Miscellaneous
In addition to the previously mentioned modules there are some others left we categorized under Miscellaneous. They deliver different functions as explained below.
Flash movie
With the Flash movie module you can easily add any .swf file to be displayed on your site. This might come in handy if you would like to display web banners, Flash menus or any other kinds of Flash visualisations. Several options allow you to define the appearance of the Flash movie such as width and height, the transparency mode (wmode), FlashVars and if you want to trigger an internal or external source.
Article list
The module "article list" shows all articles of an selected page (or all if empty) from a specified column. In the example above you see all articles of the home page in the main column.
Random image
The module "random image" displays randomized images.
Reload the Page to see another random image

Custom HTML
The Custom HTML module is plain and simple. You get a text area input field that renders all your HTML content as a module. You can use it for all kinds HTML tags. Custom HTML
Custom HTML
HTML content as a module
RSS reader
The RSS reader module offers the possibility to integrate XML-feeds into your website. You can add multiple feeds, define the number of news items to be displayed, set the items per page to activate a pagination or tell the module how many news items you would like to skip.
Security updates on March 18, 2025
On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, we will release security updates for Contao 4.13, 5.3 and 5.5.
More security for the Contao Manager
With the just released new version of Contao 5.5, Andy has also given the Contao Manager some new features and released version 1.9.0.
Contao 5.5 - Five back end boosters and much more
The new version Contao 5.5 is here! Find out about all the new features and improvements.