# Showing Real Name instead of Username

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-real-name-instead-of-username/174243>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 25, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-real-name-instead-of-username/174243 "2020-12-25T05:56:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![omarfilip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/omarfilip/32/208019_2.png) [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-real-name-instead-of-username/174243/6 "2021-01-08T00:29:37Z")

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Check the `display name on posts` setting:

`/admin/site_settings/category/posting?filter=name`

I’ve updated my post #2 above with this, too.

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