diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 Codemonauts
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
+documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+  "name": "codemonauts/craft-readonly-field",
+  "description": "Craft 3 read-only plaintext field",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "type": "craft-plugin",
+  "minimum-stability": "dev",
+  "keywords": [
+    "craft",
+    "cms",
+    "craftcms",
+    "craft-plugin"
+  ],
+  "support": {
+    "docs": "https://github.com/codemonauts/craft-readonly-field/blob/master/README.md",
+    "issues": "https://github.com/codemonauts/craft-readonly-field/issues"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "autoload": {
+    "psr-4": {
+      "codemonauts\\readonly\\": "src/"
+    }
+  },
+  "authors": [
+    {
+      "name": "Codemonauts",
+      "homepage": "https://www.codemonauts.com"
+    }
+  ],
+  "require": {
+    "craftcms/cms": "^3.0.0"
+  },
+  "extra": {
+    "handle": "readonly",
+    "name": "Read-only Field",
+    "developer": "Codemonauts",
+    "developerUrl": "https://www.codemonauts.com",
+    "hasCpSection": false,
+    "hasSettings": false,
+    "class": "codemonauts\\readonly\\Readonly"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Readonly.php b/src/Readonly.php
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+<?php
+namespace codemonauts\readonly;
+
+use \craft\base\Plugin;
+use craft\events\RegisterComponentTypesEvent;
+use craft\services\Fields;
+use yii\base\Event;
+use codemonauts\readonly\fields\Readonly as ReadonlyField;
+
+class Readonly extends Plugin
+{
+    public function init()
+    {
+        parent::init();
+
+        Event::on(Fields::class, Fields::EVENT_REGISTER_FIELD_TYPES, function(RegisterComponentTypesEvent $event) {
+            $event->types[] = ReadonlyField::class;
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/fields/Readonly.php b/src/fields/Readonly.php
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+<?php
+namespace codemonauts\readonly\fields;
+
+use Craft;
+use craft\base\ElementInterface;
+use craft\base\Field;
+use craft\base\PreviewableFieldInterface;
+use LitEmoji\LitEmoji;
+use yii\db\Schema;
+
+class Readonly extends Field implements PreviewableFieldInterface
+{
+    // Static
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public static function displayName(): string
+    {
+        return Craft::t('readonly', 'Read-only Field');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @var string The type of database column the field should have in the content table
+     */
+    public $columnType = Schema::TYPE_STRING;
+
+    // Public Methods
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $config = [])
+    {
+        parent::__construct($config);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function getContentColumnType(): string
+    {
+        return $this->columnType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function getInputHtml($value, ElementInterface $element = null): string
+    {
+        return Craft::$app->getView()->renderTemplate('readonly/input',
+            [
+                'name' => $this->handle,
+                'value' => $value,
+                'field' => $this,
+            ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function serializeValue($value, ElementInterface $element = null)
+    {
+        if ($value !== null) {
+            $value = LitEmoji::unicodeToShortcode($value);
+        }
+        return $value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function getSearchKeywords($value, ElementInterface $element): string
+    {
+        $value = (string)$value;
+        $value = LitEmoji::unicodeToShortcode($value);
+        return $value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/templates/input.twig b/src/templates/input.twig
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+<strong>{{ value }}</strong><input name="{{ name }}" type="hidden" value="{{ value }}" />
diff --git a/src/translations/de/readonly.php b/src/translations/de/readonly.php
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+++ b/src/translations/de/readonly.php
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+<?php
+
+return [
+    'Read-only Field' => 'Schreibgeschütztes Feld',
+];