# 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")
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### Author: ![cjk77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cjk77/32/151779_2.png) [@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")

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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:

![badges admin](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/3/435a655065986283227a057b1b3fbaa5b3447e37.png)

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