# Showing topic creator and posts/join dates

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-topic-creator-and-posts-join-dates/186165
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-topic-creator-and-posts-join-dates/186165 "2021-04-09T03:42:32Z")
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### Author: ![pqMMA](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pqmma/32/176332_2.png) [@pqMMA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pqMMA)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-topic-creator-and-posts-join-dates/186165/4 "2021-04-09T17:32:23Z")

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> [@Display user attributes on posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-user-attributes-on-posts/185202/3):
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> You’ll need a plugin to add those user fields to the serializer and then a bit of front end stuff to add it to the topic display. I’d guess it’s an hour or two of work.

We are self-hosted. Is that a project you have experience with and are interested in, or do you have a recommendation?

-Chris

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