diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
index aa8c4a3ee..4ea09e350 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('randomize', [$this,'randomizeFilter']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('modulus', [$this,'modulusFilter']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('rtrim', [$this, 'rtrimFilter']),
+            new \Twig_SimpleFilter('pad', [$this, 'padFilter']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('safe_email', [$this,'safeEmailFilter']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('safe_truncate', ['\Grav\Common\Utils','safeTruncate']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFilter('safe_truncate_html', ['\Grav\Common\Utils','safeTruncateHTML']),
@@ -537,6 +538,22 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension
         return Utils::generateRandomString($count);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Pad a string to a certain length with another string
+     *
+     * @param        $input
+     * @param        $pad_length
+     * @param string $pad_string
+     * @param int    $pad_type
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function padFilter($input, $pad_length, $pad_string = " ", $pad_type = STR_PAD_RIGHT)
+    {
+        return str_pad($input, (int) $pad_length, $pad_string, $pad_type);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Cast a value to array
      *
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
index e0888e209..515d05851 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ abstract class Utils
         return (object)array_merge((array)$obj1, (array)$obj2);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
     public static function dateFormats()
     {
         $now = new DateTime();
@@ -300,11 +303,19 @@ abstract class Utils
         return $root . implode('/', $ret);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $function
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
     public static function isFunctionDisabled($function)
     {
         return in_array($function, explode(',', ini_get('disable_functions')));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
     public static function timezones()
     {
         $timezones = \DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers(\DateTimeZone::ALL);
@@ -332,6 +343,12 @@ abstract class Utils
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param array $source
+     * @param       $fn
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
     public static function arrayFilterRecursive(Array $source, $fn)
     {
         $result = array();
@@ -351,6 +368,11 @@ abstract class Utils
         return $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $string
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
     public static function pathPrefixedByLangCode($string)
     {
         $languages_enabled = self::getGrav()['config']->get('system.languages.supported', []);
@@ -362,6 +384,11 @@ abstract class Utils
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $date
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
     public static function date2timestamp($date)
     {
         $config = self::getGrav()['config'];