sformisano/netlify-cms-widget-simple-uuid

A simple Netlify CMS widget to autogenerate IDs for collection items.

Netlify CMS Widget Simple UUID

Instructions:

1. Install the widget:

npm i netlify-cms-widget-simple-uuid

2. Import the widget in your main netlify cms file:

import idWidget from 'netlify-cms-widget-simple-uuid';

3. Register the widget like this:

CMS.registerWidget('id', idWidget.Control, idWidget.Preview);

4. Add the id field to your collection like this (the collection here is just an example):

collections:
  - name: "post"
    label: "Post"
    folder: "post"
    create: true
    slug: "{{slug}}"
    fields:
      - {label: "ID", name: "id", widget: "id"}

Enjoy!