Hello Is there a way to make a User Field not editable after signup when the Field Requirement is set to “For all users”? Thanks

I don’t think so. The checkbox cannot be unchecked. You can use the ‘On signup’ instead, but existing users won’t be affected.

[תמונה] Hacxx: can you access the code? I’m not sure about what you’re asking, but if you’re thinking of modifying Discourse’s code to prevent user fields from being editable, it would require a plugin, and chatGPT is very, very bad at creating Discourse plugins. I would not rely on what chatGPT outputs.

I think it has to be editable so the users who have already signed up before you implement it can fill it in? Are you thinking of a use case along the lines of ‘not editable once entered’?

[תמונה] Custom User Field Required for All, but only Editable ONCE Feature Sorry if this has been brought up before, I found something yesterday that was close to it, but today my search terms bring up nothing. Scenario: A Discourse server wants to set a field, say Date of Birth, to be a required field. This shouldn’t be something that needs to be edited after signup. So the solution is to set the custom field to uncheck ‘editable after signup’ and then change the field to ‘Required on Signup’. This works for users creating an account through the typical email/userna…

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ppcole 15 במרץ,‏ 2025,‏ 5:17am 4

Thanks for your response @NateDhaliwal. I wonder what was the rational behind the current design decision. There are many usecases where one wants User Fields to be un-editable and set to For all users.

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