# Textarea user field type
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/textarea-user-field-type/247289
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 1, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/textarea-user-field-type/247289 "2022-12-01T05:02:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@unfairest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/unfairest)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/textarea-user-field-type/247289/1 "2022-12-01T05:02:24Z")
I would like to have a user field type that is for long-form text, so users could write paragraphs and have line breaks (and any markdown/HTML) preserved when it is shown in the user’s profile.
Could I achieve this myself with limited coding knowledge? I have done a little with Javascript, but I admittedly find backend development intimidating.
If this is best achieved through a custom plugin in the marketplace, what kind of budget should I expect to have?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/textarea-user-field-type/247289/2 "2022-12-06T15:49:47Z")
I think you’d need to write a plugin to do that, as you’d need to create your own `UserCustomField` (slightly different from the ones you can create in the UX currently) to do that and then add it to the serializer, and then display it wherever you want it to show up. If it’s just one field, a place to edit it on the user profile, and then to display it on the user profile (when other users look) and/or the user card, I’m guessing $500-1000.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/textarea-user-field-type/247289/3 "2025-08-04T20:15:17Z")
This is implemented now, see also
> [@Is it possible to have a multi-line/longer text field in the signup form?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-multi-line-longer-text-field-in-the-signup-form/257642/10):
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> Hello all, We’ve heard you and the request does make sense. This should be available with the latest update. ([PR](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34072)) Hope this works for everyone!
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/textarea-user-field-type/247289/4 "2025-08-04T20:31:57Z")