# Admin's icon next to name in posts/threads
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-icon-next-to-name-in-posts-threads/142368
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [February 23, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-icon-next-to-name-in-posts-threads/142368 "2020-02-23T00:54:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@pr0cesor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pr0cesor)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-icon-next-to-name-in-posts-threads/142368/1 "2020-02-23T00:54:07Z")
Hi there,
Is there a way to add a custom icon indicating if a user is an admin in posts/threads? I know that moderators have a shield next to their names, but for Admin, there is none.
I would like to customize it and add a custom icons that would differentiate between admins and mods. Is it possible? if yes, where should I look in the settings? Thank you.
Cheers
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### Author:  [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-icon-next-to-name-in-posts-threads/142368/2 "2020-02-23T01:50:37Z")
You can create a closed group with a custom flair image and add the admins there, or you can grant a custom badge to the admins.
Groups → `/g`
Badges → `/admin/badges`
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-icon-next-to-name-in-posts-threads/142368/3 "2020-02-23T01:51:55Z")
FWIW, several years ago, there used to be up to two shields, one each for moderator and admin. It was determined at the time that the distinction was of little consequence to average user which is why they were consolidated.
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### Author:  [@pr0cesor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pr0cesor)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-icon-next-to-name-in-posts-threads/142368/4 "2020-02-23T12:05:37Z")
> [@omarfilip](#):
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> You can create a closed group with a custom flair image and add the admins there, or you can grant a custom badge to the admins.
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> Groups → `/g`
> Badges → `/admin/badges`
But there is already an Admin group there by default, why it’s not possible to edit that one and add a custom flair image?
What I would like to achieve is to put a badge here next to the name of admins when they are posting, the badge I would like to see it in this example after the name in the red box.
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### Author:  [@cjk77](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cjk77)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-icon-next-to-name-in-posts-threads/142368/5 "2020-02-23T13:13:53Z")
You can accomplish what you are trying to do using the Post Badges theme component:
> [@Post Badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-badges-component/114722):
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> discourse2Summary Post Badges will add earned badges next to a post author’s username. Specific badges to display can be adjusted through a theme setting.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on theme-creator.discourse.org](https://theme-creator.discourse.org/theme/tshenry/post-badges)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-post-badges](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-post-badges)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component Key features Support for both default and custom …
Just make special badges for the admins and mods as suggested above, then add those to the component. (As an example, I use the component on my own forum to highlight users who have contributed financially using Patreon or Buy Me A Coffee:
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### Author:  [@pr0cesor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pr0cesor)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-icon-next-to-name-in-posts-threads/142368/6 "2020-02-23T13:34:39Z")
> [@cjk77](#):
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> You can accomplish what you are trying to do using the Post Badges theme component:
This is good, thank you. However, is there any other way to achieve this without installing anything? For example just modify some script and add only an icon badge for admins? I don’t want badges for every user which is suggested by the theme plugin component.
I tried the plugin you mentioned above but yeah it enables all badges for everyone to be displayed in the forum. That is something I would like to avoid.
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### Author:  [@pr0cesor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pr0cesor)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-icon-next-to-name-in-posts-threads/142368/7 "2020-02-23T14:15:07Z")
So this is what I have done:
- Created a group called “Administrators” I added myself there as a member
- Created a badge called “Admin”, put a shield icon and on the groups dropdown menu created Administrators
- Went to Post Badges settings in the theme and added “Admin” as badge to be displayed
- Badge admin is visible on badge page
=\> Result, I do not see myself added into the badge owner although I am in the Administrators group.
Where can I assign the badge admin to the group Administrators? Am I missing something?
     
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### Author:  [@pr0cesor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pr0cesor)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-icon-next-to-name-in-posts-threads/142368/8 "2020-02-23T14:24:18Z")
I figured it out, I followed the guide below on how to manually grant badge to users. Turns out you have to go to user/own profile and there edit badge and select the badge newly created, in this case Admin.
Now it’s working. Nice
> [@Grant a badge to individual users manually](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-a-badge-to-individual-users-manually/29426):
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> bookmark This is a guide for manually granting a custom badge to individual users on Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator In this guide, you’ll learn how to create and manually grant a custom badge to individual users. A new “Scholar” badge will be created as an example. warning This guide is only applicable for custom badges. To manually grant one of Discourse’s built in badges, you will need to follow: [Bulk Award a badge to a set of users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/award-a-badge-to-a-set-of-users/138694)Create a …