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timvermaercke/craft-whitepapers
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Let users download gated files only after they drop their email address

2.0.0(3w ago)02proprietaryPHPPHP >=8.2

Since Jul 20Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Whitepaper plugin for Craft CMS 4.x
===================================

[](#whitepaper-plugin-for-craft-cms-4x)

Let your users download whitepapers (or other files), but not before leaving their email address.

The plugin also provides a Field Type, to link a whitepaper to an entry and it provides CSV exports per whitepaper as well!

Screenshots
-----------

[](#screenshots)

### Frontend (example implementation)

[](#frontend-example-implementation)

[![Code](resources/img/code.png)](resources/img/code.png)[![Example implementation](resources/img/example-implementation.png)](resources/img/example-implementation.png)

*The above is an example of an implementation of this plugin*

### Admin

[](#admin)

#### Overview

[](#overview)

[![Admin Overview](resources/img/admin-index.png)](resources/img/admin-index.png)

#### Detail

[](#detail)

[![Admin Detail](resources/img/admin-detail.png)](resources/img/admin-detail.png)

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 4.0.0 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 timvermaercke/craft-whitepaper

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

Brought to you by [Tim Vermaercke](https://timvermaercke.be)

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

Create a Whitepaper object in `/admin/whitepapers` first.

Then you can add the following snippet to your templates:

```

    {{ csrfInput() }}
    {{ hiddenInput('whitepaperId', 1) }}

    Email

```

You can also create a field in Craft and use the custom field "Whitepaper", eg. in a Globals Set:

Create a field:

[![Settings - create a field](resources/img/settings-field.png)](resources/img/settings-field.png)

Create a globals set

[![Settings - create a globals set](resources/img/settings-globals.png)](resources/img/settings-globals.png)

Fill out the globals set:

[![Globals](resources/img/globals.png)](resources/img/globals.png)

Use the value in your templates:

```
{# will output the selected whitepaper id #}
{{ settings.fieldWhitepaper }}
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance53

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

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 ~1464 days

Total

2

Last Release

23d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02026-07-24

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cd5a52de5aa3dc7b78f490531020be43ce7e1cdf5ea03b58806c196f221d75ff?d=identicon)[timvermaercke](/maintainers/timvermaercke)

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Tags

cmsCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginwhitepapersgated downloadsgated filesprotected downloadsprotected files

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