# Avatar Flair Image for automatic groups Staff, Moderators, Admin
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 3, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618 "2018-10-03T11:45:53Z")
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### Author:  [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/1 "2018-10-03T11:45:53Z")
After setting up a couple flair images
and setting as primary
I liked what I saw and made one for the Staff, only to find out I could not apply it, no setting for that.
Is it ruled out for sure or perhaps in the plans to add? I didn’t see any theme components related to mods, admin or staff either.
Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/2 "2018-10-03T11:47:16Z")
Avatar Flairs can only be added to custom groups - it does not currently work with preset groups. You would need to add your staff into a custom group and add it there.
You however use a theme component such as below:
> [@Trust-Level Avatar Flair](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-avatar-flair/82656):
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> This theme component allows an admin to add flair to user avatars based on the user’s trust level. Trust level flair displays anywhere on the site that you would normally see group flair. There are a few theme settings to adjust the position of the flair in relation to the avatar. Basic Examples (with group flair in place) There is also a bottom-right position that will either replace group flair or be replaced by group flair depending on how you set the “group flair always on top” …
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### Author:  [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/3 "2018-10-03T11:50:04Z")
Thank you, would there be any harm in creating a custom staff group and then deleting the old one, function wise? I imagine I could hide the original from public view so its not an obvious duplicate but if theres no harm in removing… I don’t actually understand the staff group as it appears identical to admin
But don’t know. Thanks again!
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### Author:  [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/4 "2018-10-03T11:52:22Z")
Staff contains a list of all admin and moderators.
What I did was set up a seperate group to that called Team. When added to team they are automatically promoted to TL4 and given the flair. This also means they do not have to have access to the moderation or administration to have it.
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### Author:  [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/5 "2018-10-03T11:57:17Z")
Sounds good, can give people an extra feeling of appreciation and not have them behind the wheel, I did bookmark that theme earlier, with that I can safely rename trust levels, correct? I would like trust level names to reflect board content, and maybe add a little flair 😄
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/6 "2018-10-03T20:44:12Z")
Hmm this is a decent idea @neil, should we make avatar flair work with built in trust groups?
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/7 "2018-10-04T13:54:55Z")
Yes I think we should do it, but I haven’t gotten around to doing it.
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### Author:  [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2019, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/8 "2019-04-15T10:56:06Z")
I have been looking and I cannot see the Avatar Flair Image for the built-in groups.
I just wanted to add the avatar flair to the Staff group. Do I still have to duplicate this group to have the flair shown? Is there another advantage to creating a Team group with members of the Staff group other than adding flair to the avatar?
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### Author:  [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/9 "2019-04-15T11:23:52Z")
> [@testingsoftware](#):
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> Do I still have to duplicate this group to have the flair shown?
Yes.
> [@testingsoftware](#):
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> Is there another advantage to creating a Team group with members of the Staff group other than adding flair to the avatar?
The advantages are that you can configure the group as you like, like any other custom group, nothing more, nothing less.
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### Author:  [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/10 "2019-04-15T12:15:32Z")
I have added a new group: Team
used our .png favicon (120x120) and linked to it and it seems that it reads the file
I have added some moderators to the new group but the flair is still not showing in their avatar (cards, posts…)
Is there anything else to set up?
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### Author:  [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/11 "2019-04-15T13:08:23Z")
> [@testingsoftware](#):
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> Is there anything else to set up?
Yes, make sure that on their user admin page, “team” is their primary group.
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### Author:  [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/12 "2019-04-15T13:13:31Z")
thanks!
got it now 👍
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/15 "2021-04-07T19:35:45Z")
New in [v2.7.0 beta 6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-7-0-beta6-automatic-group-avatar-flair-improved-user-education-content-bookmark-pinning-and-more/185908) is the ability to add flair based on trust levels and staff privileges.
Primary groups will take precedence over automatic groups. Using the above examples, if a user uses “Super Friends” as their primary group, then they will have the heart flair. Otherwise, it will be based on their automatic groups in this order: admin, moderator, staff, highest trust level that grants flair.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/16 "2022-09-06T06:45:36Z")
5 posts were split to a new topic: [Automatic Group Flair for Trust Levels not showing on user avatars](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-group-flair-for-trust-levels-not-showing-on-user-avatars/238203)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-image-for-automatic-groups-staff-moderators-admin/98618/18 "2022-09-06T06:45:56Z")