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xintesa/guardian
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Guard admin route

1.0.2(10y ago)0132MITPHP

Since Jun 24Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Guardian Plugin
===============

[](#guardian-plugin)

This plugin protects the admin section by requiring a key when first accessing the URL.

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

[](#installation)

- Download and extract as `APP/Plugin/Guardian`.
- Activate plugin from the Extensions page
- Optional: Change the generated key

Make sure to record the URL in the plugin activation message as the admin area will not be accessible without the key is missing from the URL.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

3981d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9eb1110a1639e3f4cecf12c5ccbfd5aedf7c08d0feb336c1ba47fed959a70aea?d=identicon)[xintesa](/maintainers/xintesa)

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Top Contributors

[![rchavik](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39490?v=4)](https://github.com/rchavik "rchavik (8 commits)")

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