Bundle Help Text

Bundle Help Text provides configurable help panels for content editing forms. It lets site builders add bundle-specific guidance above node, media, and taxonomy term edit forms.

Features

Bundle Help Text helps editorial teams provide clear instructions directly on entity edit forms.

Basic functionality:

• Configure help text per content type.
• Configure help text per media type.
• Configure help text per taxonomy vocabulary.
• Display the configured help panel above the edit form.
• Use Drupal text formats for safe formatted help text.
• Control configuration access with a dedicated permission.

Use this module when content type descriptions are not enough for editors. It is useful for structured content projects, editorial workflows, large content teams, and sites where each bundle has specific publishing rules, field usage guidance, review instructions, or content standards.

Example use cases:

• Add article writing guidelines above the Article edit form.
• Show image requirements above an Image media edit form.
• Explain taxonomy tagging rules above a vocabulary term edit form.
• Provide editorial checklists for specific content types.
• Give bundle-specific instructions without adding extra fields to content.

Post-Installation

After installing the module, grant the Manage bundle help text permission to trusted administrators or site builders.

To configure help text:
1. Go to Administration > Configuration > Content authoring > Bundle help text.
2. Select a supported bundle.
3. Enter the help text.
4. Choose the text format, if more than one format is available.
5. Save the configuration.

The help panel will appear above add and edit forms for that bundle.

Supported bundle types:

• Content types
• Media types
• Taxonomy vocabularies

The module does not create new content types, fields, or vocabularies. It only adds configurable editor-facing help text to existing edit forms.

Additional Requirements

This project does not require any third-party libraries or external APIs.

Required Drupal core modules:
- Filter

Optional Drupal core modules depending on what you want to configure:
- Node
- Media
- Taxonomy

Recommended modules/libraries

No additional libraries are required.
Recommended Drupal modules that may complement this module:

• Field UI, for managing bundle form displays.
• Help, for viewing module help pages.
• Admin Toolbar, for faster access to configuration pages.

Similar projects

Similar functionality may be partially handled by content type descriptions, field help text, or custom form alters.

Bundle Help Text is different because it provides bundle-level help panels above the edit form, without requiring custom code or adding extra content fields. It is intended for editor guidance that applies to the whole bundle, not just one field.

Supporting this Module

Development is supported through issue reports, patches, reviews, and feature suggestions on Drupal.org.

Please use the project issue queue to report bugs, request improvements, or contribute patches.