# Plugin Development: List a user’s groups without making a request

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-development-list-a-user-s-groups-without-making-a-request/103710>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-development-list-a-user-s-groups-without-making-a-request/103710 "2018-12-07T14:52:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-development-list-a-user-s-groups-without-making-a-request/103710/9 "2019-01-02T09:39:07Z")

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Did you try `current_user.groups`? That should work

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