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danieltott/craft-sidebar-admin-links
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Add links from Settings directly to the sidebar for admin users

2.0.0(3y ago)24.4k2MITPHPPHP ^7.2.5|^8.0

Since Mar 16Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Sidebar Admin Links plugin for Craft CMS 4.x
============================================

[](#sidebar-admin-links-plugin-for-craft-cms-4x)

Add links from Settings directly to the sidebar for admin users.

Save yourself some clicks!

[![Screenshot](resources/screenshot.jpg)](resources/screenshot.jpg)

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 4

For Craft 3, see the [Craft 3 branch](https://github.com/danieltott/craft-sidebar-admin-links/tree/craft3)

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 danieltott/craft-sidebar-admin-links

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

Brought to you by [Dan Ott](https://dtott.com)

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~339 days

Total

3

Last Release

1203d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → 2.0.02023-01-23

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1693f0f76d1444e2b6f2507fb6b6115c28a3392db3ae8206bf9ac56772b647c3?d=identicon)[danieltott](/maintainers/danieltott)

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Top Contributors

[![danieltott](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/360261?v=4)](https://github.com/danieltott "danieltott (18 commits)")

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Tags

craft-plugincraftcmshacktoberfestcmsCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginsidebar admin links

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