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title: "Custom Entities Do Not Show in Site Studio as a Reference Entity"
date: "2022-03-08T19:52:29+00:00"
summary:
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type: "article"
url: "/drupal-starter-kits/add-ons/site-studio/help/93881-custom-entities-do-not-show-site-studio-reference-entity"
id: "00f4786a-988c-44eb-ba31-66804ea9a2c9"
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**Issue**
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A custom entity has been created but is not showing up as a reference entity in Site Studio, in the entity browser element.

Use case: You prefer to load entities by reference in a 'drupal-style' method, if Site Studio's 'custom element' interface feels limited.

**Resolution**
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Set the entity annotation flag `common_reference_target = TRUE`

This makes the custom entity available to entity reference fields.

Re-save the Site Studio settings, styles and templates by running `drush cohesion:rebuild` in the Drupal docroot using a CLI and clear Drupal caches.