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sunnysideup/remove-orphaned-elementals
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Goes through all elemental blocks and checks if they are linked to an elemenal area and if the elemental area is linked to a page. If not, it deletes them.

2.0.0(3mo ago)12282BSD-3-ClausePHP

Since Apr 25Pushed 3mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Remove Orphaned Elementals in the Silverstripe CMS
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[](#remove-orphaned-elementals-in-the-silverstripe-cms)

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Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Developer Docs](docs/en/INDEX.md)
- [User Guide](docs/en/userguide.md)
- [API Docs](http://docs.ssmods.com/sunnysideup/remove-orphaned-elementals/classes.xhtml)

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

[](#requirements)

See [composer.json](composer.json) for details.

### Suggested modules

[](#suggested-modules)

See [composer.json](composer.json) for details.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require sunnysideup/remove-orphaned-elementals
```

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

In the `_config` folder you will find the `remove-orphaned-elementals.yml.example`file that shows options for the configuration of this module.

We recommend that you:

1. copy these `remove-orphaned-elementals.yml.example` files into your `app/_config` folder (where available - otherwise search for `private static $` in the module to see what can be configured)
2. remove the .example extension,
3. delete the lines you do not care about, and
4. adjust the configurations that you would like to use.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

We welcome any contributions. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details.

Paid assistance
---------------

[](#paid-assistance)

You can pay us to create an improved / adapted version of this module for your own projects. Please contact us if you like to find out more: [www.sunnysideup.co.nz](https://www.sunnysideup.co.nz). For example, we can write tests for this module.

Author
------

[](#author)

Sunny Side Up Ltd.

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###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 84% of packages

Maintenance79

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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 ~73 days

Recently: every ~92 days

Total

6

Last Release

113d ago

Major Versions

1.1.1 → 5.x-dev2026-04-27

5.x-dev → 6.x-dev2026-04-27

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

eandeletecleanupelementalClean upOrphanorphaned

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