# Hidden User Fields

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-user-fields/388397>\
**Category:** Theme component\
**Tags:** unmaintained, user-custom-fields\
**Created:** [November 13, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-user-fields/388397 "2025-11-13T16:09:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 14

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![AirVetra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/airvetra/32/524076_2.png) [@AirVetra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AirVetra)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-user-fields/388397/14 "2025-12-11T15:44:16Z")

</div>

My Antigravity with Gemini 3 Pro High found the root cause:

**Root Cause Identified:** The group

```plaintext
L2_verified

```

exists and

```plaintext
Alex_1

```

is a member, **BUT** the group’s **Visibility Level is set to 4** (Staff/Owners only).

Because of this restrictive setting, Discourse **does not** tell the browser that

```plaintext
Alex_1

```

is a member of this group (unless he is also Staff/Admin). Therefore, the Theme Component checks the list, doesn’t find

```plaintext
L2_verified

```

, and keeps the field hidden.

**Fix:**

1. Go to **Groups** → **L2\_verified** → **Manage** → **Interaction**.

2. Change **Who can see this group?** to **“Members”** or **“Everyone”**.

3. Save.

4. Refresh as

But it’s not a workaround for now - most of our groups are hidden from everyone:(

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-user-fields/388397)._