# Help "sorting" my users
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-sorting-my-users/160862
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 14, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-sorting-my-users/160862 "2020-08-14T12:41:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-sorting-my-users/160862/1 "2020-08-14T12:41:32Z")
At the moment the only way my users is sorted is by the trust level.
But I think it would make more sense to make some groups or another way to sort my users - but how is that best done?
My forum have 3 kinds of users I would say
- Comming Students
- Students
- M.D.
Students would be the biggest of all groups. We only have a few M.D. at my forum.
When you are a student you could study at 4 or 5 universities
Copenhagen
Odense
Aarhus
Aalborg
And abroad
In some way I also want to add a avatar-icon to a users profile avatar. Should it be by the place you study or the kind of usertype?
Im not sure how to do this the best way?
Any hints how to sort my users and visualize the users like this…
It should be optional to share this information with my forum.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-sorting-my-users/160862/2 "2020-08-14T14:33:40Z")
You want to know about groups. Here is a start [Configuring group access, membership, and visibility](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-custom-group-access-and-visibility/138296)
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### Author:  [@Mevo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mevo)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-sorting-my-users/160862/3 "2020-08-14T17:27:20Z")
Then you could continue by this. It’s about “staff”, but some of it could also apply to your case:
> [@Make staff users more recognizable with customized avatars, posts, and mentions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-staff-user-more-recognizable/142794):
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> There are various methods that can be used to make a staff user immediately recognizable to other users. Show moderator shield Any staff user who is moderator, or admin and moderator, will have the moderator shield next to the username. left_speech_bubble Tips: the shield will not appear if the staff user has the role of admin but not moderator. CSS to change color of the shield play_button Change color for all Staff usersplay_button Change color differentiating ADMIN users from MOD users CSS to h…
And you can look at this maybe to achieve what you want to do:
> [@Custom Wizard Plugin mage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-wizard-plugin/73345):
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> pavilionSummary Forms for Discourse. This plugin lets you make rich and powerful forms for your Discourse forum. Better user onboarding, structured posting, data enrichment, automated actions and much more for your community.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-custom-wizard](https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-custom-wizard)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)people_huggingCommunity Community based support and discussions about this plugin are hosted on th…