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rowland/youtubethumbnailhelper
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YoutubeThumbnailHelper
======================

[](#youtubethumbnailhelper)

Easily create youtube thumbnails with play buttons watermarked on the top for laravel and private projects. A youtube thumbnail generator package for Laravel

A class based on "YouTube Thumbnail Enchancer by Hal Gatewood". You can check it out here.

Simply, add this class into your View/Helper directory and access it from view just like this:

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

[](#installation)

Add the following to you composer.json file (Recommend swapping "dev-master" for the latest release)

```
"rowland/youtubethumbnalhelper": "dev-master"

```

\######Run

composer update

\######Add the following to app/config/app.php

```
'Rowland\YoutubeThumbnailHelper\YoutubeThumbnailHelperServiceProvider',

```

\######Run the package migration

```
php artisan migrate --package=rowland/youtubethumbnalhelper

```

Publish the config

```
php artisan config:publish rowland/youtubethumbnalhelper

```

Optionally tweak the settings in the many config files for your app. Optionally copy the youtubethumbnalhelper config file (src/config/youtubethumbnalhelper.php) to your administrator model config directory.

Create the relevant image upload directories that you specify in your config, e.g.

```
public/assets/packages/rowland/youtubethumbnalhelper/youtube/play

```

Simple now you can access it from view/model or controller just like this:

```
YoutubeThumbnailHelper::register("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdIerlxIcHO")->create_image()
```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

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