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How to start with Paragraphs for Drupal 8
Last updated on
19 April 2022
Watch a video tutorial on getting started with Paragraphs.
How to start in Drupal 8
- Create Paragraph Types (known as "Paragraph Bundles" in D7) at admin/structure/paragraphs_type
- Make sure you have enabled the Field UI module
- Add a field to your Paragraph Type
- Create an Entity Reference Revisions field on the node/entity type, like admin/structure/types/manage/page/fields for the Basic Page type of node or admin/structure/block/block-content/manage/basic/fields for blocks.
- Select "Paragraphs" at the field "Type of item to reference" and select a nice "Allowed number of values" - "unlimited" is the best option for Paragraphs
- Select "Default" in the field "Reference method"
- Press "Save field settings"
- Check/order the types that you want to use - select none to allow all
- Press "Save field settings"
- Go to manage form display
- Change the "Widget" for the new field to "Paragraphs" and tweak the widget settings to your liking
- Press "Save"
- Go to Manage display
- Select format "Rendered entity"
- Press "Save"
- Create a new item of the node/entity type and enjoy paragraphs
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