Members directory

The forum has a public Members directory, a leaderboard-style view of everyone with a forum account.

Open it from the forum home by clicking Members in the top navigation.

Forum Members page, tabs and empty state

Tabs

Across the top:

  • Top Posters (default): members with the most posts in the selected period.
  • Most Reputed: members with the highest reputation score. Reputation comes from upvotes received on posts.
  • New Members: most recent signups, newest first.
  • All Members: full list, default sort by name.

Tabs are bookmarkable via URL parameters.

Time-window selector

Top right of the table is a This Month dropdown. Other options:

  • This Week
  • This Month (default)
  • This Year
  • All Time

The selected window applies to Top Posters and Most Reputed. New Members and All Members ignore the window.

What you see for each member

Each row shows:

  • Avatar (clickable → profile).
  • Display name and @username (clickable → profile).
  • Member title (if they've earned one, e.g. Regular, Trust Level 2).
  • Post count for the period.
  • Reputation total.
  • Joined date.
  • (Some rows show extra badges for moderators, admins, or Patreons.)

A Message action appears on hover (or as part of the row's overflow menu), opens a DM to that person. See Messaging.

Why use the directory

  • Find an expert. If you're stuck on EtherCAT, sort by Top Posters in OpenPLC Hardware (if a category filter ships) or just scan reputed posters and DM them.
  • Greet new members. New Members tab is a friendly place to welcome people. The platform values warm onboarding.
  • Look up someone you remember from a thread. Faster than searching their post for their name.

Sorting and search

  • Click a column header to sort by that column.
  • Search by name/username with the search field above the table (when populated).

Privacy

  • Every signed-in user is visible in the directory by default.
  • There isn't a "hide me from the directory" toggle today. If you want to be invisible, the only option is not to post, once you post, you appear.

Where to next

  • Open someone's profile → click their avatar or name in any row.
  • DM someone → hover row → Message, or use their profile's Message button.
  • Read what they've posted → their profile's posts list.