# Creating and Adding Values to \`custom\_fields\` via API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-adding-values-to-custom-fields-via-api/93477>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 30, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-adding-values-to-custom-fields-via-api/93477 "2018-07-30T14:00:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-adding-values-to-custom-fields-via-api/93477/4 "2018-07-31T07:39:16Z")

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> [@Curtis\_Kephart](#):
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> Is the best course of action to create a user\_field and hide it on sign-up vis css?

Short of a plugin I think that is your only option here.

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