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Designed for libraries, archives, developers, and digital collections teams

Modern tools for a modern CONTENTdm ecosystem

A suite of open tools that extend CONTENTdm with better APIs, easier exploration, and seamless publishing to modern platforms like WordPress.

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CONTENTdm is powerful — but hard to work with

Complex API navigation

Navigating the CONTENTdm API requires extensive documentation reading and trial-and-error

Limited developer ergonomics

Developers face steep learning curves and verbose integration patterns

Difficult exploration and bulk export

No easy way to browse collections or export metadata without custom tooling

No native CMS integration

Publishing collections to modern platforms requires manual, tedious workflows

Outdated workflows

Digital teams need modern tools that match contemporary development practices

We believe CONTENTdm deserves modern tooling — not workarounds.

What We're Building

The CDM Modern Toolkit is a growing ecosystem of tools that sit on top of CONTENTdm, improving accessibility, usability, and integration without disrupting existing systems.

Our Tools

PHP SDK for CONTENTdm

A developer-friendly PHP library that saves developers hours of integration time by simplifying CONTENTdm API navigation, pagination, filtering, and data normalization.

Clean, intuitive API wrappers
Faster integration into PHP apps
Reduces boilerplate and complexity
Designed for long-term maintainability
Developers • Integrators
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CONTENTdm Explorer

A web-based tool that simplifies work and research for librarians and archivists by letting anyone paste a CONTENTdm site URL and instantly explore collections and items.

Visual browsing of collections
Metadata inspection
Bulk export of items and metadata
No coding required
Librarians • Archivists • Researchers
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CONTENTdm → WordPress Plugin

A WordPress plugin that saves institutions time and money by importing CONTENTdm collections and items into WordPress as structured content without costly custom development.

Publish collections on modern websites
Map CONTENTdm metadata to WordPress fields
Keep institutional branding and UX
Ideal for public-facing digital exhibits
Libraries • Institutions • Web teams
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Built on CONTENTdm. Not against it.

We believe CONTENTdm is a powerful foundation trusted by institutions worldwide. Our goal is to extend it — adding modern layers that improve usability, integration, and reach while preserving existing workflows and data.

Faster development

Build integrations in hours, not weeks

Better public access

Make collections more discoverable and accessible

Modern publishing

Seamless workflows for contemporary platforms

Open and extensible

Build on top of our tools or extend them

Real institutional needs

Designed by practitioners, for practitioners

Bring CONTENTdm into the modern web

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