# Can we display custom fields in user directory list
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed, user-directory
**Created:** [November 12, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506 "2015-11-12T19:32:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/1 "2015-11-12T19:32:23Z")
Hey! I’m wondering if there is any way to display a custom field in the user directory.
While having statistics is nice to see how users at large are using the site, a user directory should also have an associated list of useful values associated with that user.
I would like some way to see at-a-glance a list of all custom fields (or chosen custom fields) when browsing through the user directory.
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### Author:  [@Cozdabuch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cozdabuch)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/2 "2017-08-26T05:39:34Z")
nobody ever followed up on this? This would be terrific!
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### Author:  [@DMRF](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DMRF)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/3 "2017-10-16T15:49:26Z")
Agreed,
I’m particularly interested in having the user directory list items like group.
Does anyone know if this is possible?
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### Author:  [@MakaryGo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MakaryGo)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/4 "2017-10-16T16:07:54Z")
If we could make this fields sortable even, this would be really, really awesome.
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### Author:  [@Alex\_Tapper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Tapper)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/5 "2018-07-26T14:45:26Z")
Did anyone in this topic ever figure this out? Would love to display the custom user fields on the user list page.
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### Author:  [@zaino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zaino)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/6 "2019-02-17T22:08:53Z")
I have been looking around for such a solution as well. Has anyone figured this out?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/7 "2019-02-18T01:48:01Z")
At the moment this would require a custom plugin cause the serializer would need amendments.
We have rough plans to allow serializers to be amended from themes and then we can potentially do this in a theme component. We will update here as it progresses.
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### Author:  [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/8 "2019-05-15T15:57:13Z")
Is there any (planned) progress regarding this feature ?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/9 "2019-05-17T00:11:13Z")
We still have rough plans, but nothing concrete quite yet.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/10 "2023-03-02T02:31:23Z")
This feature has been implemented in discourse for a while now. On my neighborhood forum, I like using it to display the street address and phone number for people in the community. Works really well! 🤗
> [@2.8.0.beta2: User Directory Custom Fields, Tagging Enabled by Default, User-Selectable Badge Display, and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-8-0-beta2-user-directory-custom-fields-tagging-enabled-by-default-user-selectable-badge-display-and-more/193148):
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> New features in 2.8.0.beta2 User Directory can now show user custom fields Discourse has long allowed admins to configure user custom fields to allow users to share additional information on the site. Fields could be configured to show on a user’s profile page, as well as the user card. Now, admins can configure user fields to display in the User Directory. Admins can use the wrench to configure what columns appear in the directory, including custom fields. Tagging enabled by default M…
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-custom-fields-in-user-directory-list/35506/11 "2023-10-06T11:31:47Z")