# What is this code add\_to\_serializer in all these plugins

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [March 12, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-this-code-add-to-serializer-in-all-these-plugins/58913 "2017-03-12T05:07:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![jimkleiber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimkleiber/32/121814_2.png) [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-this-code-add-to-serializer-in-all-these-plugins/58913/28 "2023-04-03T17:15:11Z")

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I wonder if “add to serializer” could be a checkbox when creating a custom user field in the UI. And then the PR could be to check if the custom user field has add to serializer and then if so, add it.

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