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Developers Technical guides and code examples for people developing with Discourse. (Index) Administrators Guides to help Discourse site owners manage their communities more effectively. (Index) Users Guides for making the most of Discourse as a user. (Index) Sysadmins Guides to assist those who self-host their Discourse sites. (Index)

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Configuring the default sidebar for your users Administrators sidebar	1	756	January 18, 2025
Explanation of dark mode, how to select it, and how to enable switching Users	4	843	May 11, 2025
Fixing issue where all user IPs in Discourse deployed via 1Panel show as Cloudflare instead of real browser IPs Sysadmins	0	107	May 1, 2026
Install Discourse on a residential internet with Cloudflare Tunnel Sysadmins arm , how-to , raspberry-pi , install	68	8957	May 1, 2026
@ Top-level domain redirects to www Sysadmins	6	146	April 16, 2026
Any random subdomain redirects to www Sysadmins	2	88	April 14, 2026
Administrators Index Administrators General guides Re-creating the Lounge: Re-creating the automatic Lounge category Customizing Terms of Service: Some notes on customizing the default Terms of Service Custom email notification footer: Customize email not…	0	548	August 21, 2024
Re-creating the automatic Lounge category Administrators	2	152	March 5, 2026
Customizing subcategory boxes in Discourse Developers how-to , customization	2	1450	April 2, 2026
Create a Network chart of your forum - data visualization Administrators how-to , reporting	4	6763	March 26, 2026
Discourse MCP Setup in OpenCode CLI Users ai , user-api , mcp	0	752	March 13, 2026
Migrate a NodeBB forum with MongoDB to Discourse Sysadmins how-to	18	5926	March 8, 2026
Discourse MCP Setup in OpenAI Codex CLI Users ai , user-api , mcp	0	477	March 4, 2026
Configuring AWS SES for outgoing, bounce, and incoming email Sysadmins email , how-to	12	3034	February 26, 2026
Customizing themes without an Edit code button Administrators customization	1	412	February 25, 2026
Recommended Hosting Providers for Self Hosters Sysadmins hosting This guide is intended for people who are not system administrators who just want to make Discourse work. This is a list of cloud hosting services that are believed to be reliable and easy enough for a novice to get up a…	118	31307	February 24, 2026
Move from standalone container to separate web and data containers Sysadmins docker , how-to , advanced-setup , two-container	137	26544	February 24, 2026
MKJ's Opinionated Discourse Deployment Configuration Sysadmins explanation , install	39	7234	February 16, 2026
Customize direct-delivery Postfix configuration Sysadmins how-to , advanced-setup	19	5088	February 14, 2026
Add an offline page to display when Discourse is rebuilding or starting up Sysadmins configuring , how-to , advanced-setup	140	245176	February 3, 2026
Configuring AWS's Amazon S3 for storage and Cloudfront for CDNs Sysadmins cdn , s3	2	198	January 13, 2026
Setup a ToolTip in your Forum Developers how-to	4	3192	January 12, 2026
Deploy Discourse without Docker Sysadmins unsupported-install , advanced-setup	33	1699	January 8, 2026
Writing an effective feature request, a step by step guide Users	3	714	October 1, 2024
Common list of imports for Theme Components/plugins (JS) Developers	1	191	December 26, 2025
Running Discourse with WordPress (Docker) on a single VPS using Nginx Reverse Proxy Sysadmins wordpress	0	121	December 24, 2025
Some wp-discourse + cloudflare lessons learned Sysadmins wp-discourse	0	111	December 22, 2025
Set up Let’s Encrypt with multiple domains / redirects Sysadmins how-to , letsencrypt	111	20337	December 16, 2025
Override existing Discourse methods in plugins Developers plugin-guides , how-to	8	4890	December 10, 2025
Discourse AI: Discord Bot Integration Guide Sysadmins	0	905	December 4, 2025