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here is plugin simply download and give name whatever you want ,its for 1.8 but will work on latest elgg version too :)
https://community.elgg.org/plugins/874881
Damn, I just joined the community and I'm impressed. Your response was way faster than I had anticipated. Thanks, I'm checking both replies right now.
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