# Creating and configuring custom user fields

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-configuring-custom-user-fields/113192>\
**Category:** Site Management\
**Tags:** how-to, user-custom-fields, users\
**Created:** [April 2, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-configuring-custom-user-fields/113192 "2019-04-02T01:42:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-configuring-custom-user-fields/113192/82 "2026-02-08T14:54:42Z")

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Maybe the json which provides the data can be a little help. It’s not beautiful but you can look at `/admin/config/user-fields.json` and get something like

```plaintext
    {
      "id": 18,
      "name": "Age",
      "description": "How old are you?",
      "field_type": "text",
      "editable": true,
      "required": false,
      "requirement": "optional",
      "show_on_profile": false,
      "show_on_user_card": false,
      "show_on_signup": false,
      "searchable": false,
      "position": 9
    },
    {
      "id": 17,
      "name": "pets",
      "description": "choose your favourite",
      "field_type": "dropdown",
      "editable": true,
      "required": false,
      "requirement": "optional",
      "show_on_profile": false,
      "show_on_user_card": false,
      "show_on_signup": false,
      "searchable": false,
      "position": 10,
      "options": [
        "cat",
        "mouse",
        "dog"
      ]
    },

```

But of course that’s not as beautiful as information in the interface

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