Hi, possibly caused by a recent update in Discourse version (now on 2.5.0 beta2), I can no longer edit user custom fields for users (even though all are still marked as ‘editable after signup’ in the customize menu) - and I cannot even edit my own custom fields as administrator. The existing conten…

I don’t it was ever editable from this screen. However you can edit it from: /u/USERNAME/preferences/profile (for custom fields) /u/USERNAME/preferences/account (for email)

Thanks Joffrey Weirdly, while I can find and edit the email address by clicking on ‘account’, custom fields for me don’t show up when I click ‘profile’. Only the default fields are displayed. If I then click the ‘Normal’ menu (without selecting any of the drop down options) , some but not all cu…

Fantastic!! That would be much appreciated. Happy to test anything it that helps. **Edit - if this is not too cheeky a question, do you have a rough sense of how long it might take? I have naively been telling my existing MyBB users that their new Discourse based forum will go live on 15 March (be…

User custom fields are no longer editable

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j.jaffeux (Joffrey Jaffeux) March 11, 2020, 6:10am 4

I will fix that plugin.

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User custom fields are no longer editable

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