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ether/sidebarentrytypes
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Easily switch between entry types in entries section

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Entry Types plugin for Craft CMS 4.x
====================================

[](#entry-types-plugin-for-craft-cms-4x)

Easily switch between entry types in entries section.

[![Screenshot](resources/banner.png)](resources/banner.png)

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 4.0.0 or later.

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 ether/sidebarentrytypes

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

Entry Types Overview
--------------------

[](#entry-types-overview)

Improve the UX of the Craft admin with expandable entry types in the sidebar. Just like asset folders, you can click to expand and filter entry types in Channels and Structures.

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

#### Sidebar Entry Types in action

[](#sidebar-entry-types-in-action)

[![Example](resources/sidebar-entry-types.gif)](resources/sidebar-entry-types.gif)

Configuring Entry Types
-----------------------

[](#configuring-entry-types)

Nothing to configure. Install and start filtering!

Brought to you by [Ether Creative](https://ethercreative.co.uk)

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance11

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.5% 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 ~374 days

Total

5

Last Release

1151d ago

Major Versions

1.0.3 → 2.0.02022-10-24

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/181731?v=4)[The Etherpad Foundation](/maintainers/ether)[@ether](https://github.com/ether)

---

Top Contributors

[![jamesedmonston](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4851924?v=4)](https://github.com/jamesedmonston "jamesedmonston (19 commits)")[![alexjcollins](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12031196?v=4)](https://github.com/alexjcollins "alexjcollins (2 commits)")

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Tags

cmsCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginsidebar entry types

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