arodu/cakelte

CakeLTE: AdminLTE plugin for CakePHP

v3.0.0 2026-08-19 17:18 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.2
• almasaeed2010/adminlte: ^4.4
• arodu/cakephp-bootstrap-tools: ^2.2
• cakephp/cakephp: ^5.0
• friendsofcake/bootstrap-ui: ^5.0

Requires (Dev)

• cakedc/cakephp-phpstan: ^3.1
• cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer: ^5.0
• phpstan/phpstan: ^1.10
• phpunit/phpunit: ^10.1.0

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Published on Packagist.org on 2026-08-19 20:10 UTC

README

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Dependencies

• FriendsOfCake/bootstrap-ui, transparently use Bootstrap 5 with CakePHP 5.x.
• arodu/cakephp-bootstrap-tools, helpers for the BootstrapUI + AdminLTE layout.
• AdminLTE 4.x, bootstrap 5 admin theme.

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.2
• CakePHP >= 5.0

Install

Install the plugin via composer:

composer require arodu/cakelte

Load

Load the plugin in src/Application.php or with the shell command:

bin/cake plugin load CakeLte

Publish the assets

Publish the AdminLTE assets to your webroot:

bin/cake cakelte install

This is a manual step of your application. It is not run automatically by composer.

Configure

Copy the plugin configuration file into your application:

cp vendor/arodu/cakelte/config/cakelte.php config/cakelte.php

Use the CakeLteTrait in src/View/AppView.php:

namespace App\View;

use Cake\View\View;
use CakeLte\View\CakeLteTrait;

class AppView extends View
{
    use CakeLteTrait;

    protected string $layout = 'CakeLte.default';

    public function initialize(): void
    {
        parent::initialize();
        $this->initializeCakeLte();
    }
}

Preview

Next steps

For the full usage and configuration details, read the documentation.

Support

If you have any problems or questions, please open an issue on GitHub.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details