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ioti/silverstripe-blogcategories
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Adds a manageable list of categories to the SilverStripe blog module

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silverstripe-blogcategories
===========================

[](#silverstripe-blogcategories)

Adds a manageable list of categories to the SilverStripe blog Module

extract and put in the root of your SilverStripe install.

Requires the SilverStripe Blog Module to be installed

Requires SilverStripe v3.1+

Use the 3.0 branch for 3.0 compatibility.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

By default adding new blog categories is limited to the BlogHolder class. You can modify this functionality in your config.yml or \_config.php to limit it to the BlogTree class instead using the following code.

In \_config.php

```
Config::inst()->update('BlogCategory', 'limit_to_holder', false);

```

in config.yml

```
BlogCategory:
  limit_to_holder:  false

```

### Tagcloud

[](#tagcloud)

With the `BlogCategoryCloud` class, you can make weighted "tag clouds" linked to their respective categories. Getters are already included in the `BlogEntry` and `BlogHolder` extensions, so in those page types you can simply call `$BlogCategoryCloud`in a template.

The cloud shows the 10 most popular categories by default. There's also a dedicated view with all tags, which you can link to via `$BlogCategoriesMoreLink`.

CMS Admins can also easily add a category cloud by using the provided category cloud widget

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 59.5% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4569d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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