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johnmackenzie91/craft-plugin-generator
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Boilerplate generator for craft cms plugins

1.1.3(8y ago)056[1 issues](https://github.com/johnmackenzie91/craft-plugin-generator/issues)PHP

Since Jun 9Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Craft Plugin Generator
======================

[](#craft-plugin-generator)

A helpful script to generate typical Craft CMS plugin boilerplate, this creates, the main plugin file, one controller, and the assets file.

To get started run;

`composer global require johnmackenzie91/craft-plugin-generator`

The Latest Release is 1.1.3

Then navigate to your craft site root ( directory with craft, public ) and run craftPluginGenerator plugin-name-words-seperated-by-dashes.

Then follow the steps to add the functionality you desire to the plugin.

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

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 ~15 days

Recently: every ~45 days

Total

13

Last Release

3125d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6920153?v=4)[johnmackenzie91](/maintainers/johnmackenzie91)[@johnmackenzie91](https://github.com/johnmackenzie91)

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Tags

boilerplatecraftcmsgeneratorplugin

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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