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craftcms/simple-text
====================

This plugin adds a new “Simple Text” field type to Craft, which provides a textarea that’s optimized for entering documentation.

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Simple Text for Craft CMS
=========================

[](#simple-text-for-craft-cms)

This plugin adds a new “Simple Text” field type to Craft, which provides a textarea that’s optimized for entering documentation.

Textarea Features
-----------------

[](#textarea-features)

- Uses a fixed-width font
- Automatically resizes
- Uses [Behave.js](http://jakiestfu.github.io/Behave.js/)

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 4.0.0+ or 5.0.0+.

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

[](#installation)

You can install this plugin from the Plugin Store or with Composer.

#### From the Plugin Store

[](#from-the-plugin-store)

Go to the Plugin Store in your project’s Control Panel and search for “Simple Text”. Then press **Install** in its modal window.

#### With Composer

[](#with-composer)

Open your terminal and run the following commands:

```
# go to the project directory
cd /path/to/my-project.test

# tell Composer to load the plugin
composer require craftcms/simple-text

# tell Craft to install the plugin
./craft install/plugin simple-text
```

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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 ~407 days

Recently: every ~574 days

Total

7

Last Release

790d ago

Major Versions

v2.x-dev → 3.0.02022-05-04

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3ccdf8b493035de2343c55bd889513e3af5c04d5823482a2b186ad16adb1c3e3?d=identicon)[brandonkelly](/maintainers/brandonkelly)

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Top Contributors

[![brandonkelly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47792?v=4)](https://github.com/brandonkelly "brandonkelly (32 commits)")[![angrybrad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61869?v=4)](https://github.com/angrybrad "angrybrad (12 commits)")[![benjamindavid](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2911900?v=4)](https://github.com/benjamindavid "benjamindavid (1 commits)")[![ChanceArthur](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23122071?v=4)](https://github.com/ChanceArthur "ChanceArthur (1 commits)")[![i-just](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4500340?v=4)](https://github.com/i-just "i-just (1 commits)")[![MakeilaLundy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19892516?v=4)](https://github.com/MakeilaLundy "MakeilaLundy (1 commits)")

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Tags

craft-plugincraft2craft3craftcmshtmlcmsyii2craftcms

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