# User Profile page displays "leader" etc instead of site's own name for Trust Level badges
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-page-displays-leader-etc-instead-of-sites-own-name-for-trust-level-badges/28151
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [30 april 2015 om 17:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-page-displays-leader-etc-instead-of-sites-own-name-for-trust-level-badges/28151 "2015-04-30T17:02:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [30 april 2015 om 17:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-page-displays-leader-etc-instead-of-sites-own-name-for-trust-level-badges/28151/1 "2015-04-30T17:02:43Z")
On my site, the user profile page displays “leader” for me, since I have TL4. I think this should say “Trust Level 4” which is the text I use for that badge on my site. Same is true for other trust badges which seem to have some remnant of hardcoded names for trust badges.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1 mei 2015 om 01:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-page-displays-leader-etc-instead-of-sites-own-name-for-trust-level-badges/28151/2 "2015-05-01T01:24:08Z")
Changing the badge has nothing to do with the actual trust level designations. The badges are just badges.
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### Author:  [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)
#### Post date: [1 mei 2015 om 02:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-page-displays-leader-etc-instead-of-sites-own-name-for-trust-level-badges/28151/3 "2015-05-01T02:41:36Z")
Then should @tobiaseigen consider using a plugin to change the built-in wording for each trust level? I know [there was some hint](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-user-trust-levels-do/4924/2) to having a setting that changes the trust level names to match any suitable theme, but not yet implemented.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [1 mei 2015 om 03:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-page-displays-leader-etc-instead-of-sites-own-name-for-trust-level-badges/28151/4 "2015-05-01T03:09:38Z")
Sorry, maybe I need to clarify.. on my site I changed the badge names from e.g. leader to e.g. Trust Level 4. We settled on this because it’s become terminology that we refer to frequently to explain to people in the community what’s going on - so calling a spade a spade is more transparent and clear.
If I had changed “leader” to “smurf” then it should show “smurf” on the user profile for users that achieved that badge. Right now it still shows “leader” which I think is a bug.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1 mei 2015 om 04:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-page-displays-leader-etc-instead-of-sites-own-name-for-trust-level-badges/28151/5 "2015-05-01T04:18:21Z")
Badges have nothing to do with trust level naming, they are external add ons.
In the same way you could rename any badge to anything, etc.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4 december 2025 om 11:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-page-displays-leader-etc-instead-of-sites-own-name-for-trust-level-badges/28151/6 "2025-12-04T11:35:53Z")