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lewisjenkins/craft-default-text
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Adds a Default Value setting to the Plain Text field.

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LJ Default Text plugin for Craft CMS
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[](#lj-default-text-plugin-for-craft-cms)

Adds a Default Value setting to the Plain Text field.

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 3.0.0 or later.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the plugin via the Craft Plugin Store.

Overview
--------

[](#overview)

This plugin adds the following fieldtype:

- Plain Text (with default value)

Screenshot
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[](#screenshot)

[![Screenshot](resources/img/1.png)](resources/img/1.png)

Useage
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[](#useage)

Set some default text as an initial value for Plain Text fields.

[![Screenshot](resources/img/2.png)](resources/img/2.png)

You can also use Twig to fetch a value from elsewhere.

[![Screenshot](resources/img/3.png)](resources/img/3.png)

You can also grab a value from a template file.

[![Screenshot](resources/img/4.png)](resources/img/4.png)

Finally, there is a setting to *Revert to default value if the field is submitted empty.* If the user submits an empty field then the initial default value will be submitted instead.

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Brought to you by [Lewis Jenkins](https://lj.io)

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~132 days

Recently: every ~173 days

Total

14

Last Release

775d ago

Major Versions

1.0.9 → 4.0.02022-05-04

4.0.2 → 5.0.02024-03-27

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3381958?v=4)[Lewis Jenkins](/maintainers/lewisjenkins)[@lewisjenkins](https://github.com/lewisjenkins)

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Top Contributors

[![lewisjenkins](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3381958?v=4)](https://github.com/lewisjenkins "lewisjenkins (55 commits)")

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cmsCraftcraftcmscraft-plugincraft default textlj default text

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