# User Field Prompt
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** official, user-field-prompt
**Created:** [April 2, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214 "2021-04-02T06:46:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/1 "2021-04-02T06:46:53Z")
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| :discourse2: | **Summary** | **User Field Prompt** allows you to show a [user field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-and-configure-custom-user-fields/113192) form in any Discourse post. |
| 👓 | **Preview** | [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/user-field-prompt) |
| 🛠 | **Repository Link** | [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-user-field-prompt](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-user-field-prompt) |
| 📖 | **New to Discourse Themes?** | [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) |
Install this theme component
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> :discourse2: As this is an #official theme component maintained by the Discourse team, #Support, #Contribute > Bug, #Contribute > UX, and #Contribute > Feature requests can be made in the respective categories here on Meta, and tagged with the appropriate theme component tag. Click on a link below to get one started. 👍
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> [❓ **Support**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=6&tags=user-field-prompt "Ask for support on configuring and using User Field Prompt") [🐛 **Bug**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=1&tags=user-field-prompt "A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of the theme component") [👀 **UX**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=9&tags=user-field-prompt "Discussion about the user interface of User Field Prompt, and how features are presented (including language and UI elements)") [💡 **Feature**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=2&tags=user-field-prompt "Discussion about how existing User Field Prompt features can be improved or enhanced, and how proposed new features could work")
### Features
**User Field Prompt** allows you to show a [user field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-and-configure-custom-user-fields/113192) form in any Discourse post. Changes made in the form will be saved in the current user profile. It’s useful to ask users to make changes to a user field without having to force them to search the field in their profile.
Usage for a user field named `age` and another one named `best fruits`:
`[wrap=user-field names="age,best fruits"][/wrap]`
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> Last edited by @Moin 2026-04-22T17:18:25Z
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### Author:  [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/13 "2025-08-21T01:17:02Z")
Hi, does not work for me, it displays a blank field and an error when saving the post.
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### Author:  [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/14 "2025-08-28T01:10:11Z")
Hi, has anyone successfully used this ?
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/15 "2025-08-28T09:25:17Z")
hi @patrickemin
I can confirm this is currently not working. I’ve tagged in the relevant people, so hopefully there will be a fix soon.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/16 "2025-08-28T10:28:37Z")
Thanks for the report. This should be fixed now: [FIX: Rendering strategy (#34) · discourse/discourse-user-field-prompt@c468800 · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-user-field-prompt/commit/c468800ed81f1273e9c976b5a3fbbb6c67f00aef)
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### Author:  [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/17 "2025-09-03T22:19:21Z")
Hi, I tested again and it’s still not working: no error displayed but the post is blank.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/18 "2025-09-04T08:37:08Z")
Any chance you can share a link to an example broken post on your forum? (in PM is fine if you prefer not to share here)
The [preview of the theme on theme-creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/user-field-prompt) is working for me (as long as you’re logged in)
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### Author:  [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/19 "2025-09-04T14:42:01Z")
Yes here you are: [https://dessein-tech.com/t/user-field-prompt-test/8404](https://dessein-tech.com/t/user-field-prompt-test/8404)
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/20 "2025-09-04T15:22:56Z")
Are you sure the user-field-prompt theme component is installed and enabled? I don’t see its code in the dev tools 🤔
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### Author:  [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/21 "2025-09-04T15:41:27Z")
My bad the TC was deactivated, it’s now active, I created a new topic: [https://dessein-tech.com/t/user-field-prompt-test-2/8406](https://dessein-tech.com/t/user-field-prompt-test-2/8406) the frame around the field appears but is not editable. On top of that, the delete button and edit button for that topic do not work (there a delay of 30 seconds before the topic is actually deleted or can be edited). The wrench icon does not react too. This happens in Preview mode too.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/22 "2025-09-04T16:05:43Z")
I think the problem is that your site is running a legacy version of the post-stream, because `discourse-nationalflags` has not yet been updated for the new post stream. As an admin, you should be seeing a red banner about that issue.
The recent fixes for user-field-prompt were built only with the new post-stream in mind, so that’s why it’s causing errors on your site.
So if you need this user-field feature right now, I’d recommend disabling the nationalflags plugin. Otherwise, you’ll need to wait for the developer of that plugin to make the necessary updates.
x-ref:
- [National Flags - #141 by mcdanlj](https://meta.discourse.org/t/national-flags/55969/141)
- [Upcoming post stream changes - How to prepare themes and plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upcoming-post-stream-changes-how-to-prepare-themes-and-plugins/372063)
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### Author:  [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/23 "2025-09-04T16:08:15Z")
Thank you for your analysis 🙂 . I’ll wait for the nationalflags update.
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### Author:  [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/24 "2025-10-01T00:00:05Z")
Hi, the [national](https://meta.discourse.org/t/national-flags/55969/147) flags plugin has been updated and the TC User Field now works !
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/25 "2026-04-12T17:24:46Z")
Maybe the screenshot in the first post could be updated so it’s less unexpected that the title and description are shown below the field.
It no longer looks like it does in the preferences.
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### Author:  [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/26 "2026-04-12T22:59:14Z")
Would be nice to have them consistent, and this is a minor change.
How tricky is a modification to bring them into alignment?
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2026, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/27 "2026-04-23T06:56:16Z")
We are going to have a better solution than this theme component in the coming weeks, so Im not going to spend time on this sorry.
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/28 "2026-04-23T10:31:59Z")
> [@j.jaffeux](#):
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> We are going to have a better solution than this theme component in the coming weeks
Is this something like user fields in TCs 👀 ?
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### Author:  [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/29 "2026-09-13T16:29:03Z")
> [@j.jaffeux](#):
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> We are going to have a better solution than this theme component in the coming weeks, so Im not going to spend time on this sorry.
I wonder if it is still on the plans 🙂
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-prompt/185214/30 "2026-09-14T02:53:48Z")
Thanks for bringing this up! Seems like [nothing new](https://meta.discourse.org/filter?q=created-after%3A152%20category%3Aannouncements%2Ctheme-component%2Cplugin) since then. I know there has been talk about wanting to have custom user fields in TCs before, but nothing yet unfortunately.