Creating modules

Creating custom field types, widgets, and formatters

This guide includes tutorials on how to create your own custom field type, widget, and formatter in Drupal 8.

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Field types, widgets, and formatters are plugins.

Field types define the properties and behaviors of fields

Field widgets are used to render the field inside forms.

The field formatter formats the field data to be viewed by the end user.