diff --git a/docs/plugin-info.schema.json b/docs/plugin-info.schema.json
index 3493ead28..1f29867b5 100644
--- a/docs/plugin-info.schema.json
+++ b/docs/plugin-info.schema.json
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
       "description": "Plugin description shown to the user."
     },
     "authors": {
-      "type": "string",
-      "description": "A string describing authors of the Plugin. This could be a list of names, an organisation or something else, as long as it's clear who made the Plugin."
+      "type": "array",
+      "description": "An array of authors of this Plugin.",
+      "items": {
+          "type": "string"
+      }
     },
     "homepage": {
       "type": "string",
diff --git a/src/controllers/plugins/Plugin.hpp b/src/controllers/plugins/Plugin.hpp
index a1b51ec9c..177a8c617 100644
--- a/src/controllers/plugins/Plugin.hpp
+++ b/src/controllers/plugins/Plugin.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct PluginMeta {
     // required fields
     QString name;
     QString description;
-    QString authors;
+    std::vector<QString> authors;
     QString license;
     semver::version version;
 
@@ -53,12 +53,31 @@ struct PluginMeta {
         this->description = descrObj.toString();
 
         auto authorsObj = obj.value("authors");
-        if (!authorsObj.isString())
+        if (authorsObj.isArray())
         {
-            this->invalidWhy.emplace_back("description is not a string");
+            auto authorsArr = authorsObj.toArray();
+            for (int i = 0; i < authorsArr.size(); i++)
+            {
+                const auto &t = authorsArr.at(i);
+                if (!t.isString())
+                {
+                    this->invalidWhy.push_back(
+                        QString(
+                            "authors element #%1 is not a string (it is a %2)")
+                            .arg(i)
+                            .arg(QString::fromStdString(
+                                std::string(magic_enum::enum_name(t.type())))));
+                    this->valid = false;
+                    return;
+                }
+                this->authors.push_back(t.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            this->invalidWhy.emplace_back("authors is not an array");
             this->valid = false;
         }
-        this->authors = authorsObj.toString();
 
         auto licenseObj = obj.value("license");
         if (!licenseObj.isString())
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp
index c7b5a544e..596280519 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,19 @@ void PluginsPage::rebuildContent()
         descrText->setWordWrap(true);
         descrText->setStyleSheet("color: #bbb");
         pl->addRow(descrText);
-        pl->addRow("Authors", new QLabel(plugin->meta.authors));
+
+        QString authorsTxt;
+        for (const auto &author : plugin->meta.authors)
+        {
+            if (!authorsTxt.isEmpty())
+            {
+                authorsTxt += ", ";
+            }
+
+            authorsTxt += author;
+        }
+        pl->addRow("Authors", new QLabel(authorsTxt));
+
         auto *homepage = new QLabel(formatRichLink(plugin->meta.homepage));
         homepage->setOpenExternalLinks(true);