Top 10 Essential Figma Plugins

In this article, we will present the top 10 essential plugins for getting started with Figma.

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We have also written a guide for getting started with Figma, as well as an article that tells you everything you need to know about Figma plugins.

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If you already know all of that, then below you will find the 10 Figma plugins we consider essential for an optimized use of the tool !

They will make your experience even richer and give you even more freedom.

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1. UIHut

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UIHut is a plugin that provides access to thousands of templates and project examples.

This provides a wealth of ideas and greatly boosts creativity when starting a new project or elegantly integrating a graphic element.

Make sure to click the "Free" button on the side to display projects you can import for free!

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2. Unsplash

Unsplash is, as mentioned above, the go-to source for royalty-free image banks.

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3. Remove BG

Remove BG is a plugin that allows you to cut out an image and remove its background. This plugin is extremely useful and saves you from having to use Photoshop to edit images. PhotoRoom Background Remover offers the same service.

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4. Split Shape

Split Shape allows you, as its name suggests, to divide a shape into several distinct shapes with equivalent characteristics that will occupy exactly the space previously taken by the original shape. Modifying their characteristics or margins is very easy.

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5. Content Reel

Content Reel is an extremely useful plugin that automatically generates text to fill your text boxes to present beautiful, representative mockups to your colleagues. You can also use Lorem Ipsum to fill with Latin text.

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6. Avatars

Avatar is a plugin that randomly and automatically creates fake profiles with all the characteristics you might need: photos, addresses, phone numbers…

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7. Arc

Arc allows you to unleash your creativity by offering the possibility towrite curved text as much as you want.

Circles, waves, stairs… you choose!

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8. Charts

To populate your mockups when you don't have access to your colleagues' data or charts, we recommend using Charts or Datavizer. These plugins will give you access to all the charts you might need.

Furthermore, if you have a database in Google Sheets format, you can also use Google Sheets Sync to import and format the data.

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9. LottieFiles

LottieFiles is the go-to plugin when it comes tointegrating animated elements such as animated emojis or GIFs. It allows you to bring even more life to your mockups and create your own animations.

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10. Mapsicle

Although this can be done with components, integrating an interactive map into your Figma mockups is often time-consuming. Mapsicle and Map Maker allow you tointegrate the map of your choice into your project, quickly and easily !

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We hope this top 10 list of essential Figma plugins taught you what you wanted to know! We have also written other more specific articles about different types of plugins based on what they bring to Figma.

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To go further, we invite you to use our Figma filter to access all our content that will enrich your knowledge and mastery of the tool.

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