Published: February 7, 2024
Show the last author of a node in the Drupal content list
Instead of showing the original author of a node, show the last person to edit it.
Drupal's content listing at admin/content shows us the creator of a node, but does not allow us to add a field to show us the last person who edited the node.
I did some Googling for it, and it turns out the ability during the latter stages of Drupal 8 development, but I wasn't aware of it. I'd like to see this added to the default admin/content view so we wouldn't have to figure it out.
So ... here's how to do it:
- Create a relationship to the The user ID of the author of the current revision.
- Then use that relationship in the fields you want to show.
Here it is in video format: