If you have ever a chance to look through the numerous ratings comparing the software for designers, you will probably find Figma at the top. But what makes it extremely popular? Free model (at least for now), easy to use interface, all essential functions?

Well, in fact, everything that has been mentioned above, and something more.

Introduction

When the developers added the option to create custom made plugins, it literally raised Figma above all other software, and it has turned on its golden age. All thanks just to the possibility for people to create whatever plugin they need, just like in multiple sandbox games where you can built anything you want.

Currently, there are hundreds of plugins for different functions and processes, which can make project design as seamless as plug-and-play. We’d like to help you to dig in to this almost endless pit in order to search for the most useful and valuable plugins.

Content Reel

Well, it is rather common case when you need to add lots of data into your designs. It can be anything, from random names and phone numbers to large articles. Of course, you can address unlimited web resources, but is there a way to make things simple and create custom content?

Content Reel will become your helper. This plugin adds names, avatars, icons, dates and much more. Just select one or more layers, choose from the long list of multiple options and replace dummy content.

Let’s agree that having user data that looks real helps clients get a better understanding of what a design might look like once it goes live.

Spelll

Spelling mistakes is a true curse for any design project. They can ruin the overall impression in a blink of an eye.

Spell is one of those plugins that will help you to deal with this issue. It works as simple as ABC adding a key feature that is still missing: spellcheck. All you need is to run the plugin, and it will scan the whole document. If it finds any mistake, you’ll be offered to replace misspelled words.

If you are working not only with English, don’t worry, the plugin supports over 43 languages from around the world.

Rename it

You’ve probably experienced diving so deep into the work that you forget to rename the layers making the design kind of messy.

Rename It helps to stay organized modifying the names of the layers with a range of pre-made choices. With this plugin you can rename multiple layers at once selecting the starting point such as alphabet series, number series, using the name of the frame, etc. It is flexible and offer multiple options almost for each case.

Sorter

Continuing with polishing your design project, after proper renaming it is high time to sort the layers. Sorter will help you to sort layers using the ordering of your choice, relative to each items parent. There are different types of sorting presented, such as by position, in reserve, alphabetically ascending and descending, etc.

Besides, Sorter will save your settings for the next time you run the plugin in that file, and will sort the layers the same way.

Style organizer

Dealing with color and text styles is essential for work in Figma. It helps to support the consistency of your design projects.

Style organizer plugin manages all color and text styles, in particular merge styles, group elements with the same appearance together, select all elements with the same style, make fixes with a single click. It is quite handy and time-saving tool while working with multiple styles, especially for large design projects.

Better font picker

Fonts are overwhelming, and while having installed hundreds of fonts, we usually use only some of them. But when it is time to find something new, the choice can be extremely complicated. Figma lacks the preview of fonts, and this plugin helps you to check how the font will look.

So, all the designers can continue the favorite font picker game!

Pixel Perfect

Moved something accidentally and got a pile of broken pixels? Not a problem at all.

Pixel Perfect lets to select any layers you want to get back to the pixel grid, and with one click their position and size are rounded back to nice round numbers.

Simple, but quite effective. This plugin spare you from fixing manually the positions of the elements.

Autoflow

Sometimes prototypes are not enough to present a newly created project for clients or stakeholders. You need to support your presentation with user flows that help to focus on different cases.

Autoflow makes it simple to draw flows. Just choose two objects, and a line will be drawn between them in a matter of second.

Charts

Creating good-looking charts can be challenging, especially when you need lot of them, for some dashboards and analytics pages.

Charts plugin allows you to generate charts that can be added and edited within your design project. You can select any chart you want, as line, area, pie, doughnut, scatter and bar charts are available. Moreover, each one of them comes with its own set of configurations such as number of points, max and min values.

Blobs

If you still trying to master the Pen tool, this plugin will be your assistant in creating organic blob shapes.

Being a true time-saver, Blobs generate easily customizable blobs thanks to simple sliders for adjusting the complexity and contrast of the blobs. You can play with the shapes of blobs how you want creating unique and bizarre shapes.

Summing up

Of course, we’ve mentioned only some of the most interesting Figma plugins. Their simplicity and usefulness attract more and more designers to try.

Currently, there are hundreds of them, and thanks to the rising Figma community plugins are multiplied each day. Therefore, keep a close eye on the future developments and updates from the Figma community in order to find more promising plugins.