# Add %{first name} variable to BCC plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-first-name-variable-to-bcc-plugin/297599
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** bcc
**Created:** [March 27, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-first-name-variable-to-bcc-plugin/297599 "2023-03-27T17:40:54Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-first-name-variable-to-bcc-plugin/297599/4 "2024-03-02T12:48:06Z")

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Just to cross-link a possible complication that was noted in the topic Nathan linked above that makes this trickier than others:

> [@Add %{name} variable to BCC plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-name-variable-to-bcc-plugin/186861/8):
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> Yeah, the bug should be fixed (I tested it repeatedly). In regards to first and last names, there can be no “one method fits all” as Discourse doesn’t have a separate field for first and last names, only one overall.

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