# Add custom fields

Create a custom field for your project, ask for it on your forms and show its values on your widgets, Wall of Love pages and share pages.

Create a field, ask customers for it on your forms, and show the answers with your testimonials. Custom fields are available on Pro, Premium and Business, and only the workspace owner and project Admins can create them. For what each field type does, see [Custom fields](/help/manage/custom-fields).

1. **Open Custom Fields**

   Open your project, click the gear icon next to its name at the bottom of the sidebar, and choose the **Custom Fields** tab. It lists your fields and how many of your plan's fields you've used.

2. **Create the field**

   Click **Add Custom Field**. Enter a **Field Label**, such as "Company size", and pick a **Field Type**. Fill in the settings for that type; for a **Dropdown**, click **Add Option** for each choice.

   Switch on **Required** if people must fill it in. **Show Label** starts on and shows the field's name next to its value on cards: switch it off to show the value alone. Click **Create Field**.

   ![The Add Custom Field dialog with Dropdown chosen as the Field Type, and the Options list with its Add Option button outlined, above the Required and Show Label switches and the Create Field button](https://assets.retestimonial.com/app-statics/help/shots/projects-custom-field-dialog.c4250bf9.webp)

   Drag a field by its handle to change the order fields appear in.

3. **Ask for it on a form**

   Fields don't appear on any form until you switch them on. Open the form in the form builder and, on the **Pages** tab, click its **About You** or **About Company** page (add an **About Company** page with **Add Page** if the form has none). Under **Custom Fields**, switch your field on.

   To change how it looks on this form, click the arrow beside it: you can set a **Label**, a **Placeholder** (for most types) and **Required** for this form only. If you switch the field on for both About pages, the builder says "Also enabled on" the other page: both pages share one answer, and it's required if either page requires it.

4. **Show it on a widget**

   Open the widget in the widget builder. On the **Design** tab, under **Card elements**, click **Custom Fields** (it's listed when your widget's style can show fields) and switch on **Show custom fields**. Choose a **Position** (**Below Title**, **Below Author** or **In Footer**) and, under **Fields to Show**, switch off any field you want to keep off this widget.

5. **Check your Wall of Love and share pages**

   These show your fields without any setup:

   - **Wall of Love:** on the wall's **Design** tab, **Custom Fields** sets the **Display Position** (or **Hidden**) and which fields show.
   - **Share pages:** under the **Share Pages** tab of your project settings, switch off **Show custom fields on share pages** if a field holds details that shouldn't be public.

## Fill in values yourself

For testimonials you add or already have, fill in the fields in the **Custom Fields** section of the **Add a text testimonial** or **Add a video testimonial** dialog, or of the testimonial's **Edit** window. A field marked with \* must be filled in before you can save. To fill them from a file, see [Custom fields](/help/import/import-file-columns-and-formats#custom-fields) in "Import file columns and formats".

## Change or delete a field

Hover over a field on the **Custom Fields** tab and click the pencil to edit it, then **Save Changes**. You can't change its type.

If you remove a **Dropdown** option that testimonials already use, a warning lists them. Testimonials keep the old value, even though it no longer matches an option; click **Confirm & Save** to go ahead.

To delete a field, click its trash icon. Deleting removes the field from every form and permanently deletes its values from your testimonials; the dialog says how many testimonials have one.

## What happens next

New answers show up on your cards once the testimonial is approved. To see a testimonial's values in the inbox, click **Show more** on its card.

- [Build a collection form](/help/collect/build-a-collection-form)
- [Customize a widget](/help/display/customize-a-widget)
- [Edit a testimonial](/help/manage/edit-a-testimonial)