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manubing/composer-drupal-module-handler
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Tries to properly uninstall Drupal modules before removing them.

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Automatically uninstall a Drupal module before removing it with Composer
========================================================================

[](#automatically-uninstall-a-drupal-module-before-removing-it-with-composer)

About
=====

[](#about)

This composer-plugin contains a plugin witch tries to properly uninstall a Drupal module before Composer attempts to remove it.

> This plugin is intended to be used with a composer-managed Drupal project, eg: [drupal-composer/drupal-project](https://github.com/drupal-composer/drupal-project)

It should eliminate the need of two-steps uninstall/removing process.

How it works
============

[](#how-it-works)

This plugin listens the `prePackageUninstall` Composer event. In case of a package of type `drupal-module` being removed, it tries to:

- Bootstrap Drupal
- Invoke the Module Installer service to uninstall the module

If this plugin can't proceed, Composer will still remove the package.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

```
composer require manubing/composer-drupal-module-handler
```

No configuration required 🎊

Configuration
=============

[](#configuration)

If no configuration is provided, this package will use default values matching [drupal-composer/drupal-project](https://github.com/drupal-composer/drupal-project):

- Drupal `app_root` defaults to `{COMPOSER_DIR}/../web`
- Drupal `site_path` defaults to `{app_root}/sites/default`

However, if your project have a different directory structure, use the `composer.json` `extra` section:

```
{
  "extra": {
    "drupal-project": {
      "app-root": "html",
      "site-path": "sites/some-site"
    }
  }
}
```

Note
====

[](#note)

This plugin does not currently support [multisites](https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/multisite) projects.

Credits
=======

[](#credits)

- Supporting organization : [Accelys](https://www.drupal.org/accelys)

###  Health Score

21

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LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity31

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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