# How to access Category custom fields in Plugins

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 7, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-access-category-custom-fields-in-plugins/196374 "2021-07-07T23:01:31Z")\
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You might back up and say what you’re trying to do. Mostly, the data you need is already available. If not, you might use Ajax to pull it in, in a theme, or add it to the serializer, in a plugin.

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