# Colored usernames
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-usernames/49690
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 3, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-usernames/49690 "2016-09-03T23:54:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Drakon\_Dawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drakon_Dawn)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-usernames/49690/1 "2016-09-03T23:54:45Z")
So Iāve seen xenforo forum software has an option for people to set colored usernames for others and like a marketplace plugin for users to buy those cosmetic perks, does discourse have this? if not could it be implemented?
For example I want the color red on a discourse forum. I buy it through a paypal integration or just direct pay the owner for it, and the system or owner will set the color to red for me. so my username will look red everywhere on the forum š
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-usernames/49690/2 "2016-09-03T23:59:54Z")
If a user has a primary group (which can be configured from the admin UI per user) you can style the user however you want via CSS, including making the username puce if you will. š
There is no end user control for this.
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### Author:  [@Drakon\_Dawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drakon_Dawn)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-usernames/49690/3 "2016-09-04T00:13:18Z")
so its done through code? canāt be done admin UI entirely with the price?
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### Author:  [@ColdSun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ColdSun)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-usernames/49690/4 "2016-09-04T01:16:34Z")
You can edit the CSS through the admin panel, so it already can be done through the admin UI.
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### Author:  [@Drakon\_Dawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drakon_Dawn)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-usernames/49690/5 "2016-09-04T01:29:14Z")
Iām talking about the paypal integration thingy. cuz xenforo has that for
user upgrade section or something.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-usernames/49690/6 "2016-09-04T01:38:53Z")
With the following plugin, yes
> [@Ā«Paid MembershipĀ» plugin with PayPal integration! (version 3.0, 2015-08-31)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-membership-plugin-with-paypal-integration-version-3-0-2015-08-31/30972):
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> Ā«Paid MembershipĀ» plugin gives you an ability to sell membership, access, privileges, and trust levels on your Discourse forum. Live Example You can see a live example here: [https://discourse.pro/plans](https://discourse.pro/plans) More, you can try it yourself! The green membership plan (Ā«TesterĀ») is just for your tests slight_smile You can buy it for $1 and you will automatically get Trust Level 1 and membership in the Ā«TesterĀ» user group on discourse.pro. Version history [3.0: 2015-08-31](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-membership-plugin-with-paypal-integration-version-3-0-2015-08-31/30972/7)[2.0: 2015-08-02](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-membership-plugin-with-paypal-integration-version-2-0-2015-08-02/30972/5)[1.0: 201ā¦](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-membership-plugin-with-paypal-integration-version-2-0-2015-08-02/30972)
- assuming this plugin has been updated recently to work with the latest version of Discourse.