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mmikkel/child-me
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Easily create child elements

2.2.3(1y ago)2048.6k↑16.7%21MITPHPPHP ^8.2

Since Dec 9Pushed 1y ago2 watchersCompare

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Child Me! plugin for Craft CMS
==============================

[](#child-me-plugin-for-craft-cms)

Child Me! improves Craft's CX (child-creating experience) by making a nifty "New child" element index attribute available to element indexes.

Adding the "New child" attribute to a structure section or category index renders a button, which works as a "shortcut" for creating new child elements nested under a particular parent – much faster than manually selecting the parent in the "Parent" field on element edit pages!

For structure sections with multiple entry types available, the Child Me! button opens a disclosure menu with shortcuts for creating child entries using these types.

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

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 5.0+

Using Child Me!
---------------

[](#using-child-me)

Child Me! works by adding the "New child" element index attribute to a structure section or category index.

To add the attribute, click the "Customize sources" disclosure menu toggle below your element sources in the left-side panel, then select the appropriate section and finally check the "New child" attribute.

[![Customize sources button](resources/img/customize-sources.png)](resources/img/customize-sources.png)

### Events

[](#events)

`EVENT_DEFINE_ENTRY_TYPES`

Child Me! triggers an event when creating entry type menus, giving plugins and modules a chance to modify the available entry types via the "New child" button, for sections with multiple entry types. Example:

```
\yii\base\Event::on(
    \mmikkel\childme\ChildMe::class,
    \mmikkel\childme\ChildMe::EVENT_DEFINE_ENTRY_TYPES,
    static function (\mmikkel\childme\events\DefineEntryTypesEvent $event) {
       // Only care about entries in the "Some Structure" section
       if ($event->section !== 'someStructure') {
           return;
       }
       // Make sure that the default entry type is not included
       $event->entryTypes = \array_filter($event->entryTypes, function (EntryType $entryType) {
           return $entryType->handle !== 'default';
       });
    }
);
```

Disclaimer
----------

[](#disclaimer)

Please report any bugs or other issues [here](https://github.com/mmikkel/ChildMe-Craft/issues).

Plugin icon: Baby by Chintuza from [the Noun Project](https://thenounproject.com/icon/baby-3214276/)

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance37

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity86

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~100 days

Recently: every ~40 days

Total

26

Last Release

577d ago

Major Versions

v1.x-dev → 2.0.0-beta.12024-03-24

PHP version history (3 changes)1.3.0PHP ^7.2.5|^8.0.2

1.3.1PHP ^7.2.5|^8.0

2.0.0-beta.1PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/298510?v=4)[M. Mikkel Rummelhoff](/maintainers/mmikkel)[@mmikkel](https://github.com/mmikkel)

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Top Contributors

[![mmikkel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/298510?v=4)](https://github.com/mmikkel "mmikkel (45 commits)")

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Tags

cmsCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginchild me

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