# ( בפנסיה ) השתמש ב- ID בשדה משתמש מותאם כדי לקשר לפרופיל חיצוני של משתמש

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/retired-use-an-id-in-a-custom-user-field-to-link-to-a-users-external-profile/41218
**Category:** Site Management
**Created:** [17 במרץ,‏ 2016,‏ 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retired-use-an-id-in-a-custom-user-field-to-link-to-a-users-external-profile/41218 "2016-03-17T17:43:28Z")
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### Author: ![wilson29thid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wilson29thid/32/173700_2.png) [@wilson29thid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wilson29thid)
#### Post date: [6 במרץ,‏ 2021,‏ 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retired-use-an-id-in-a-custom-user-field-to-link-to-a-users-external-profile/41218/53 "2021-03-06T17:25:28Z")

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Hi all, just wanted to share that I made a very basic [plugin version of this](https://github.com/29th/discourse-custom-profile-link). It just lets you specify which user field to make into a link, and—optionally—a prefix (e.g. `https://mysite.com/users/`). Just thought I’d share in case anyone would rather install a theme component instead of modify code. It’s based on the code in the original post in this thread.

On a side note, for my particular use case, I don’t want any user to be able to edit it; rather, I plan to update it via the discourse API. In that case, would a “custom field” be better than a “user field”? I see both in the API, but `custom_fields` are blank.

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