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wieni/wmprotected\_vocabulary
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Adds the possibility to protect taxonomy terms from being deleted when they are being referenced in certain fields.

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wmprotected\_vocabulary
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[](#wmprotected_vocabulary)

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> Adds the possibility to protect taxonomy terms from being deleted when they are being referenced in certain fields.

Why?
----

[](#why)

- Deleting a taxonomy term when it is still being referenced on another entity can do a lot of damage if the underlying code doesn't handle this situation.
- This could be fixed by doing null checks in your code, but sometimes it makes more sense to just prevent the user from deleting those terms.

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

[](#installation)

This package requires PHP 7.1 and Drupal 8 or higher. It can be installed using Composer:

```
 composer require wieni/wmprotected_vocabulary
```

How does it work?
-----------------

[](#how-does-it-work)

When trying to delete a protected taxonomy term with references, a message is shown and the confirmation button will be disabled.

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

The functionality can be enabled on a per-vocabulary level by checking the *Protect* checkbox on the vocabulary edit page. The *Protect fields*option can be used to configure which fields should be used when counting the references of a taxonomy term.

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

All notable changes to this project will be documented in the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) file.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security-related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

License
-------

[](#license)

Distributed under the MIT License. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE.md) file for more information.

###  Health Score

46

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FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance79

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 65% of commits — single point of failure

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**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 ~642 days

Total

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Last Release

111d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

1.1.0PHP >=7.1.0

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