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digitalastronaut/craft-author-toolbar
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A frontend toolbar that enhances the authoring experience

v1.3.0-beta(1mo ago)358↓55.6%[2 issues](https://github.com/tim-digitalastronaut/craft-author-toolbar/issues)proprietaryTwigPHP >=8.2CI passing

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Craft Author toolbar
====================

[](#craft-author-toolbar)

This author toolbar plugin provides a frontend toolbar that enhances the overall authoring experience for Craft CMS projects. It integrates seamlessly with all Craft projects as it doesn't depend on any other Craft CMS plugins being installed for capturing the nessecary data.

The toolbar features are aimed at authors with little to sometimes no prior CMS or web development experience. Its main goal is to connect the content on the frontend to the control panel in a more user friendly fashion.

Feature List:
-------------

[](#feature-list)

1. A start menu that makes switching from the frontend to the control panel sections faster.
2. An edit page button that jumps to the control panel edit page for that entry.
3. A create page button to allow authors to create pages quickly.
4. A global search accross all pages for easy navigation.
5. A comprehensive SEO menu with:
    1. A basic checklist.
    2. Social share previews.
    3. Images overview.
    4. Headings structure.
6. A contact / help menu where users can find the developers contact details.

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 5.8.0 or later, and PHP 8.2 or later.

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 “author-toolbar”. Then press “Install”.

#### With Composer

[](#with-composer)

Open your terminal and run the following commands:

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance79

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~8 days

Recently: every ~26 days

Total

31

Last Release

40d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/50770879?v=4)[Digital Astronaut](/maintainers/tim-digitalastronaut)[@tim-digitalastronaut](https://github.com/tim-digitalastronaut)

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Top Contributors

[![timc-antenna](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/292713836?v=4)](https://github.com/timc-antenna "timc-antenna (1 commits)")

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