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by/first-image
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A plugin to get first image from Redactor Field.

2.0.0(3y ago)41.1kMITPHP

Since Aug 20Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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First Image plugin for Craft CMS 3.x
====================================

[](#first-image-plugin-for-craft-cms-3x)

A plugin to get first image from Redactor Field.

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 3.0.0 or later.

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 by/first-image

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

Using First Image
-----------------

[](#using-first-image)

There are two ways of getting first image from a redactor field:

```
{{ entry.body | getFirstImage }}

```

or

```
{% set image = getFirstImage(entry.body) %}

```

This will output the source of the first image found, which then can be used in `` tag.

Brought to you by [Bhashkar Yadav](https://360adaptive.com)

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~796 days

Total

3

Last Release

1280d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → 2.0.02022-12-29

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1473647?v=4)[Bhashkar Yadav](/maintainers/bhashkar007)[@bhashkar007](https://github.com/bhashkar007)

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Top Contributors

[![bhashkar007](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1473647?v=4)](https://github.com/bhashkar007 "bhashkar007 (7 commits)")

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Tags

cmsCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginfirst image

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