SilverStripe 6 Dashboard Module

Reusable, extensible CMS Dashboard for SilverStripe 6.
Widgets are defined in code, registered via YAML config, and rendered inside a responsive CSS Grid layout.

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Requirements

Dependency	Version
PHP	^8.2
silverstripe/framework	^6.0
silverstripe/admin	^3.0

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Installation

composer require kalakotra/silverstripe-dashboard
vendor/bin/sake dev/build flush=1

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Module Structure

silverstripe-dashboard/
├── _config/
│   ├── dashboard.yml          # Widget registration & CMS routing
│   ├── dashboard-examples.yml # Example widget registrations
│   └── cache.yml              # PSR-16 cache binding
│
├── client/
│   ├── css/dashboard.css      # CSS Grid layout + all widget styles
│   └── js/dashboard.js        # AJAX refresh, animations, keyboard a11y
│
└── src/
    ├── Controllers/
    │   └── DashboardController.php   # LeftAndMain CMS section
    │
    ├── Registry/
    │   └── DashboardRegistry.php     # Widget loader, sorter, filter
    │
    ├── Services/
    │   └── DashboardCacheService.php # PSR-16 cache wrapper
    │
    ├── Widgets/
    │   ├── DashboardWidget.php       # Abstract base class
    │   ├── WidgetWidth.php           # Width enum (Full/Half/Third/Quarter/Fifth)
    │   ├── TextWidget.php
    │   ├── StatsWidget.php
    │   ├── TableWidget.php
    │   ├── ListWidget.php
    │   ├── ChartWidget.php           # Chart.js integration
    │   ├── ActionWidget.php
    │   ├── NotificationWidget.php
    │   └── ProgressWidget.php
    │
    ├── Examples/
    │   ├── SiteStatsWidget.php
    │   ├── RecentMembersWidget.php
    │   ├── MemberGrowthChartWidget.php
    │   ├── AdminQuickActionsWidget.php
    │   ├── SystemHealthWidget.php
    │   └── ServerLogStatsWidget.php
    │
    └── Tests/
        └── DashboardRegistryTest.php

templates/
├── Dashboard.ss                      # Main grid layout
└── Widgets/
    ├── TextWidget.ss
    ├── StatsWidget.ss
    ├── TableWidget.ss
    ├── ListWidget.ss
    ├── ChartWidget.ss
    ├── ActionWidget.ss
    ├── NotificationWidget.ss
    └── ProgressWidget.ss

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Creating a Custom Widget

1 — Extend a base widget class

<?php

namespace App\Widgets;

use Kalakotra\Dashboard\Widgets\StatsWidget;
use Kalakotra\Dashboard\Widgets\WidgetWidth;
use SilverStripe\Security\Member;
use SilverStripe\Security\Permission;

class BookingStatsWidget extends StatsWidget
{
    protected string    $title         = 'Bookings Overview';
    protected int       $order         = 15;
    protected WidgetWidth $width       = WidgetWidth::Full;
    protected int       $cacheLifetime = 300;

    public function canView(Member $member): bool
    {
        return Permission::checkMember($member, 'CMS_ACCESS_BookingAdmin');
    }

    public function getStats(): array
    {
        return [
            [
                'label' => 'Total Bookings',
                'value' => Booking::get()->count(),
                'icon'  => 'font-icon-calendar',
                'color' => 'blue',
            ],
            [
                'label' => 'This Month',
                'value' => Booking::get()
                    ->filter('Created:GreaterThan', date('Y-m-01'))
                    ->count(),
                'icon'  => 'font-icon-chart-line',
                'color' => 'green',
                'delta' => '+12%',
                'trend' => 'up',
            ],
        ];
    }
}

2 — Register via YAML

Kalakotra\Dashboard\Registry\DashboardRegistry:
  widgets:
    - App\Widgets\BookingStatsWidget

3 — Run dev/build

vendor/bin/sake dev/build flush=1

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Widget Width Reference

Constant	CSS Class	Grid Span	Use Case
WidgetWidth::Full	dashboard-widget--full	5 / 5	Stats rows, charts
WidgetWidth::Half	dashboard-widget--half	3 / 5	Tables, charts
WidgetWidth::Third	dashboard-widget--third	2 / 5	Lists, notifications
WidgetWidth::Quarter	dashboard-widget--quarter	2 / 5	Progress, compact data
WidgetWidth::Fifth	dashboard-widget--fifth	1 / 5	Quick actions

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Widget Types

StatsWidget

KPI tiles with value, label, trend indicator and accent colour.
Override getStats(): array.

TableWidget

Paginated data table with configurable columns and optional CMS deep-links.
Override getColumns(): array and getRows(): SS_List|array.

ListWidget

Scrollable item list with icons, subtitles and badges.
Override getItems(): SS_List|array.

ChartWidget

Chart.js 4 chart (bar, line, pie, doughnut, radar).
Override getChartData(): array and optionally getChartOptions(): array.

ActionWidget

Quick-action buttons/links in list or grid layout.
Override getActions(): array.

NotificationWidget

Timestamped notification feed with unread count badge.
Override getNotifications(): array. Supports AJAX refresh.

ProgressWidget

Labelled progress bars with semantic colour states.
Override getBars(): array.

ServerLogStatsWidget (example)

Reads server access logs and shows requests, unique IPs, top URL, and error totals.

Config options:

• Environment variable: DASHBOARD_ACCESS_LOG=/absolute/path/to/access.log
• YAML override:

Kalakotra\Dashboard\Examples\ServerLogStatsWidget:
    log_paths:
        - '/var/log/nginx/access.log'
        - '/var/log/apache2/access.log'
    max_lines: 5000

TextWidget

Static HTML/text block.
Override getContent(): string or set $content property.

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Permissions

// Any logged-in CMS user (default)
public function canView(Member $member): bool
{
    return Permission::checkMember($member, 'CMS_ACCESS');
}

// Admin only
public function canView(Member $member): bool
{
    return Permission::checkMember($member, 'ADMIN');
}

// Specific group
public function canView(Member $member): bool
{
    return $member->inGroup('editors');
}

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Caching

// 5-minute cache (default)
protected int $cacheLifetime = 300;

// Disable caching (static widgets)
protected int $cacheLifetime = 0;

// Custom cache key variance (e.g. per locale)
public function getCacheKey(?Member $member = null): string
{
    return parent::getCacheKey($member) . '_' . i18n::get_locale();
}

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AJAX Refresh

Widgets opt-in to AJAX refresh by returning true from supportsRefresh():

protected bool $supportsRefresh = true;

public function supportsRefresh(): bool
{
    return $this->supportsRefresh;
}

The frontend automatically adds a refresh button to the widget header.
The endpoint is: GET /admin/dashboard/widgetRefresh/{Identifier}

You can also trigger programmatic refresh from JavaScript:

// Refresh a single widget
window.SSDashboard.refreshWidget(document.querySelector('[data-widget="MyWidget"]'));

// Refresh all refreshable widgets
window.SSDashboard.refreshAllWidgets();

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Running Tests

vendor/bin/phpunit app/src/Dashboard/Tests

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License

MIT