🔗 References Plugin for Sanity 🔗

See which documents reference the current document in your Sanity Studio.
Displays a badge with the reference count and a custom pane with the full list.

Features

• Reference Badge: Shows count of documents referencing the current document
• References Tab: Lists all referencing documents with:
  • 🔍 Search by title or document type
  • ⬇️ Sorting by updated date, type, or title (ascending/descending)
  • 📊 Live Count of filtered vs total documents
  • 🚀 Click to Navigate to any referencing document

Installation

# npm
npm i sanity-plugin-references

# yarn
yarn add sanity-plugin-references

# pnpm
pnpm add sanity-plugin-references

# bun
bun add sanity-plugin-references

Usage

Basic Setup

import { defineConfig } from 'sanity'
import { references } from 'sanity-plugin-references'

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [references()],
})

This adds a reference count badge to all documents showing how many other documents reference them.

Adding the References Tab

Add a full References tab with search, filters, and sorting:

import { structureTool } from 'sanity/structure'
import { references, referencesView } from 'sanity-plugin-references'

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    references(),
    structureTool({
      defaultDocumentNode: (S) => S.document().views([
        S.view.form(),
        referencesView(S),
      ]),
    }),
  ],
})

Options

Exclude document types from showing the badge:

references({
  exclude: ['media.tag', 'sanity.imageAsset'],
})

Customize the tab title or icon:

referencesView(S, { title: 'Incoming Links', icon: SomeIcon })

Show tab only for specific types by checking schemaType in defaultDocumentNode.

API

references(config?)

Main plugin function. Adds reference badges to all documents.

• exclude?: string[] - Document types to exclude from showing the badge

referencesView(S, options?)

Creates a References view for Structure Builder.

• title?: string - Tab title (default: 'References')
• icon?: ComponentType - Tab icon (default: LinkIcon)

Components

• ReferencesPane - Raw component for S.view.component() (use referencesView() instead)
• ReferencesBadge - Badge component (automatically included via references() plugin)

License

MIT © Félix Péault (Flayks)

Develop & test

This plugin uses @sanity/plugin-kit with default configuration for build & watch scripts.

See Testing a plugin in Sanity Studio on how to run this plugin with hotreload in the studio.