Contributors Summary deprecation

Question

Hi

I noticed that the Contributors Summary macro is being deprecated in September 2025 in favor of the Contributors macro. However, the Contributors macro displays the same information as the summary macro  and actually in a worse format (unlike the tabular display of the summary macro). What's the rationale? Is there some other macro that I'm missing? I find the Contributors metric to be useful to measure the team's contribution to documentation. I appreciate that it's not all about quantity and I have other tools to enforce quality.

Barbara Szczesniak · Answer

@satur You may want to add your questions/comments on this article: https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Confluence-articles/Deprecating-infrequently-used-macros-in-Confluence-Cloud/ba-p/2981360

Tomislav Tobijas · Answer

Hi @satur ,

I believe Contributors Summary is a macro from a legacy editor and that's why it's being replaced with the new version. I've managed to find the list of all macros that are/will be replaced here.

I don't remember seeing an official announcement anywhere about it. You could maybe reach out to support and discuss it further with them. As you say, some features/info might be missing in the new macro and they may offer alternatives. You can also check if there are any open suggestions related to your requirement that are connected with the mentioned macro.

Cheers,
Tobi