# Display FullName instead of UserName in the Profile

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-fullname-instead-of-username-in-the-profile/233857
**Category:** SSO
**Created:** [July 25, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-fullname-instead-of-username-in-the-profile/233857 "2022-07-25T07:04:35Z")
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### Author: ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-fullname-instead-of-username-in-the-profile/233857/8 "2022-07-27T05:28:44Z")

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> [@vinothkannans](#):
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> You can’t change it in the settings. You would need a custom plugin to change the profile picture’s letter.

> [@Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-creating-discourse-plugins-part-1-creating-a-basic-plugin/30515):
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> Building a plugin in Discourse can be really simple, once you learn a couple of quirks. The goal of this post is to create a skeleton plugin and introduce you to the basics. Your development environment Make sure you have a development environment of Discourse running on your computer. I recommend you use [the appropriate setup guide](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/dev-install) and come back when you’re done. plugin.rbtada Use [GitHub - discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton: Template for Discourse plugins · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton) to create a complete di…

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