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brilliance/plugin-key-generator
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A utility for Craft CMS Plugin Developers to generate keys for their customers. Simply a front-end for the API (https://docs.api.craftcms.com/plugin-licenses.html#create-a-plugin-license)

v4.0.4(3y ago)0104proprietaryPHP

Since Nov 17Pushed 3y ago2 watchersCompare

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Plugin Key Generator plugin for Craft CMS 3 or 4
================================================

[](#plugin-key-generator-plugin-for-craft-cms-3-or-4)

Creates a utility for Craft CMS Plugin Developers to generate keys for their customers. Simply a front-end for the API (). Of course, this can only generate Licenses for those plugins you manage in your account.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 3 or 4.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

To install the plugin, follow these instructions.

1. Open your terminal and go to your Craft project:

    ```
     cd /path/to/project

    ```
2. Then tell Composer to load the plugin:

    ```
     composer require brilliancenw/plugin-key-generator

    ```
3. In the Control Panel, go to Settings → Plugins and click the “Install” button for Plugin Key Generator.

Plugin Key Generator Overview
-----------------------------

[](#plugin-key-generator-overview)

This utility only requires you to set it up once, then it allows a Plugin Developer to generate keys for their customers. This may be for testing, free licenses to non-profit organizations, beta tests or whatever. Full support for expiration dates or those that never expire.

Configuring Plugin Key Generator
--------------------------------

[](#configuring-plugin-key-generator)

After installed, visit the plugin settings to add your Craft Console Username and API key. These can be found in the Craft Console Profile: .

You can easily pre-configure to populate your plugin handles and editions without having to type them every time. Simply enter the plugin handles and edition handles as a comma-separated values list.

Using Plugin Key Generator
--------------------------

[](#using-plugin-key-generator)

In the Admin Panel, go to Utilities and "Plugin Key Generator". Enter the Plugin Handle, The Edition Handle and the Licensee Email Address. Other options for expiration and notes are available.

Plugin Key Generator Roadmap
----------------------------

[](#plugin-key-generator-roadmap)

Some things to do, and ideas for potential features:

- let us know if you have feature requests

Brought to you by [Brilliance](https://www.brilliancenw.com/)

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~0 days

Total

6

Last Release

1324d ago

Major Versions

v3.x-dev → v4.0.42022-11-17

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2645384?v=4)[Mark Middleton](/maintainers/markmiddleton)[@markmiddleton](https://github.com/markmiddleton)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11203012?v=4)[Brett Moore](/maintainers/moorebrett0)[@moorebrett0](https://github.com/moorebrett0)

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Top Contributors

[![markmiddleton](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2645384?v=4)](https://github.com/markmiddleton "markmiddleton (14 commits)")

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Tags

cmsCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginplugin key generator

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