Required Relation Field

Name: Required Relation Field
Author: Teguru Co., Ltd

By Teguru Co., Ltd

Enforces required relation fields in Strapi to be non-empty on save or publish

Latest version

v0.3.1

released October 15, 2025

npm install strapi-plugin-required-relation-field

Strapi Plugin: Required Relation Field

Enforces required relation fields in Strapi to be non-empty on save or publish.

Preview

Requirements

Strapi v5.x (supported)
Strapi v4.x (untested)

Installation

You just need to install the strapi-plugin-required-relation-field package via npm or yarn at the root of your Strapi project:

npm:

npm i strapi-plugin-required-relation-field

yarn:

yarn add strapi-plugin-required-relation-field

Usage

Simply set required: true for relations in your schemas, and everything will work out-of-the-box. For example:

# src/api/story-reaction/content-types/story-reaction/schema.json
{
  "kind": "collectionType",
  "collectionName": "story_reactions",
  "info": {
    "singularName": "story-reaction",
    "pluralName": "story-reactions",
    "displayName": "Story Reaction",
    "description": ""
  },
  "options": {
    "draftAndPublish": false
  },
  "attributes": {
    "story": {
      "type": "relation",
      "relation": "manyToOne",
      "target": "api::story.story",
      "inversedBy": "storyReactions",
      "required": true
    },
    "user": {
      "type": "relation",
      "relation": "manyToOne",
      "target": "plugin::users-permissions.user",
      "inversedBy": "storyReactions",
      "required": true
    },
    "reaction": {
      "type": "relation",
      "relation": "manyToOne",
      "target": "api::reaction.reaction",
      "inversedBy": "storyReactions",
      "required": true
    }
  }
}

Development

To test the plugin during development, build it with the watch:link command:

yarn watch:link

Next, link it to a local Strapi project. In a new terminal window, run:

cd /path/to/strapi/project
yarn dlx yalc add --link strapi-plugin-required-relation-field
yarn install

Since this plugin is installed via node_modules, you don't need to explicitly add it to your plugins configuration file. Running the develop command will automatically detect the plugin.

Start your Strapi project with:

yarn develop

You are now ready to contribute the plugin. Please note that any server changes will require a restart to take effect.