# Trouble searching user custom fields

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-searching-user-custom-fields/404800
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [June 8, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-searching-user-custom-fields/404800 "2026-06-08T22:34:35Z")
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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 8, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-searching-user-custom-fields/404800/1 "2026-06-08T22:34:36Z")

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I have several user custom fields that the client wants to be able to search to find users.

If I type a / or use the search at the top of the page, it searches the custom fields and it finds the expected userrs, but searching at `/u` searches only the username.

The search is calling something like:

```
https://hostname/directory_items?period=all&order=likes_received&name=cutr&cards=yes&user_field_ids=6%7C7%7C8%7C1%7C3&plugin_column_ids=15%7C11

```

I’m pretty sure that this used to work and that this is a regression.

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