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kitzberger/defaultauthor
========================

Prefills the author/email fields in pages, sys\_notes and news with the currently logged-in user's information.

13.0.0(3mo ago)013GPL-3.0-or-laterPHP

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TYPO3 Extension: Default Author
===============================

[](#typo3-extension-default-author)

Automatically prefills author and email fields with the currently logged-in backend user's information when creating new records.

Supported Tables
----------------

[](#supported-tables)

- `pages` → `author`, `author_email`
- `sys_note` → `author`, `email`
- `tx_news_domain_model_news` → `author`, `author_email` (if EXT:news is installed)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require kitzberger/defaultauthor
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- TYPO3 v13.4+

How It Works
------------

[](#how-it-works)

The extension registers a `FormDataProvider` that runs when the backend form engine initializes a new record. It checks if the current table has author/email fields and prefills them with the backend user's `realName` and `email`.

The user can still modify these values before saving.

Kudos
-----

[](#kudos)

This extension is based on the work of:

- Ernesto Baschny (EXT:cron\_setdefaultauthor)
- Mike Tölle (EXT:setdefaultauthor)

License
-------

[](#license)

GPL-3.0-or-later

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance81

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity34

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

102d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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