Extending Smarty With Plugins
  
   Version 2.0 introduced the plugin architecture that is used
   for almost all the customizable functionality of Smarty. This includes:
   
    functions
    modifiers
    block functions
    compiler functions
    prefilters
    postfilters
    outputfilters
    resources
    inserts
   
   With the exception of resources, backwards compatibility with the old
   way of registering handler functions via register_* API is preserved. If
   you did not use the API but instead modified the class variables
   $custom_funcs, $custom_mods, and
   other ones directly, then you will need to adjust your scripts to either
   use the API or convert your custom functionality into plugins.
  
   
&programmers.plugins.plugins-howto;
&programmers.plugins.plugins-naming-conventions;
&programmers.plugins.plugins-writing;
&programmers.plugins.plugins-functions;
&programmers.plugins.plugins-modifiers;
&programmers.plugins.plugins-block-functions;
&programmers.plugins.plugins-compiler-functions;
&programmers.plugins.plugins-prefilters-postfilters;
&programmers.plugins.plugins-outputfilters;
&programmers.plugins.plugins-resources;
&programmers.plugins.plugins-inserts;