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bastibuck/contao-backendhelper
==============================

Backend Helper extension for Contao Open Source CMS

1.3.3(8y ago)1956LGPL-3.0+PHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Mar 20Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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contao-backendhelper
====================

[](#contao-backendhelper)

Tiny extension for Contao CMS (3.5 or ^4.1) that provides several useful backend helpers.

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b3903e5c7aa6935b54a90a65bdad180e5932c4e192c35471f106c686bde7e715/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f62617374696275636b2f636f6e74616f2d6261636b656e6468656c7065722f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/bastibuck/contao-backendhelper)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5ff5a1ce1357eb3bb64c96688107535ed2cd13e1406fa5684c35d697651341fd/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f62617374696275636b2f636f6e74616f2d6261636b656e6468656c7065722f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/bastibuck/contao-backendhelper)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/09d1a071e084670475a583906b333538d4b5fbb25af86f041a88edfb2f5e8ebc/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f62617374696275636b2f636f6e74616f2d6261636b656e6468656c7065722f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/bastibuck/contao-backendhelper)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Each feature can be activated in the user settings.

Features included
-----------------

[](#features-included)

- Quick link to install tool
- Show IDs in list view for selected types
- Show where modules are used

Screenshots
-----------

[](#screenshots)

[![Install Tool Quick link](../screens/install_tool_header.png)](../screens/install_tool_header.png)

Further ideas
-------------

[](#further-ideas)

If you have any ideas that you want to be added let me know.

**Possible features to be added**

Show IDs - supported types
--------------------------

[](#show-ids---supported-types)

- tl\_article,
- tl\_content,
- tl\_news\_archive,
- tl\_news,
- tl\_calendar,
- tl\_calendar\_events,
- tl\_faq\_category,
- tl\_faq,
- tl\_newsletter\_channel,
- tl\_newsletter,
- tl\_form,
- tl\_form\_field,
- tl\_comments,
- tl\_module,
- tl\_page,
- tl\_member,
- tl\_member\_group,
- tl\_user,
- tl\_user\_group

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~56 days

Total

3

Last Release

3229d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c38cc3c3ddcfb9a637c41c1d27a3a4f0c7f8c99865008829d3342dd1b0e7e19c?d=identicon)[bastibuck](/maintainers/bastibuck)

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Top Contributors

[![bastibuck](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6306291?v=4)](https://github.com/bastibuck "bastibuck (46 commits)")

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Tags

backendcontaohelperutilitieshelpercontaobackendbackendhelper

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