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mdxdave/time-ago
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Displays the time has been past since a given date

1.2.0(1y ago)28.9k1MITPHP

Since Aug 1Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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TimeAgo plugin for Craft CMS 4.x
================================

[](#timeago-plugin-for-craft-cms-4x)

Displays time ago for a given timestamp value within a Craft CMS Twig template.

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 5.0.0 or later.

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

[](#installation)

To install the plugin, follow these instructions.

1. Open your terminal and go to your Craft project:

    ```
     cd /path/to/project

    ```
2. Then tell Composer to load the plugin:

    ```
     composer require mdxdave/time-ago

    ```
3. In the Control Panel, go to Settings → Plugins and click the “Install” button for TimeAgo.

Using TimeAgo
-------------

[](#using-timeago)

Just use the following code in your Twig template file:

```
    {{ entry.postDate.getTimestamp()|timeAgo }}

```

If you want to use another language than english, use:

```
    {{ entry.postDate.getTimestamp()|timeAgo("de") }}

```

Brought to you by [MDXDave](https://mdxdave.de)

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance37

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.9% 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 ~894 days

Total

4

Last Release

575d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6099976?v=4)[Dave](/maintainers/MDXDave)[@MDXDave](https://github.com/MDXDave)

---

Top Contributors

[![MDXDave](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6099976?v=4)](https://github.com/MDXDave "MDXDave (10 commits)")[![brandonkelly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47792?v=4)](https://github.com/brandonkelly "brandonkelly (1 commits)")

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Tags

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