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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. heimrichhannot/contao-news\_categories ActiveContao-module[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) heimrichhannot/contao-news\_categories ====================================== news\_categories extension for Contao Open Source CMS 2.2.1(1y ago)1509LGPL-3.0+PHPPHP ^7.1 || ^8.0 Since Oct 20Pushed 1y ago5 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/heimrichhannot/contao-news_categories)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/heimrichhannot/contao-news_categories)[ RSS](/packages/heimrichhannot-contao-news-categories/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago READMEChangelog (4)Dependencies (2)Versions (10)Used By (0) Contao news categories ====================== [](#contao-news-categories) This fork is based on [codefog/contao-news\_categories](https://github.com/codefog/contao-news_categories) version `2.8.6` and provides several new functionalities. New features ------------ [](#new-features) - primary category support (primary category can be set on news, otherwise first category in list is primary category) - category jumpTo based on news\_archive (can be set on each news category for each news archive) - news url jumpTo based on news\_archive and primary category (can be set on each news category for each news archive) -> news url will be linked to the primary category jumpTo page instead of archive jumpTo page - news categories can now have a teaser (also based on news\_archive, can be set on each news category for each news archive) ### Inserttags [](#inserttags) TagArgumentsDescription`{{news_archive_category_page::*::*}}`1. category ID or alias, 2. news archive idThis tag will be replaced with the ID of the linked category page based on the given news archive id.`{{news_archive_category_page_url::*::*}}`1. category ID or alias, 2. news archive idThis tag will be replaced with the URL of the linked category page based on the given news archive id. `Click here``{{news_archive_category_page_title::*::*}}`1. category ID or alias, 2. news archive idThis tag will be replaced with the title of the linked category page based on the given news archive id: `Click here.``{{news_archive_category_page_link::*::*}}`1. category ID or alias, 2. news archive idThis tag will be replaced with a link of the linked category page based on the given news archive id.`{{news_archive_category_page_name::*::*}}`1. category ID or alias, 2. news archive idThis tag will be replaced with the name of the linked category page based on the given news archive id.`{{news_archive_category_page_link_open::*::*}}`1. category ID or alias, 2. news archive idWill be replaced with the opening tag of a link of the linked category page based on the given news archive id: {{news\_archive\_category\_page\_link\_open::12::1}}Click here{{link\_close}}`{{news_archive_category_teaser::*::*}}`1. category ID or alias, 2. news archive idThis tag will be replaced with the teaser text of the linked category page based on the given news archive id.`{{news_category_page::*::*}}`1. category ID or aliasThis tag will be replaced with the ID of the linked category.`{{news_category_alias::*::*}}`1. category ID or aliasThis tag will be replaced with the alias of the linked category.`{{news_category_teaser::*::*}}`1. category ID or aliasThis tag will be replaced with the teaser text of the linked category.`{{news_category_link::*}}`1. news ID or aliasThis tag will be replace with a news link for the given news, based on the primary category jumpTo (if set) for the news parent id (archive).`{{news_category_link_open::*}}`1. news ID or aliasWill be replaced with the opening tag of a news link for the given news, based on the primary category jumpTo (if set) for the news parent id (archive).`{{news_category_url::*}}`1. news ID or aliasThis tag will be replace with a news url for the given news, based on the primary category jumpTo (if set) for the news parent id (archive). ### Health Score 39 — LowBetter than 86% of packages Maintenance38 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity16 Limited adoption so far Community17 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity74 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 91.1% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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