On Monday, I released a new plugin that makes it easy to roll out new site features with confidence.

Feature Flags is a Craft CMS plugin that enables runtime control over new features on your site.

➡️ Tog­gle fea­tures on or off from the con­trol pan­el.

➡️ Tar­get spe­cif­ic users, user groups, or envi­ron­ments with flex­i­ble rules.

➡️ Grad­u­al­ly roll out changes to a per­cent­age of your audi­ence

➡️ Choose from the four flag types: Release, Exper­i­ment, Ops, and Per­mis­sion.

➡️ Use expi­ra­tion dates to auto-dis­able flags after a set date.

When to Use a Feature Flag

Feature flags are flexible to support almost any situation:

1️⃣ Target an internal user group to test a feature in production

2️⃣ Target individual users (like a client!)

3️⃣ Roll out risky or impactful features or changes to small portions of your visitors

4️⃣ Put up a maintenance banner to everyone who visits until an expiration date

5️⃣ Test new checkout flows and compare cart abandonment numbers between new flow and existing flow

...and whatever else you can think of! This is must-have behavior for every Craft CMS project.

I created a lesson video walking through some of the examples above, so please check it out!