author

Type String
Mandatory No
Manifest version 2 or higher
Example
json
"author": "Walt Whitman"

The extension's author, intended for display in the browser's user interface. If the developer key is supplied and it contains the "name" property, it will override the author key. There's no way to specify multiple authors.

This is a localizable property.

Example

json
"author": "Walt Whitman"

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