# Access real name in quote display

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-real-name-in-quote-display/71872>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [11 Ottobre 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-real-name-in-quote-display/71872 "2017-10-11T19:24:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [11 Ottobre 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-real-name-in-quote-display/71872/1 "2017-10-11T19:24:17Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Display real name instead of username in a quote?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-real-name-instead-of-username-in-a-quote/63447/13):

I need for quotes to display the user real name exactly the same way that they are displayed in posts. In this image, “sam:” should be something like “Sam Saffron (sam):”

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/f/9f284578859e556f730be6023abfa4086e30e0a5.png)

I think that this would be more consistent, but it matters only if you have meaningless usernames.

My questions:

- Can I fix this with a theme or will it take a plugin?
- Can someone point me to a similar example?

This seems like it should be trivial, but I’m lost on this end of things and don’t know where to start.

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