By Falcox on

Hi,

I'd like to add more than one author for some nodes. However, when I add many authors in the default author field in Drupal 8, it just saves one author, not all, by the end.

I know that it is possible to create a new field that would be a user reference field, and to assign to it unlimited values, but I find it dumb to create a field when there is already one by default.

Is it possible to change the default author field to add more than one author ?

Thanks.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 8.x

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Jaypan’s picture

Jaypan commented

The simple answer is no. The database table for nodes has a single value column for the User ID (UID), so a node cannot handle multiple authors.

You could override this by creating a new table for authors that has a unique key, then in the UID column store a reference to that unique, but then you'd have to add the authors when loading, and any module that relies on the author ID would break, and potentially core issues would arise as well. You'd be bug hunting a lot.

Better to use the entity reference to other authors.

Falcox’s picture

Falcox commented

OK thx for your answer. I think I'll create a user reference field that can take unlimited values. It will be easier !

sahal_va’s picture

sahal_va commented

Hi,

Can you please explain how to create a block for showing the content of type Author in the node page.

mmjvb’s picture

mmjvb commented

creating a post for yourself on the right board: Post Installation.