a-custom-content-element-type@11.5)
-   [Custom data processors](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:custom-data-processors@11.5)
-   [Create plugins](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:create-plugins@11.5)
-   [Configure custom backend preview for content element](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:configure-custom-backend-preview-for-content-element@11.5)
-   [Add content elements to the Content Element Wizard](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:add-content-elements-to-the-content-element-wizard@11.5)
-   [Best practices](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:best-practices-1@11.5)