diff --git a/bundle/lib/plugins/src/_internal/manifest.ts b/bundle/lib/plugins/src/_internal/manifest.ts
index 566835b4..26e156d3 100644
--- a/bundle/lib/plugins/src/_internal/manifest.ts
+++ b/bundle/lib/plugins/src/_internal/manifest.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { PluginManifest, PluginVersion } from '../types'
+import { formatPluginContributor } from '../utils'
 import type { InternalPluginManifest } from './types'
 
 /** Manifest schema version internal plugins are written against. */
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ export function completeInternalManifest(
             ? parseBundleVersion(manifest.version)
             : (manifest.version ?? version)
     manifest.format ??= ManifestFormat
+    manifest.author = formatPluginContributor(manifest.author)
+    manifest.contributors = manifest.contributors?.map(formatPluginContributor)
 
     if (!isReservedDependency(manifest.id)) {
         manifest.dependencies ??= {}
diff --git a/bundle/lib/plugins/src/_internal/types.ts b/bundle/lib/plugins/src/_internal/types.ts
index 1101b6b4..a3118c64 100644
--- a/bundle/lib/plugins/src/_internal/types.ts
+++ b/bundle/lib/plugins/src/_internal/types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
     PluginOptions,
     PluginOptionsFactory,
 } from '../types'
+import type { PluginContributorInput } from '../utils'
 import type { PluginSystemErrorPayload } from './errors'
 import type { addPluginFlags, adoptPluginFlags } from './state'
 
@@ -12,9 +13,12 @@ export type AnyPlugin = Plugin<any, any>
 
 export type InternalPluginManifest = Omit<
     PluginManifest,
-    'version' | 'format' | 'dependencies'
+    'version' | 'format' | 'dependencies' | 'author' | 'contributors'
 > &
     Partial<Pick<PluginManifest, 'format' | 'dependencies'>> & {
+        /** Contributor object, or legacy string. Normalized to the string form. */
+        author: PluginContributorInput | string
+        contributors?: (PluginContributorInput | string)[]
         /**
          * Plugin version. Defaults to the bundle version.
          * Only stubs (see {@link InternalPluginManifestExtras.defaultSource}) may set it in `manifest.json`, as a string like `1.0.0`.
diff --git a/bundle/lib/plugins/src/utils.test.ts b/bundle/lib/plugins/src/utils.test.ts
index 408372ad..74cde248 100644
--- a/bundle/lib/plugins/src/utils.test.ts
+++ b/bundle/lib/plugins/src/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
-import { getPluginContributorName, parsePluginContributor } from './utils'
+import {
+    formatPluginContributor,
+    getPluginContributorName,
+    parsePluginContributor,
+} from './utils'
 
 const Id1 = '123456789012345678'
 const Id2 = '876543210987654321'
@@ -64,3 +68,36 @@ describe('getPluginContributorName', () => {
         expect(getPluginContributorName('Jane (Doe)')).toBe('Jane (Doe)')
     })
 })
+
+describe('formatPluginContributor', () => {
+    test('passes strings through', () => {
+        expect(formatPluginContributor(`Jane <${Id1}>`)).toBe(`Jane <${Id1}>`)
+    })
+
+    test('formats objects into a parseable string', () => {
+        const formatted = formatPluginContributor({
+            name: 'Jane Doe',
+            id: Id1,
+            links: [
+                { url: 'https://example.com/jane', title: 'Website' },
+                { url: 'mailto:jane@example.com' },
+            ],
+        })
+
+        expect(formatted).toBe(
+            `Jane Doe <${Id1}> (https://example.com/jane "Website") (mailto:jane@example.com)`,
+        )
+        expect(parsePluginContributor(formatted)).toEqual({
+            name: 'Jane Doe',
+            ids: [Id1],
+            links: [
+                { url: 'https://example.com/jane', label: 'Website' },
+                { url: 'mailto:jane@example.com', label: undefined },
+            ],
+        })
+    })
+
+    test('formats a name only', () => {
+        expect(formatPluginContributor({ name: 'Valenced' })).toBe('Valenced')
+    })
+})
diff --git a/bundle/lib/plugins/src/utils.ts b/bundle/lib/plugins/src/utils.ts
index ddb2b388..dba01318 100644
--- a/bundle/lib/plugins/src/utils.ts
+++ b/bundle/lib/plugins/src/utils.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,31 @@ export interface PluginContributorLink {
     label?: string
 }
 
+/**
+ * Contributor as written in `manifest.json`. Preferred over the legacy `Name <DISCORD_ID> (LINK "TITLE")` string,
+ * which is still accepted.
+ */
+export interface PluginContributorInput {
+    name: string
+    /** Discord user ID. */
+    id?: string
+    links?: { url: string; title?: string }[]
+}
+
+/** Formats a contributor into the `Name <DISCORD_ID> (LINK "TITLE")` string form. Legacy strings pass through. */
+export function formatPluginContributor(
+    contributor: PluginContributorInput | string,
+): string {
+    if (typeof contributor === 'string') return contributor
+
+    const { name, id, links = [] } = contributor
+    let formatted = name.trim()
+    if (id !== undefined) formatted += ` <${id}>`
+    for (const { url, title } of links)
+        formatted += title === undefined ? ` (${url})` : ` (${url} "${title}")`
+    return formatted
+}
+
 const ContributorEntryRegex =
     /^(?:<(\d{17,20})>|\(((?:https?:\/\/|mailto:)[^()\s]+)(?:\s+"([^"()]+)")?\))\s*/i
 
diff --git a/bundle/scripts/manifest.test.ts b/bundle/scripts/manifest.test.ts
index f3570d91..5726e527 100644
--- a/bundle/scripts/manifest.test.ts
+++ b/bundle/scripts/manifest.test.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,21 @@ describe('getInternalPluginManifests', () => {
         })
     })
 
+    it('formats stub contributor objects into strings for native', async () => {
+        await plugin('start', 'settings.themes', {
+            id: 'valenced.settings.themes',
+            author: { name: 'Jane', id: '123456789012345678' },
+            contributors: ['John', { name: 'Bob' }],
+            defaultSource: { repo: 'https://example.com' },
+        })
+
+        const [stub] = await getInternalPluginManifests(root)
+        expect(stub).toMatchObject({
+            author: 'Jane <123456789012345678>',
+            contributors: ['John', 'Bob'],
+        })
+    })
+
     it('rejects a version on a plugin that is not a stub', async () => {
         await plugin('start', 'settings', {
             id: 'valenced.settings',
diff --git a/bundle/scripts/manifest.ts b/bundle/scripts/manifest.ts
index 20945636..04ed3268 100644
--- a/bundle/scripts/manifest.ts
+++ b/bundle/scripts/manifest.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { readdir, readFile } from 'fs/promises'
 import { dirname } from 'path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import { ReservedDependencyIds } from '../lib/plugins/src/_internal/manifest'
+import { formatPluginContributor } from '../lib/plugins/src/utils'
 import { exists, stringEnv } from './_shared'
 import type { InternalPluginManifest } from '@valenced/plugins/_'
 
@@ -31,8 +32,14 @@ interface BundleManifestPlugin {
 }
 
 interface RawBundleManifestPlugin
-    extends Omit<BundleManifestPlugin, 'enabledByDefault' | 'defaultSource'>,
-        Pick<InternalPluginManifest, 'enabledByDefault' | 'defaultSource'> {
+    extends Omit<
+            BundleManifestPlugin,
+            'enabledByDefault' | 'defaultSource' | 'author' | 'contributors'
+        >,
+        Pick<
+            InternalPluginManifest,
+            'enabledByDefault' | 'defaultSource' | 'author' | 'contributors'
+        > {
     build?: {
         devOnly?: boolean
     }
@@ -114,8 +121,12 @@ export async function getInternalPluginManifests(
                 ...(defaultSource && {
                     name: manifest.name,
                     description: manifest.description,
-                    author: manifest.author,
-                    contributors: manifest.contributors,
+                    author:
+                        manifest.author &&
+                        formatPluginContributor(manifest.author),
+                    contributors: manifest.contributors?.map(
+                        formatPluginContributor,
+                    ),
                     icon: manifest.icon,
                 }),
                 ...(manifest.essential && { essential: true }),
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api.hidden/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api.hidden/manifest.json
index 7dc938c1..a109542f 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api.hidden/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api.hidden/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.api.hidden",
   "name": "Developer Mode",
   "description": "Exposes internal Valenced APIs for debugging.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "WrenchIcon",
   "enabledByDefault": "dev"
 }
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api.themes/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api.themes/manifest.json
index 822df215..f0339dcf 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api.themes/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api.themes/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.api.themes",
   "name": "Themes API",
   "description": "This feature requires an update to be installed.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "PaintPaletteIcon",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "enabledByDefault": true,
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api/manifest.json
index 469299ce..8db120a2 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/api/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.api",
   "name": "Plugin API",
   "description": "Provides the Valenced plugin API.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "PollsIcon",
   "essential": true,
   "api": true
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/logging/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/logging/manifest.json
index 5e98dcc5..1f999225 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/logging/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/logging/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.logging",
   "name": "Logging",
   "description": "Logs assisting Valenced developers.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "PaperIcon",
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "build": {
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/no-track/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/no-track/manifest.json
index b7985fed..53a8482b 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/no-track/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/no-track/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.no-track",
   "name": "No Track",
   "description": "Disables Discord and Sentry analytics.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "AnalyticsIcon",
   "enabledByDefault": true
 }
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/recovery/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/recovery/manifest.json
index 0731aaba..d3072c23 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/recovery/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/preinit/recovery/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.recovery",
   "name": "Recovery",
   "description": "Handles errors and provides troubleshooting options for Valenced.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "ShieldIcon",
   "essential": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings.plugins/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings.plugins/manifest.json
index b4955e3c..402af9a9 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings.plugins/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings.plugins/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.settings.plugins",
   "name": "Plugin Settings",
   "description": "Plugin management UI for Valenced.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "PuzzlePieceIcon",
   "essential": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings.themes/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings.themes/manifest.json
index f5e60c67..8f1bc99e 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings.themes/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings.themes/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.settings.themes",
   "name": "Themes",
   "description": "This feature requires an update to be installed.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "PaintPaletteIcon",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "enabledByDefault": true,
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings/manifest.json
index 5e5a4f95..f4c240c3 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/start/settings/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.settings",
   "name": "Settings",
   "description": "Settings UI for Valenced.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "SettingsIcon",
   "essential": true
 }
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/start/staff-settings/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/start/staff-settings/manifest.json
index 242211bf..7a306637 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/start/staff-settings/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/start/staff-settings/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.staff-settings",
   "name": "Staff Settings",
   "description": "Allows accessing Discord's Staff Settings.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "StaffBadgeIcon",
   "enabledByDefault": true
 }
diff --git a/bundle/src/plugins/start/user-badges/manifest.json b/bundle/src/plugins/start/user-badges/manifest.json
index e9876857..2c04704e 100644
--- a/bundle/src/plugins/start/user-badges/manifest.json
+++ b/bundle/src/plugins/start/user-badges/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "valenced.user-badges",
   "name": "User Badges",
   "description": "Badges for Valenced contributors and sponsors.",
-  "author": "Valenced",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Valenced",
+    "links": [{ "url": "https://discord.com/invite/dtBTQHYSx4", "title": "Support Server" }]
+  },
   "icon": "ShieldUserIcon",
   "essential": true
 }