# Searchable user custom fields and bad advice from ask.discourse.org

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/searchable-user-custom-fields-and-bad-advice-from-ask-discourse-org/369173>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** ask-discourse\
**Created:** [June 6, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searchable-user-custom-fields-and-bad-advice-from-ask-discourse-org/369173 "2025-06-06T20:33:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searchable-user-custom-fields-and-bad-advice-from-ask-discourse-org/369173/5 "2025-06-07T15:12:01Z")

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> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> If they have a set of other custom fields already that are searchable then creating a new ‘Location’ one would probably be the smoothest option.

That’s actually what they started with (they had actually used location for something else). But now they want to use the location plugin, which, for some reason, uses location. 🤣

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