# User Profiles Hidden for Non Staff Members **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug\ **Tags:** custom-profile-link\ **Created:** [August 6, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profiles-hidden-for-non-staff-members/320397 "2024-08-06T15:40:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![KhoiUSA](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/khoiusa/32/373010_2.png) [@KhoiUSA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KhoiUSA)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profiles-hidden-for-non-staff-members/320397/1 "2024-08-06T15:40:40Z")
> **UPDATE:** The issue is with the [Custom Profile Link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-profile-link/295470) theme component. When a user field is set to not being visible on the public profile, the theme component manages to hide the entire profile. A workaround is to set the user field to be visible on the public profile. > > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/4/7/447e9aebed193b9cab381afb156661001fea9745.png) Hello everyone, I need help, I’ve just realized that on my Discourse forum, users who are not moderators or administrators are unable to view each others profiles, they can only view their own profiles. Below is an example. Is this a site setting that I am missing? These users did not opt to hide their profile and presence options in their interface settings. If anybody can help or knows about this issue, please help me out, Thanks. ![This is a screenshot of a computer desktop with a dark background and a city skyline under a dark sky. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/b/2/eb26dcf1eb8e44354f0a9536006048196c005120.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/2/5/12561b04262800c8adf8094f60528e9bada33322.png) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profiles-hidden-for-non-staff-members/320397)._