Introduction to the Content-Type Builder

The Content-Type Builder is a core plugin of Strapi. It is a feature that is always activated by default and cannot be deactivated. The Content-Type Builder is however only accessible when the application is in a development environment.

Administrators can access the Content-Type Builder from Content-Type Builder in the main navigation of the admin panel.

From the Content-Type Builder, administrators can create and manage content-types: collection types and single types but also components.

• Collection types are content-types that can manage several entries.
• Single types are content-types that can only manage one entry.
• Components are a data structure that can be used in multiple collection types and single types.

All 3 are displayed as categories in the subnavigation of the Content-Type Builder. In each category are listed all content-types and components that have already been created.

From each category of the Content-Type Builder subnavigation, it is possible to:

• click on an existing content-type or component to access it and edit it (see Managing content-types),
• or create a new content-type or component (see Creating content-types).

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Click the search icon in the Content-Type Builder subnavigation to find a specific collection type, single type, or component.