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floriankarsten/merkur-blocks-loader
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Kirby CMS blocks auto loader for Merkur or to be used alone

0.1.2(3y ago)7116MITPHPPHP >=7.4.0

Since Jun 10Pushed 3y ago2 watchersCompare

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Merkur Blocks Loader
====================

[](#merkur-blocks-loader)

Kirby CMS plugin for automatically loading blocks from folder (default `site/blocks`). Useful for organisation. This is part of Merkur but it can be used alone.

Kirby by default for "example" block uses files `site/blueprints/blocks/example.yml` and `site/snippets/blocks/eample.php` this plugin adds possibility to load using `site/blocks/example/example.yml` and `site/blocks/example/example.php`.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require floriankarsten/merkur-blocks-loader

```

or just download the repo and put it into `site/plugins`

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

Plugin doesn't require any additional setup. You can change name of `blocks` directory using option `floriankarsten.merkur-blocks-loader.dirname`. You can turn off caching using `floriankarsten.merkur-blocks-loader.cache`

```
// Default settings
[
	'floriankarsten.merkur-blocks-loader' => [
		'cache' => true,
		'dirname' => 'blocks'
	],
]
```

Caching
-------

[](#caching)

There is very basic caching strategy thats turned on when option `debug` = false. I probably have to come up with something better (ideas welcome) but it works OK now. Cache can be turned off using `floriankarsten.merkur-blocks-loader.cache` === `false`

Loading chain
-------------

[](#loading-chain)

Files loaded from `plugins` < Files loaded from `Blocks Loader` < Files loaded from `default` paths

When you load multiple blueprint/template with same name it gets overwritten and the last one gets used. Kirby default paths go last so they will take precedence over everything. This plugin loads files from `system.loadPlugins:after` hook so it will take precedence over files loaded from plugins. For example if you have both `site/blueprints/blocks/example.yml` and `site/blocks/example/example.yml` then default `site/blueprints/blocks/example.yml` will be used.

Ideas
=====

[](#ideas)

- How to make caching better?
- Loading from multiple locations?

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~362 days

Total

3

Last Release

1168d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3bbe66edc19219154fdfb242defbce4c17651775937db57b627c549334945428?d=identicon)[floriankarsten](/maintainers/floriankarsten)

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Top Contributors

[![iskrisis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4954323?v=4)](https://github.com/iskrisis "iskrisis (10 commits)")

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kirby-cmskirby-merkurkirby-pluginmerkur

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