# 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")\
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**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/textarea-user-field-type/247289/1 "2022-12-01T05:02:24Z")

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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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