# Custom fields that show up once logged in

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/custom-fields-that-show-up-once-logged-in/4809>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/custom-fields-that-show-up-once-logged-in/4809 "2019-01-04T04:11:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![samcam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/samcam/32/2205_2.png) [@samcam](https://forum.ghost.org/u/samcam)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/custom-fields-that-show-up-once-logged-in/4809/1 "2019-01-04T04:11:14Z")

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Happy New Year!

I’m new to Ghost & just want to know if this simple? thing is possible…

Is it possible to add a custom field that only appears if someone has logged in?

I’m wanting a download link (unique to each story/post) to appear below the post/story if the user is Logged in.

The WordPress equivalent is this - [Advanced Custom Fields – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/)  
I’m able to show a field in a public post if the user is logged in.

Hope you understand what i’m after!

Kind Regards  
Sam

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**Author:** ![Mathieu\_Rouault](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/mathieu_rouault/32/1661_2.png) [@Mathieu\_Rouault](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Mathieu_Rouault)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/custom-fields-that-show-up-once-logged-in/4809/2 "2019-01-04T06:52:06Z")

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Hello @samcam,

Welcome to the Ghost community !

As far as I know, Ghost has no custom fields functionnality (and probably won’t have ?).

That said, the Ghost team plans to deliver a version of Ghost with membership functionnality, which could perfectly fit your need, I guess (showing this button with a sort of “is\_member” or “is\_login” conditionnal tag).

> [@Memberships & Subscriptions](https://forum.ghost.org/t/memberships-subscriptions/377):
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> Add full membership support to Ghost, allowing readers to sign up, login, and comment on stories. Having readers become members opens up a lot of exciting future functionality, including: Paid subscriptions (like Stratechery or TheInformation) Personalised reading recommendations based on reading history (like Amazon) Personalised email newsletters based on user history (like Product Hunt) Detailed analytics on a per-user basis (allows advanced tools like Mixpanel/Kissmetrics to be used) Full …

Mat

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**Author:** ![samcam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/samcam/32/2205_2.png) [@samcam](https://forum.ghost.org/u/samcam)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/custom-fields-that-show-up-once-logged-in/4809/3 "2019-01-04T07:07:19Z")

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That sounds like exactly what I need! Hopefully it gets implemented in the near future!

Sam

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/b/ba9ce5100b8bb264586f4f572545596b2ce3f081.png) [@system](https://forum.ghost.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/custom-fields-that-show-up-once-logged-in/4809/4 "2019-01-18T07:07:21Z")

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