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coldtrick/search\_advanced
==========================

This plugin provides additional search features

v11.0.3(6mo ago)82.9k8[1 issues](https://github.com/ColdTrick/search_advanced/issues)GPL-2.0-onlyPHPCI passing

Since Aug 4Pushed yesterday4 watchersCompare

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Search Advanced
===============

[](#search-advanced)

[![Elgg 6.0](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5918ffd43fda231dfa42ca4fc4feea1b824d0b5eaf57cb7dd385fc617221c362/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d362e302d677265656e2e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5918ffd43fda231dfa42ca4fc4feea1b824d0b5eaf57cb7dd385fc617221c362/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d362e302d677265656e2e737667)[![Elgg 7.0](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5918ffd43fda231dfa42ca4fc4feea1b824d0b5eaf57cb7dd385fc617221c362/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d362e302d677265656e2e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5918ffd43fda231dfa42ca4fc4feea1b824d0b5eaf57cb7dd385fc617221c362/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d362e302d677265656e2e737667)[![Lint Checks](https://github.com/ColdTrick/search_advanced/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ColdTrick/search_advanced/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg?event=push)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/88777e86afd9e8c99f32701f0d5ec56983ec9de5c48d3312354fe1b252e1ec99/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f436f6c64547269636b2f7365617263685f616476616e6365642f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/ColdTrick/search_advanced)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8527d23eadb3a2abd0c9f54e1da67accc7a805eb7afc5331df2cf7b0dfd0d82d/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f436f6c64547269636b2f7365617263685f616476616e6365642f6c6963656e73652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/ColdTrick/search_advanced)

This plugin provides additional search features.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- adds search widgets
- autocompletes users and groups in topbar search

###  Health Score

54

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 72.2% 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 ~125 days

Recently: every ~142 days

Total

31

Last Release

187d ago

Major Versions

v6.1 → v7.02021-09-27

v7.0.1 → v8.02022-02-16

v8.2 → v9.02023-06-02

v9.0.1 → v10.02023-11-30

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 (298 commits)")[![jeabakker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/881958?v=4)](https://github.com/jeabakker "jeabakker (113 commits)")[![dragonjon](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15904661?v=4)](https://github.com/dragonjon "dragonjon (1 commits)")[![Facyla](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/286492?v=4)](https://github.com/Facyla "Facyla (1 commits)")

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Tags

pluginsearchelgg

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![Health badge](/badges/coldtrick-search-advanced/health.svg)

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