# \#user-status **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/user-status/539.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Group User Status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-user-status/393748)
**Author:** [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-user-status/393748 "2026-07-21T00:29:05Z")
:information\_source: Summary Restricts the user status feature to specific groups :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/Lillinator/group-user-status :open\_book: Install Guide How to instal… --- ## [Creating a component to staff-limit user status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-component-to-staff-limit-user-status/260214)
**Author:** [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-component-to-staff-limit-user-status/260214 "2026-01-18T18:42:52Z")
@Lilly If you are interested, you might try this component GitHub - Arkshine/discourse-restrict-user-status: A theme component to restrict user status access to groups. · GitHub EDIT: as soon it’s fully working, I will… --- ## [Making custom user status more prominent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-custom-user-status-more-prominent/392826)
**Author:** [@jayarr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jayarr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-custom-user-status-more-prominent/392826 "2026-01-07T08:22:07Z")
Hi all, Our forum heavily uses the custom user status feature, and the notion has come up of finding a way to make that info even more prominent and visible – by having it always appear beneath a user’s name in a post r… --- ## [Let me schedule my status change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-me-schedule-my-status-change/391458)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-me-schedule-my-status-change/391458 "2025-12-16T13:45:25Z")
Later this week, I’ll be leaving for my Christmas vacation. I’ve scheduled my email away responder to kick in after I’m gone. I’ve scheduled an announcement in the Community But I can’t schedule a status change. I … --- ## [Feature request: when setting user status, provide quick list of “last 5 user statuses”](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-when-setting-user-status-provide-quick-list-of-last-5-user-statuses/365810)
**Author:** [@Ralf\_Stockmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ralf_Stockmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-when-setting-user-status-provide-quick-list-of-last-5-user-statuses/365810 "2024-05-22T15:22:08Z")
Feature Request: we are using Discourse as a social intranet in our library (I will write a lessons learned long read later this year) so this status feature becomes quite handy. But: in a standard intranet usecase, one… --- ## [User status stops working for admins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-status-stops-working-for-admins/318640)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-status-stops-working-for-admins/318640 "2024-09-22T14:30:47Z")
Hello :wave: I have updated my site today morning to (f169985fce) and just noticed now the user status disappeared for admins. I tried to add new user status which works and appears until I reload the page. After that t… --- ## [Unable to change emoji for status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-emoji-for-status/323961)
**Author:** [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-emoji-for-status/323961 "2024-09-12T21:18:10Z")
I’m trying to set a vacation status but it does not accept when I select something, like :beach\_umbrella:. It just looks blank: --- ## [User Status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-status/240335)
**Author:** [@andrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andrei)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-status/240335 "2023-08-31T15:25:33Z")
With this announcement, we’re making publicly available a new feature that enables you to set a custom status message. After setting, that message will be shown next to your avatar on posts, in chat, on your user card et… --- ## [Connect Discourse status to Outlook out of office](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connect-discourse-status-to-outlook-out-of-office/309016)
**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connect-discourse-status-to-outlook-out-of-office/309016 "2024-05-22T15:06:42Z")
Setting status manually can be tough to remember across multiple applications. It would be great if Discourse could connect to Outlook so that status could be set automatically when a user has out of office calendar even… --- ## [Custom status message in front of header and other elements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-status-message-in-front-of-header-and-other-elements/273320)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-status-message-in-front-of-header-and-other-elements/273320 "2024-03-28T18:05:53Z")
Problem description: The custom status message of the user does not get hidden by the banner even when the post that the user saw is gone, hence making it not visually appealing. Attached is a picture of the problem: … --- ## [User statuses got harder to reveal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-statuses-got-harder-to-reveal/282008)
**Author:** [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-statuses-got-harder-to-reveal/282008 "2023-10-12T14:06:46Z")
(Maybe better as a Contribute \> Bug, I always seem to tag these wrong) Just noticed on all three of the forums I’m on (excluding Meta, can’t set a status here) that user statuses are a lot harder to reveal on mobile now… --- ## [My status still appears on the post when leaving and clearing status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-status-still-appears-on-the-post-when-leaving-and-clearing-status/274512)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-status-still-appears-on-the-post-when-leaving-and-clearing-status/274512 "2023-08-09T14:19:33Z")
Description: The status will still remain in the UX until refreshed until leaving the page and going back to the page. Reproduction: Leave page. Clear user status. Go back, the user status will appear to remain. Refre… --- ## [When the user is anoned, their user status remains](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-the-user-is-anoned-their-user-status-remains/265717)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-the-user-is-anoned-their-user-status-remains/265717 "2023-05-22T04:59:43Z")
Minor bug, but when anoned, it is supposed to clear everything. It does not clear the status however. Please see below: Example 1: Example 2: --- ## [Hover able elements (user status, reactions)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hover-able-elements-user-status-reactions/258495)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hover-able-elements-user-status-reactions/258495 "2023-04-18T10:33:07Z")
Hello, I noticed on channel message when I tap the user status it will open the user card too and long tap on a reaction is activate the chat message action panel on mobile. I tried it on Android 10. Thank you … --- ## [How to change the default user status emoji?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-default-user-status-emoji/257819)
**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-default-user-status-emoji/257819 "2023-03-14T03:08:36Z")
--- ## [User status emoji alignment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-status-emoji-alignment/254706)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-status-emoji-alignment/254706 "2023-02-20T16:27:04Z")
Hello, There was a change to set emojis vertical-align to text-bottom. UX: improve emoji alignment for text (#19815) · discourse/discourse@18f7b47 · GitHub It looks good in posts and the headings are left in middle ali…