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elgg/community\_web\_services
=============================

Provides web services for use on the Elgg community site.

1.9.1(10y ago)43525[1 issues](https://github.com/Elgg/community_web_services/issues)GPL-2.0PHP

Since Sep 23Pushed 4y ago8 watchersCompare

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Web services for the Elgg community site

Elgg version check
==================

[](#elgg-version-check)

This web service supports Elgg sites checking if there is a newer version available for download at elgg.org.

Name
----

[](#name)

elgg.update.check

Parameters
----------

[](#parameters)

- version: The Elgg version string

Response
--------

[](#response)

The version string for the newest release in that series

Community plugins update check
==============================

[](#community-plugins-update-check)

Check if there are newer versions of an Elgg site's plugins available on the Elgg community site.

Name
----

[](#name-1)

plugins.update.check

Parameters
----------

[](#parameters-1)

- plugins: An array of plugin id strings. The plugin id string is the md5 hash of the plugin directory name, plugin version, and the plugin author name.
- version: Elgg version string

Response
--------

[](#response-1)

Array of new plugin versions available for download:

```
[
  {
    "plugin_id": ,
    "plugin_name": ,
    "plugin_version": ,
    "plugin_url": ,
    "download_url": ,
  },
  {
    "plugin_id": ,
    "plugin_name": ,
    "plugin_version": ,
    "plugin_url": ,
    "download_url": ,
  }
]

```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 71% of packages

Maintenance15

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.1% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3880d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![cash](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/199558?v=4)](https://github.com/cash "cash (12 commits)")[![beck24](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/738363?v=4)](https://github.com/beck24 "beck24 (3 commits)")[![Srokap](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1339628?v=4)](https://github.com/Srokap "Srokap (3 commits)")[![iionly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1773681?v=4)](https://github.com/iionly "iionly (2 commits)")[![TheTrueBumba](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1182236?v=4)](https://github.com/TheTrueBumba "TheTrueBumba (1 commits)")

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