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i-lateral/silverstripe-compactnavigator
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A Silverstripe module that adds a simple, themable admin menu to the front end of a site (when you are logged in)

1.1.2(6y ago)81.5k2[1 PRs](https://github.com/i-lateral/silverstripe-compactnavigator/pulls)1BSD-3-ClausePHP

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Silverstripe Compact Navigator Module
=====================================

[](#silverstripe-compact-navigator-module)

Frontent, themable, admin menu for the Silverstripe CMS, allowing quick access to admin, edit and draft/live links from the front end of your site.

Author
------

[](#author)

This module was created by [i-lateral](http://www.i-lateral.com).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install this module either by downloading and adding to:

\[silverstripe-root\]/compactnavigator

Then run:

Or alternativly add to your projects composer.json

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Once installed, simply add the template variable $SSCompactNavigator to your Page master template (preaferable just after the opening body tag), EG:

```

...

    $SSCompactNavigator
    ...

```

If you are in development mode, then the menu will appear at all times in your templates.

Once you are in live mode, the menu will appear once you have logged in.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.7% 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 ~1021 days

Total

3

Last Release

2302d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![mlewis-everley](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/687143?v=4)](https://github.com/mlewis-everley "mlewis-everley (22 commits)")[![Makreig](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6011781?v=4)](https://github.com/Makreig "Makreig (1 commits)")

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Tags

silverstripemenuadmin

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