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vojtasvoboda/oc-hellodolly-plugin
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Randomly show a lyric from Hello, Dolly at the dashboard.

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Since Dec 14Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Hello Dolly plugin for OctoberCMS
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[](#hello-dolly-plugin-for-octobercms)

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This is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation summed up in two words sung most famously by *Louis Armstrong: Hello, Dolly*. When activated you will randomly see a lyric from *Hello, Dolly* at the dashboard.

Plugin is inspired by famous WordPress plugin Hello Dolly, made by Matt Mullenweg. Tested with the latest stable OctoberCMS build 349.

Installation
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[](#installation)

1. Install plugin [VojtaSvoboda.HelloDolly](http://octobercms.com/plugin/vojtasvoboda-hellodolly).
2. At **Dashboard** click to button **Add widget** and select **Lyric** for one random lyric or **Lyrics** for whole song.
3. By default is showed **Hello Dolly** song, but you can show any song you want, see *Extending* section below.

Extending
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[](#extending)

Just insert new song to `/library` directory and you can show it at your dashboard. Check dashboard widget properties.

Todo
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[](#todo)

- Automatically load list of Interprets and Songs to each widget.

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

[](#contributing)

**Feel free to send pullrequest!**

Please send Pull Request to master branch.

License
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[](#license)

Hello Dolly plugin is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) same as OctoberCMS platform.

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

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

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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