Sourcerer

Introduction

Sourcerer - place any code anywhere.

Sourcerer enables you to place PHP and any kind of HTML style code (including CSS and JavaScript) right in to your content! Not only in your articles, but also in sections, categories, modules, components, META tags, etc.

You can now just place your original codes right into your WYSIWYG editor. The only thing you have to do is surround the code with the Sourcerer tags. Easy peasy!

So now you can also use PHP scripts in your content. That opens up a great deal of possibilities.

Most Joomla! Text Editors will strip parts of your HTML code, like JavaScripts (think of statistics scripts) and movie embed tags. With Sourcerer you won't have these limitations.

Easy to use editor button
Sourcerer comes with a very easy to use editor button. This will help you paste your code in a clean format that will not cause any problems. Also it comes with syntax coloring (php, js, css, html).

More information: https://www.regularlabs.com/sourcerer

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The best support around

Francis Tapon (5).
Posted on 26 November 2008

Not only does this module work, but more importantly, it comes with some outstanding support from its creator!

I'm a Joomla newbie and Peter (the designer) worked patiently with me to solve the problems.

The best way to get the support is to ask questions on his bulletin board. He usually responses in less than 24 hours (and many times in less than 24 minutes!).

If you need to plop in code, use Sourcerer.

Owner's reply: Please don't shoot me if I don't respond within 24 hours though :)

Sourcerer

Katain Gazdik (2).
Posted on 22 October 2008

Thanks, all works fine. Is easy to install and to use if you have the right code, and work wonderfull!

Especially thank for Mr. Peter van Westen!

Owner's reply: Thanks. If you need or have more examples for code, please let me know by mail

Thank you Peter

Randy Smith (1).
Posted on 15 October 2008

I had used Jumi and Anytags before redoing things and getting Sourcerer. I started using it and came across the need for the module class suffix to reduce some css. I put a note on the forum and Peter had a solution for me within an hour. I was impressed enough to write this review

Owner's reply: The module class suffix will be implemented in the next version 1.0.1 (solution can already be found on forum).
Sourcerer is actually a result of AnyTags. I don't recommend people using AnyTags, I am not working on that anymore. But it does work on Joomla 1.0, Sourcerer only works on Joomla 1.5.

Easy, time saver

lies (3).
Posted on 14 September 2008

Very easy to use. I prefer this over Jumi. Jumi seems too advance, or more manually editing. Sourcerer works out of the box. LOVE! the editor button.

Owner's reply: Thanks. Yeah, the power of Sourcerer is that you can use it right in your articles. No need to include external files (you can if you want).

Awesome work and suberb support!

seppo (2).
Posted on 11 September 2008

I have tested couple of these code-inserters, but I like Sourcerer the most. While others can maybe include script file, with this component you can actually write the code inside ther article - a little like you would in normal HTLM-PHP-javascript coding.

I had this problem keeping variables alive from codeblock to codeblock, but it was fixed in less that 15 hours, including the night time! Awesome support!

Owner's reply: Thanks Seppo, for contributing to making Sourcerer better.
The global variables thing will be included in next version (0.1.6 or 1.0.0)

Excellent!

William Latshaw (1).
Posted on 12 August 2008

This worked great for me out of the box with no tweaking. I just needed to add some html forms to a site running 1.5.5. Thanks for a useful and time-saving extension!

All fine except the generation of RSS

Leonel Antonio Canton (1).
Posted on 30 July 2008

Thanks, all works fine, I want to include one google documents intro my Joomla!, google give me the iframe code and soucerer do the rest. Is easy to use, and work wonderfull

Except that a conflict ocurr with the RSS (the default module of J1.5.4). I create a discussion on the forum about this.

Good work. Hope the next version didn't have this issue (Joomla! and pluggin)

Owner's reply: I will look into the rss issue!
Thanks for the review

Works like a charm, and great support

Dan Phillips (13).
Posted on 01 July 2008

Installed and configured painlessly, and it just works. I had a minor problem with html entities inside sourcerer tags being rendered properly and Peter fixed the problem by issuing a new version within a few hours. Bravo!

Owner's reply: Yes, tthanks for pointing out that bug... bringing Sourcerer! closer to perfection ;)
New version (0.1.4) is just released.

Great way to add javascript!

Vicky Thomas (25).
Posted on 28 June 2008

Thank you. I had this up and running very quickly. I added a javascript for a dynamic weather script from accuweather.com into a moduule via Sourcerer. It worked, first time! Honestly, I didn't really understand all the other features it has (yet) but had no problems with this. Make sure to install the plugin and enable it first, before using the module.

Owner's reply: Thanks for your review, VThomas.
YEs, the module needs the plugin to work. Joomla sets all plugins to unpublished by default. So publishing it after install goes for all plugin extensions.
Most features in the plugin are for security control. You can leave it alone, if it all works. If Sourcerer! doesn't seem to work somewhere, it might be due to those settings being to strict. If the code doesn't work, you can look into the source code of your website to see why. Sourcerer! places a html comment that states why certain code is not shown.

nice one.

Mark.s (5).
Posted on 24 June 2008

This works great for me, keep up the good work Peter.

Owner's reply: Thanks ;)

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Sourcerer

Version:: 12.2.6
Developer:: Regular Labs
Last updated:: Sep 30 2025
2 months ago
Date added:: Jun 02 2008
License:: GPLv2 or later
Type:: Free download
Includes:: p
Compatibility:: J3 J4 J5

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