# Adding Custom Licensing to Posts via User Fields

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-custom-licensing-to-posts-via-user-fields/237569>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 30, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-custom-licensing-to-posts-via-user-fields/237569 "2022-08-30T09:53:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![attj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@attj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/attj)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-custom-licensing-to-posts-via-user-fields/237569/3 "2022-08-30T10:10:51Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Having to select a license on every post is a significant barrier to posting and is rather noisy and will require a custom plugin, but I think your request is just for the plugin outlet.

Yes, ideally this will be a “pick once from your profile” setting and “you can change it for occasional posts when necessary” kind of feature. But it is a specific use case and my initial question is about the plugin outlet as you suggested.

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