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ether/utility-belt
==================

A collection of things we use on every Craft CMS site

4.2.1(2y ago)16291[5 issues](https://github.com/ethercreative/utility-belt/issues)GPL-3.0-or-laterPHP

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🛠 Utility Belt
==============

[](#-utility-belt)

A collection of things we use on every Craft CMS site

Features
--------

[](#features)

### SEO

[](#seo)

Automatically installs [ether/seo](https://github.com/ether/seo) and creates a default SEO field.

### Logs

[](#logs)

Automatically installs [ether/logs](https://github.com/ether/logs).

### Live Preview

[](#live-preview)

Locks the default live preview target to the `api/preview` Next JS endpoint. Requires the `FRONTEND_URL` env var.

### Revalidator

[](#revalidator)

Adds dynamic Next JS revalidation support. Uses the section URI and any additionally defined revalidate URI's (see a Section settings in Craft CP).
Calls the `api/revalidate` Next JS endpoint.

Requires the `FRONTEND_URL` env var.
Requires the `REVALIDATE_TOKEN` env var, that must match the token on the frontend.

### Internal URLs

[](#internal-urls)

Converts any absolute internal urls (based off `href^=@web`) to relative URIs.

### Inline SVGs

[](#inline-svgs)

Assets with the `.svg` extension will return the contents of the SVG in the `svg` field on the asset in GraphQL.

### Twig Dashboard Widget

[](#twig-dashboard-widget)

A new dashboard widget that renders the given twig template.

### Link Field

[](#link-field)

A simple but powerful link field for creating links to internal elements, external URLs, custom URI's or emails.

Environment Variables
---------------------

[](#environment-variables)

```
FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:3000
REVALIDATE_TOKEN=unique-secret-token-shared-with-frontend
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance33

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 72.9% 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 ~74 days

Recently: every ~113 days

Total

15

Last Release

113d ago

Major Versions

4.2.1 → 5.0.0-beta.32023-10-19

v4.x-dev → 5.0.0-beta.52026-02-27

### Community

Maintainers

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

---

Top Contributors

[![Tam](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/977594?v=4)](https://github.com/Tam "Tam (35 commits)")[![jamesedmonston](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4851924?v=4)](https://github.com/jamesedmonston "jamesedmonston (13 commits)")

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