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vardump/recentchanges
=====================

A Widget showing the last updated entries.

3.0.3(3mo ago)87.5k↑12.5%11MITPHPPHP ^8.2

Since Jan 11Pushed 3mo ago1 watchersCompare

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recentchanges plugin for Craft CMS 5.x
======================================

[](#recentchanges-plugin-for-craft-cms-5x)

A Widget showing the last updated entries. (Forked from the original RecentEntries Widget included in [Craft 5](https://github.com/craftcms/cms))

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

The username is only shown in `Craft Pro` because you only have one user in `Craft Solo`.

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 5.0.0 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 vardump/recentchanges

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

Configuring recentchanges
-------------------------

[](#configuring-recentchanges)

Go to the Dashboard and add a Recent Changes Widget.

You can choose a section and the number of entries shown.

[![Screenshot](resources/img/plugin-logo.png)](resources/img/plugin-logo.png)

Brought to you by [vardump.de](https://vardump.de)

###  Health Score

55

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance79

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity81

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.4% 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 ~291 days

Recently: every ~298 days

Total

10

Last Release

112d ago

Major Versions

1.1.3 → 2.0.02022-12-07

2.0.0 → 3.0.02024-09-10

PHP version history (2 changes)2.0.0PHP ^8.0.2

3.0.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/741043?v=4)[rmdev](/maintainers/rmdev)[@rmdev](https://github.com/rmdev)

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---

Top Contributors

[![rmdev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/741043?v=4)](https://github.com/rmdev "rmdev (17 commits)")[![mattandrews](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/394376?v=4)](https://github.com/mattandrews "mattandrews (1 commits)")

---

Tags

craft3craft4craft5craftcmscraftcms-plugincmswidgetCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginrecentchanges

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