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elivz/craft-single-cat
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A field type to allow users to select a single category from a dropdown.

4.0.1(10mo ago)1117.2k↑50%5[3 issues](https://github.com/verbb/single-cat/issues)MITPHP

Since Oct 29Pushed 3mo ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/verbb/single-cat)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/elivz/craft-single-cat)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/verbb)[ RSS](/packages/elivz-craft-single-cat/feed)WikiDiscussions craft-5 Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (2)Versions (23)Used By (0)

[![Single Cat icon](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1b58e64b6bbadc6831494b60caa67ca9ad0684916662fc422f73ec22fa6abb8f/68747470733a2f2f6173736574732e76657262622e696f2f706c7567696e732f73696e676c652d6361742f73696e676c652d6361742d69636f6e2e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1b58e64b6bbadc6831494b60caa67ca9ad0684916662fc422f73ec22fa6abb8f/68747470733a2f2f6173736574732e76657262622e696f2f706c7567696e732f73696e676c652d6361742f73696e676c652d6361742d69636f6e2e737667)

Single Cat for Craft CMS
========================

[](#single-cat-for-craft-cms)

Single Cat is a Craft CMS plugin to allow selecting a single category, via a dropdown instead of an element select field.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Visit the [Single Cat Plugin page](https://verbb.io/craft-plugins/single-cat) for all documentation, guides, pricing and developer resources.

Credit & Thanks
-------------------

[](#credit--thanks)

Originally created by [Eli Van Zoeren](https://elivz.com).

Support
-------

[](#support)

Get in touch with us via the [Single Cat Support page](https://verbb.io/craft-plugins/single-cat/support) or by [creating a Github issue](https://github.com/verbb/single-cat/issues)

Sponsor
-------

[](#sponsor)

Single Cat is licensed under the MIT license, meaning it will always be free and open source – we love free stuff! If you'd like to show your support to the plugin regardless, [Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/verbb) development.

[ ![Verbb](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/98f2680f5948987cd8f4b418d67159eb0befb6da92060f286671b05bf39d40bd/68747470733a2f2f76657262622e696f2f6173736574732f696d672f76657262622d70696c6c2e737667)](https://verbb.io)

###  Health Score

49

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FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance62

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 67.9% 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 ~136 days

Recently: every ~200 days

Total

19

Last Release

304d ago

Major Versions

1.2.2 → 2.0.02022-11-24

2.0.1 → 3.0.02022-11-24

2.0.2 → 3.0.12022-11-30

3.0.3 → 4.0.0-beta.12024-03-04

3.0.4 → 4.0.12025-07-18

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dbbb98a048b6203510c6feb5ddb371d7789422704f28ac8437e4b2665b6c466e?d=identicon)[elivz](/maintainers/elivz)

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Top Contributors

[![engram-design](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1221575?v=4)](https://github.com/engram-design "engram-design (38 commits)")[![elivz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62592?v=4)](https://github.com/elivz "elivz (15 commits)")[![carlcs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7516543?v=4)](https://github.com/carlcs "carlcs (3 commits)")

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Tags

categoriescategorycraftcraftcms-pluginfieldtypeselectcmsselectCraftcraftcmscraft-plugincategorysingle catsingle category

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