# User directory shows only admin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-shows-only-admin/47288
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 14, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-shows-only-admin/47288 "2016-07-14T09:39:15Z")
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### Author: ![Silvanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/silvanus/32/62831_2.png) [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-shows-only-admin/47288/1 "2016-07-14T09:39:15Z")

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I’ve set up a new discourse in my domain, but there’s a slight problem. For some reason the **user directory is showing only me** (the admin), but no one else. A lot of people have already signed up, but still no one else is shown.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-shows-only-admin/47288/2 "2016-07-14T10:28:58Z")

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There is a regular job that updates it, wait 24 hours the users should all show up.

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### Author: ![alexjpanagis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alexjpanagis/32/263387_2.png) [@alexjpanagis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexjpanagis)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-shows-only-admin/47288/3 "2020-07-13T09:28:42Z")

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Is there a way to force this job to run? My forum is older than 24 hours (over a week) and still shows nobody in the user directory – not even my profile…

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-shows-only-admin/47288/4 "2020-07-13T09:50:59Z")

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Go to `your.discourse/sidekiq/scheduler` and click the Trigger button on the same line as the “`Jobs::DirectoryRefreshDaily`” job.

You might want to check the last time the job ran and its latest status (should be `OK`).

Also, are you sure you have the “`enable user directory`” site setting enabled?

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### Author: ![alexjpanagis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alexjpanagis/32/263387_2.png) [@alexjpanagis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexjpanagis)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-shows-only-admin/47288/5 "2020-07-13T10:52:09Z")

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Hey Regis, thanks for the swift response. Yes, I can confirm that the user directory option is enabled and even when I click to trigger that job, it ran and has status ok but the directory is still empty.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/e/3e896bb0c210133ee21b12ac2ada55e8b730c252.png)

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-shows-only-admin/47288/6 "2020-07-13T10:55:03Z")

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Can you do the same with the “`DirectoryRefreshOlder`” job?

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### Author: ![alexjpanagis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alexjpanagis/32/263387_2.png) [@alexjpanagis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexjpanagis)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-shows-only-admin/47288/7 "2020-07-13T11:09:20Z")

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Perfect – that did the trick, thank you! 🙏

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-shows-only-admin/47288/8 "2024-06-08T12:36:55Z")

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