# Adding a project attribute

**URL:** <https://community.taiga.io/t/adding-a-project-attribute/8957>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [September 29, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://community.taiga.io/t/adding-a-project-attribute/8957 "2026-09-29T01:58:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![csmu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.taiga.io/csmu/32/2289_2.png) [@csmu](https://community.taiga.io/u/csmu)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://community.taiga.io/t/adding-a-project-attribute/8957/1 "2026-09-29T01:58:59Z")

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I’m looking for a way to add an attribute that is available for all projects.  
What are the options to do this?

We are self hosting.

Cheers

Keith

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**Author:** ![Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Charlie](https://community.taiga.io/u/Charlie)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 10:09am UTC](https://community.taiga.io/t/adding-a-project-attribute/8957/2 "2026-10-01T10:09:06Z")

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Hi Keith!

The easiest way is to have a base project with the required attributes, config, etc and then create others using that as a base. The “Duplicate project” when creating a new project option is precisely for that. It does not duplicate the content, it duplicates the configuration (attributes, custom fields, activated modules, etc).

You can also create a new project template, either from the database, the API, or by modifying the fixture that imports project templates to create a third project template beyond Scrum and Kanban (or even modyfying those). The templates have all the information for what modules are active, what custom fields are present, etc.

I hope this helps!

Best!