# First Post badge
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 11, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507 "2022-07-11T14:49:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Helga\_Razinkova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helga_Razinkova)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/1 "2022-07-11T14:49:31Z")
Why are there no badges for the first post/topic? Is there a way to customize it?
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/2 "2022-07-11T15:03:24Z")
What you can do is make a badge, then use the Automation plugin to grant it
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### Author:  [@Helga\_Razinkova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helga_Razinkova)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/3 "2022-07-11T15:10:49Z")
yeah, but am I right that the only option to do so is through the API?
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/4 "2022-07-11T15:12:14Z")
Yeah, unless you want to manually do it. The only things that automate by default are the badges you get on a fresh install
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### Author:  [@Helga\_Razinkova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helga_Razinkova)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/5 "2022-07-11T15:15:16Z")
thanks a lot for your help, @darkpixlz! 🤗
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/6 "2022-07-11T15:36:55Z")
It is possible to have [Triggered Custom SQL badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/triggered-custom-badge-queries/19336) if you self-host, or are on a hosting tier that supports it. 👍 (Enterprise for us)
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### Author:  [@Helga\_Razinkova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helga_Razinkova)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/8 "2022-07-12T06:32:58Z")
oh, that would be amazing, but our site is not self-hosted, alas ☹
Anyways, thanks a lot for this solution!
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### Author:  [@mlgtechuser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mlgtechuser)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/9 "2022-07-12T07:20:20Z")
Wow. I could have sworn that I got a First Topic and First Post badge, but I see none such in my profile here or at `discuss.python.org`. I’d recommend these as a default.
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### Author:  [@Helga\_Razinkova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helga_Razinkova)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/10 "2022-07-12T07:33:13Z")
Yeah, I also thought I had the same feeling 😅
Hopefully, there will be such a badge in the future.
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### Author:  [@mlgtechuser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mlgtechuser)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/11 "2022-07-13T05:05:29Z")
Here’s something roaringly funny, @Helga_Razinkova:
When I checked my notice queue yesterday and saw this:
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I thought “Oh, look…someone has enabled the First Post Badge!! We get the badge now!”
…then I saw that it was a ❤. Haha! 🤣
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### Author:  [@Helga\_Razinkova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helga_Razinkova)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/12 "2022-07-13T06:16:22Z")
oh my! That’s indeed funny and so disappointing 😅
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-badge/232507/17 "2022-07-13T09:17:25Z")
2 posts were split to a new topic: [How to grant badges using Automation?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-grant-badges-using-automation/232716)