# Friendly user profile url

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/friendly-user-profile-url/213174
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 27, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/friendly-user-profile-url/213174 "2021-12-27T11:06:33Z")
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/friendly-user-profile-url/213174/6 "2021-12-27T16:13:21Z")

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Here’s the file you need to override. Try it out:

[discourse/routes.rb at main · discourse/discourse (github.com)](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/config/routes.rb)

If you are not used to writing Rails and plugins, take a look at:

- [Rails Routing from the Outside In — Ruby on Rails Guides](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html)
- [Beginner’s Guide to Creating Discourse Plugins Part 1: Creating a basic plugin - howto / developers - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-creating-discourse-plugins-part-1-creating-a-basic-plugin/30515)

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