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coldtrick/menu\_builder
=======================

More control options for the site menu items or build custom menu's with this plugin

v11.0.1(6mo ago)73.0k4[3 issues](https://github.com/ColdTrick/menu_builder/issues)GPL-2.0-onlyPHPCI passing

Since Jun 1Pushed today5 watchersCompare

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Menu Builder
============

[](#menu-builder)

[![Elgg 6.0](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5918ffd43fda231dfa42ca4fc4feea1b824d0b5eaf57cb7dd385fc617221c362/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d362e302d677265656e2e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5918ffd43fda231dfa42ca4fc4feea1b824d0b5eaf57cb7dd385fc617221c362/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d362e302d677265656e2e737667)[![Elgg 7.0](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/423f166548449e860ac4466d88666ed84d332bb93d5b6b9caa8c8a75806ad841/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d372e302d677265656e2e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/423f166548449e860ac4466d88666ed84d332bb93d5b6b9caa8c8a75806ad841/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d372e302d677265656e2e737667)[![Lint Checks](https://github.com/ColdTrick/menu_builder/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ColdTrick/menu_builder/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg?event=push)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3f8bbc294df7c9db1a8e1f99500fb1775f4a506550379d853a772127b3e0b210/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f636f6c64747269636b2f6d656e755f6275696c6465722f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/coldtrick/menu_builder)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/753ad1cda25b0a6c2b01abb3e6e2b1ab0b9ead91db3a69c7e019671ea012f246/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f636f6c64747269636b2f6d656e755f6275696c6465722f6c6963656e73652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/coldtrick/menu_builder)

Manage your menu items with a lot more control then the default Elgg menu manager.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Build your custom site menu
- Manage custom menus to be used in your template
- Drag and drop reordering
- Set access on menu items for public, logged in, logged out or admin only
- Endless nesting of menu items
- Use actions as menu items
- Use placeholders (\[username\], \[userguid\]) in menu item links to be replaced with logged in user information
- Import or Export configured menus
- Caching of menu configuration

Plugin Settings
---------------

[](#plugin-settings)

- HTMLawed filtering: control if the text and link of a new menu item should be filtered to prevent unwanted input
- Regen Site Menu: if you want to regenerate the site menu for some reason

###  Health Score

52

↑

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance77

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71.6% 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 ~197 days

Recently: every ~223 days

Total

19

Last Release

186d ago

Major Versions

v6.0 → v7.02021-09-27

v7.0.1 → v8.02022-06-01

v8.0 → v9.02022-08-24

v9.0 → v10.02023-06-02

v10.0.2 → v11.02024-06-28

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a4ac1d6abe137b2a78bd0527b3c1f085be51c6a8f70e2fd81fcd7fac3d8d59bf?d=identicon)[jeabakker](/maintainers/jeabakker)

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Top Contributors

[![jdalsem](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/861833?v=4)](https://github.com/jdalsem "jdalsem (159 commits)")[![jeabakker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/881958?v=4)](https://github.com/jeabakker "jeabakker (50 commits)")[![beck24](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/738363?v=4)](https://github.com/beck24 "beck24 (9 commits)")[![Srokap](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1339628?v=4)](https://github.com/Srokap "Srokap (3 commits)")[![teamwebgalli](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/803087?v=4)](https://github.com/teamwebgalli "teamwebgalli (1 commits)")

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Tags

pluginelggnavigation

### Embed Badge

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