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heimrichhannot/contao-newspicker-bundle
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A bundle providing a news picker widget

0.1.2(4y ago)067LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHP

Since Mar 11Pushed 4y ago5 watchersCompare

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Contao Newspicker Bundle
========================

[](#contao-newspicker-bundle)

This bundle adds an newsPicker inputType to contao.

[![](docs/img/screenshot_widget.png)](docs/img/screenshot_widget.png)

[![](docs/img/screenshot_picker.png)](docs/img/screenshot_picker.png)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Setup

[](#setup)

Install with composer or contao manager

### Usage in dca

[](#usage-in-dca)

```
// Single news picker
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['fields']['newsSelect'] = [
    'label'     => &$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_content']['newsSelect'],
    'inputType' => 'newsPicker',
    'eval'      => [
        'tl_class'  => 'clr',
        'multiple' => false,
    ],
    'sql'       => "int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0'",
];

// Multiple news picker
$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['fields']['newsSelect'] = [
    'label'     => &$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_content']['newsSelect'],
    'inputType' => 'newsPicker',
    'eval'      => [
        'tl_class'  => 'clr',
        'multiple' => true,
    ],
    'sql'       => "blob NULL",
];
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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 ~44 days

Total

3

Last Release

1798d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad3224d8727b622ebd229840eea6b9dbcb83eb0bd609e6ce65b614830ff538?d=identicon)[digitales@heimrich-hannot.de](/maintainers/digitales@heimrich-hannot.de)

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Top Contributors

[![koertho](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12064642?v=4)](https://github.com/koertho "koertho (7 commits)")

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Tags

bundlecontaowidget newspicker

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