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dukt/follow
===========

Follow plugin for Craft CMS

1.0.1(8y ago)14142[2 issues](https://github.com/dukt/follow/issues)PHP

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Follow for Craft CMS
====================

[](#follow-for-craft-cms)

A simple plugin to connect to Follow's API.

---

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

[](#installation)

1. Download the latest release of the plugin
2. Drop the `follow` plugin folder to `craft/plugins`
3. Install Follow from the control panel in `Settings > Plugins`

Templating
----------

[](#templating)

### Following

[](#following)

Users that you are following.

```
{% if not currentUser %}
    You need to login in order to see the users you follow.
{% else %}
    {% set users = craft.follow.getFollowing() %}

    {% if users|length > 0 %}

        You are following {{users|length}} users.

            {% for user in users %}

                    {% include 'follow/_user' with { user: user } %}

            {% endfor %}

    {% else %}
        {{ "You are not following anyone."|t }}
    {% endif %}

{% endif %}

```

### Followers

[](#followers)

Users that are following you.

```
{% if not currentUser %}
    {{ 'You need to login in order to see you followers.'|t({ url: url('follow/login') })|raw }}
{% else %}
    {% set users = craft.follow.getFollowers(currentUser.id) %}

    {% if users %}

        {{ "You have {count} followers."|t({ count: users|length }) }}

            {% for user in users %}

                    {% include 'follow/_user' with { user: user } %}

            {% endfor %}

    {% else %}
        {{ "No one is following you." }}
    {% endif %}
{% endif %}

```

### Activity

[](#activity)

Recent entries from users you are following.

```
{% if not currentUser %}
    {{ 'You need to login in order to see the activity of users you follow.'|t({ url: url('follow/login') })|raw }}
{% else %}
    {% set followingUsers = craft.follow.getFollowing( user.id ) %}

    {% set followingUserIds = [] %}
    {% for followingUser in followingUsers %}
        {% set followingUserIds = followingUserIds|merge([ followingUser.id ]) %}
    {% endfor %}

    {% if followingUserIds|length > 0 %}

        {% set entries = craft.entries.authorId(followingUserIds).find() %}

        {% if entries|length %}
            {% for entry in entries %}

                        {% if entry.author.photoUrl %}
                            {% set photoUrl = entry.author.photoUrl(80) %}
                        {% else %}
                            {% set photoUrl = resourceUrl('images/user.gif') %}
                        {% endif %}

                        {{ entry.author.fullName }}

                        {{ entry.title }}

                            {{ entry.postDate.nice }}

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            {% endfor %}
        {% else %}
            {{ "Start following some users to see their recent entries."|t }}
        {% endif %}
    {% else %}
        {{ "Start following some users to see their recent entries."|t }}
    {% endif %}

{% endif %}

```

### user.html

[](#userhtml)

```
{% set followers = craft.follow.getFollowers(user.id) %}

                        {% if user.photoUrl %}
                            {% set photoUrl = user.photoUrl %}
                        {% else %}
                            {% set photoUrl = resourceUrl('images/user.gif') %}
                        {% endif %}

                        {{ user.fullName }}

                        {% set followersCount = followers|length %}

                        {% if followersCount > 1 %}
                            {{ "{count} followers"|t({ count: followersCount }) }}
                        {% else %}
                            {{ "{count} follower"|t({ count: followersCount }) }}
                        {% endif %}

                        {% if currentUser and currentUser.id != user.id %}
                            {% if craft.follow.isFollow(user.id) %}
                                {{ "Unfollow"|t }}
                            {% else %}
                                {{ "Follow"|t }}
                            {% endif %}
                        {% else %}
                            {{ "Follow"|t }}
                        {% endif %}

```

API
---

[](#api)

### FollowVariable

[](#followvariable)

- isFollow($elementId)
- getFollowers($userId = null)
- getFollowing($userId = null)

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~241 days

Total

3

Last Release

3150d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2911900?v=4)[Benjamin David](/maintainers/benjamindavid)[@benjamindavid](https://github.com/benjamindavid)

---

Top Contributors

[![benjamindavid](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2911900?v=4)](https://github.com/benjamindavid "benjamindavid (64 commits)")

---

Tags

craft-plugincraft2craftcmsfollow

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