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ryssbowh/craft-restrict-deletions
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View elements relations and restrict deletion of elements when they are referenced in other elements

3.0.1(2y ago)25.2k↓46.7%1[2 issues](https://github.com/ryssbowh/craft-restrict-deletions/issues)MITPHP

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Restrict Element deletions
==========================

[](#restrict-element-deletions)

This plugin can prevent deletion of elements (entries, assets, categories, products and users) if they are referenced in other elements.

The idea is taken from the plugin [Restrict Asset Delete](https://github.com/la-haute-societe/craft-restrict-asset-delete), improved to apply to all elements, and made Craft 4/5 ready.

Installation
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[](#installation)

`composer require ryssbowh/craft-restrict-deletions:^3.0`

Documentation
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[](#documentation)

[Plugin documentation website](https://www.webpuzzlers.co.uk/plugins/restrict-element-deletions/3.x)

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance8

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~44 days

Total

19

Last Release

618d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02022-08-12

1.0.1 → 2.0.12022-08-17

1.0.2 → 2.0.22022-10-12

1.0.3 → 2.1.02023-10-27

2.2.1 → 3.0.02024-04-04

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6736613?v=4)[The Web Puzzlers](/maintainers/ryssbowh)[@ryssbowh](https://github.com/ryssbowh)

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Top Contributors

[![ryssbowh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6736613?v=4)](https://github.com/ryssbowh "ryssbowh (11 commits)")

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Tags

cmscraftcmsdeleterelationrestrictrelateddeletion

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