# Custom User Fields DO NOT render a url as clickable
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-do-not-render-a-url-as-clickable/80388
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 12, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-do-not-render-a-url-as-clickable/80388 "2018-02-12T17:23:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Vaping\_Community](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vaping_Community)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-do-not-render-a-url-as-clickable/80388/1 "2018-02-12T17:23:48Z")
**Discourse Version:** discourse ([19b41161](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/compare/19b4116...tests-passed))
As the title suggests, when using a `Custom User Field` and inserting a URL, it is not rendered as a clickable URL on the users profile page.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-do-not-render-a-url-as-clickable/80388/2 "2018-02-13T00:18:01Z")
Did you follow [(Retired) Use an ID in a custom user field to link to a user's external profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-custom-user-field-to-external-website/41218) ?
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### Author:  [@Vaping\_Community](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vaping_Community)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-do-not-render-a-url-as-clickable/80388/3 "2018-02-13T12:51:06Z")
Thanks so much! That should do it.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-do-not-render-a-url-as-clickable/80388/4 "2018-02-16T01:00:09Z")
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