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mildlygeeky/craft-instruction-links
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Makes links in Craft CMS Instruction fields open in a new tab. Riveting stuff.

1.1.0(7y ago)21031MITPHP

Since Oct 29Pushed 7y agoCompare

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Craft Instruction Links plugin for Craft CMS 3.x
================================================

[](#craft-instruction-links-plugin-for-craft-cms-3x)

Makes links in Craft CMS Instruction fields open in a new tab. Riveting stuff.

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 3.0.0-beta.23 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 mildlygeeky/craft-instruction-links

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

Using Craft Instruction Links
-----------------------------

[](#using-craft-instruction-links)

Use Markdown links in your field's Instructions. Watch in delight as the link actually opens in a new tab rather than making you lose your work.

Craft Instruction Links Roadmap
-------------------------------

[](#craft-instruction-links-roadmap)

¯\_(ツ)\_/¯

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###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~445 days

Total

2

Last Release

2767d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/273266?v=4)[Patrick Harrington](/maintainers/mildlygeeky)[@mildlygeeky](https://github.com/mildlygeeky)

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Top Contributors

[![mildlygeeky](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/273266?v=4)](https://github.com/mildlygeeky "mildlygeeky (2 commits)")

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Tags

cmsCraftcraftcmscraft-plugincraft instruction links

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