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wdmg/yii2-menu
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Menu module

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Yii2 Menu module
================

[](#yii2-menu-module)

Module for creating and managing menus. It has its own component for displaying menu items in the front-end.

This module is an integral part of the [Butterfly.СMS](https://butterflycms.com/) content management system, but can also be used as an standalone extension.

Copyrights (c) 2019-2023 [W.D.M.Group, Ukraine](https://wdmg.com.ua/)

Requirements
============

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.6 or higher
- Yii2 v.2.0.40 and newest
- [Yii2 Base](https://github.com/wdmg/yii2-base) module (required)

Installation
============

[](#installation)

To install the module, run the following command in the console:

`$ composer require "wdmg/yii2-menu"`

After configure db connection, run the following command in the console:

`$ php yii menu/init`

And select the operation you want to perform:

1. Apply all module migrations
2. Revert all module migrations

Migrations
==========

[](#migrations)

In any case, you can execute the migration and create the initial data, run the following command in the console:

`$ php yii migrate --migrationPath=@vendor/wdmg/yii2-menu/migrations`

Configure
=========

[](#configure)

To add a module to the project, add the following data in your configuration file:

```
'modules' => [
    ...
    'menu' => [
        'class' => 'wdmg\menu\Module',
        'routePrefix' => 'admin'
    ],
    ...
],

```

Usage examples
==============

[](#usage-examples)

To build the navigation menu you may use the component method Yii::$app->menu->getItems() with `id` or `alias` of menu. The second argument of the component function determines whether the list of menu items will be presented as a tree.

**View in frontend**

```

// or get items by menu alias

...

```

Routing
=======

[](#routing)

Use the `Module::dashboardNavItems()` method of the module to generate a navigation items list for NavBar, like this:

```

```

Status and version \[ready to use\]
===================================

[](#status-and-version-ready-to-use)

- v.1.2.1 - Fix nav menu
- v.1.2.0 - Fix node sass, update dependencies and copyrights
- v.1.1.1 - Migration error fixed
- v.1.1.0 - Multi-language implementation

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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 ~152 days

Recently: every ~225 days

Total

7

Last Release

1051d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1 → 1.0.02020-12-23

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1635637?v=4)[Alexsander Vyshnyvetskyy](/maintainers/alex-wdmg)[@alex-wdmg](https://github.com/alex-wdmg)

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Top Contributors

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