# Required custom fields for signup are not required for invites

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-custom-fields-for-signup-are-not-required-for-invites/51155
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [10월 6, 2016, 3:03오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-custom-fields-for-signup-are-not-required-for-invites/51155 "2016-10-06T03:03:02Z")
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### Author: ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [4월 5, 2017, 11:55오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-custom-fields-for-signup-are-not-required-for-invites/51155/3 "2017-04-05T23:55:25Z")

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If the signup fields are not super mandatory, this not yet existing plugin could solve the problem:

> [@Ask users for information \*after\* sign-up (welcome page?)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ask-users-for-information-after-sign-up-welcome-page/59799):
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> It’s great to have custom-fields that users are asked to fill in upon sign-up, but there is an obvious trade-off: every user user field increases the chance that someone who wanted to sign-up changes their mind and wanders off. So I’d like to suggest a way of getting new users to provide some information while making sure that this doesn’t scare them away. Now, to be clear, this means that this information cannot be strictly required at sign-up (duh), so stuff that is really really required sti…

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