# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=15 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 16 --- ## [Feature/plugin idea: Show original topic in the image lightbox when reposted/reuploaded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-plugin-idea-show-original-topic-in-the-image-lightbox-when-reposted-reuploaded/392875)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-plugin-idea-show-original-topic-in-the-image-lightbox-when-reposted-reuploaded/392875 "2026-01-07T13:49:38Z")
Hey guys, For our forum, we are currently considering a feature that would require a plugin, but we are not sure if it’s feasible. Our use case: We have a lot of diary/log topics, and we would like to be able to keep t… --- ## [Allow multiple staff aliases](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-multiple-staff-aliases/392856)
**Author:** [@joo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-multiple-staff-aliases/392856 "2025-03-24T09:58:54Z")
Hi team, The Discourse Staff Alias plugin is an excellent feature for allowing staff members to post under an alias. However, I noticed that the plugin settings currently only allow the configuration of one alias, which… --- ## [Need a lottery Addon.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-lottery-addons/392679)
**Author:** [@祁同伟](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E7%A5%81%E5%90%8C%E4%BC%9F)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-lottery-addons/392679 "2026-01-05T14:56:37Z")
Such as the repo below： Function Introduction The initiator can start a lottery based on a template in a specified section/tag. The lottery post must specify: lottery name, prizes, number of winners, drawing time, and a brief description. Users participate by replying as required, no button clicking needed. Automatic drawing at the specified time, excluding the initiator and duplicate users. Automatically announce the list of winners in the thread. Automatically add 【Lottery Ended】 to the lottery thread. Automatically add the tag "Lottery Ended". Winners will be marked as winners in the winning post. System messages will be automatically sent to the winners... --- ## [Allow searching in multiple categories at once](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-searching-in-multiple-categories-at-once/163850)
**Author:** [@Loki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Loki)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-searching-in-multiple-categories-at-once/163850 "2026-01-05T09:25:40Z")
Is there any way to search in 2 categories (and only those 2 categories) at the same time? --- ## [Combining multiple advanced search filters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/combining-multiple-advanced-search-filters/256842)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/combining-multiple-advanced-search-filters/256842 "2026-01-02T21:43:28Z")
Hi there, in my large imported forum it would be extremely helpful to be able combine multiple search filters to help users pick up on activity in older threads that they participated in on the old forum such as in:poste… --- ## [Allow to specify categories to exclude from AI gist summaries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-specify-categories-to-exclude-from-ai-gist-summaries/392448)
**Author:** [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-specify-categories-to-exclude-from-ai-gist-summaries/392448 "2025-12-31T11:13:38Z")
I have a self-hosted instance that is using AI summarization, and also has a number of categories specifically for RSS news feeds. the RSS feeds can pull quite a few posts in daily. I have these categories suppressed f… --- ## [Connecting site settings to documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connecting-site-settings-to-documentation/392445)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connecting-site-settings-to-documentation/392445 "2025-12-30T22:26:15Z")
Discourse does have a lot of options but it’s not that hard to go through them methodically. One improvement might be to have not only a description of each site setting but also a link to documentation. Sometimes the d… --- ## [Chrome/Firefox extension "Share to discourse"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-firefox-extension-share-to-discourse/21104)
**Author:** [@kuchaev\_iv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuchaev_iv)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-firefox-extension-share-to-discourse/21104 "2025-12-30T10:52:20Z")
Any thougts? It will be very helpfull for content managers for ex. --- ## [Groups should get emails for new assignments - 'Discourse Assign' plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-should-get-emails-for-new-assignments-discourse-assign-plugin/392308)
**Author:** [@pi\_dwg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pi_dwg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-should-get-emails-for-new-assignments-discourse-assign-plugin/392308 "2025-12-30T06:36:28Z")
In the Assignment plugin, email notifications are sent when a topic is assigned to an individual, but not when it is assigned to a group. I propose enabling email notifications for both group and individual assignments. … --- ## [Allow regular posts' js features in published pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-regular-posts-js-features-in-published-pages/392326)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-regular-posts-js-features-in-published-pages/392326 "2025-12-29T14:36:54Z")
This has been discussed widely across various categories, and users have asked for certain features specifically to be enabled in published pages\[1\]\[2\]\[3\]\[4\], but my wish is that most if all js features users have access… --- ## [AI translator should translate summaries too](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-translator-should-translate-summaries-too/380067)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-translator-should-translate-summaries-too/380067 "2025-12-29T03:13:51Z")
The issue is this: AI translator doesn’t translate summaries. But it should, because it translates everything else. Is it possible? --- ## [Floating buttons in chat for quoting, editing, sharing, AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/floating-buttons-in-chat-for-quoting-editing-sharing-ai/283879)
**Author:** [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/floating-buttons-in-chat-for-quoting-editing-sharing-ai/283879 "2025-12-25T18:47:53Z")
A recent Telegram update has caught up with a feature that Discourse Chat has long had (but is not convenient enough yet): quote in chat. Telegram New in version 4.11 • View full statistics in your channels and… --- ## [Badges and general chattiness of Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-and-general-chattiness-of-discourse/187971)
**Author:** [@max\_gashkov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/max_gashkov)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-and-general-chattiness-of-discourse/187971 "2025-02-28T11:15:24Z")
This post is my attempt to understand the rationale behind Badges feature of Discourse and general behavior of the system towards new users. A little background: I’m by no means an experienced Discourse admin, I have a … --- ## [Disable all badge notifications as a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-all-badge-notifications-as-a-user/391851)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-all-badge-notifications-as-a-user/391851 "2025-12-23T15:06:41Z")
There are two very similar Contribute \> Feature topics: Option to mute notifications for certain badges? (certain badges) Deactivate notifications for link and share badges (link and share badges) I create a new one b… --- ## [Request: AI Bot Chat Threads Support (Threaded/Branched Conversations with AI)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-ai-bot-chat-threads-support-threaded-branched-conversations-with-ai/391875)
**Author:** [@joo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-ai-bot-chat-threads-support-threaded-branched-conversations-with-ai/391875 "2025-12-22T02:32:29Z")
I’d like to suggest a feature for the Discourse AI bot—support for threaded or branched conversations, similar to chat threads in Discourse Chat. When interacting with the AI bot, it’s common for the bot to generate res… --- ## [Highlight Watched Words in review](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-watched-words-in-review/126204)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-watched-words-in-review/126204 "2025-12-22T00:24:08Z")
Hi, I’d like to propose that when this message is displayed: This post included a Watched Word. See your list of watched words. That the Watched Word(s) which flagged the post be included in the message. Even fanci… --- ## [Searching public topics and PMs simultaneously and set this option as the default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-public-topics-and-pms-simultaneously-and-set-this-option-as-the-default/71017)
**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-public-topics-and-pms-simultaneously-and-set-this-option-as-the-default/71017 "2025-12-20T14:17:50Z")
Is there a way to search for both public topics and PMs at once – and make that the default behavior for my site? User case: I often know I’ve talked with someone about something but I can’t recall whether it was a mess… --- ## [Tag Icons + Tag Banners + Right Sidebar Blocks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons-tag-banners-right-sidebar-blocks/391775)
**Author:** [@Hyteller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hyteller)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons-tag-banners-right-sidebar-blocks/391775 "2025-12-19T19:18:42Z")
Would be great to see Tag Icons working with Tag Banners and Right Sidebar Blocks (“Popular Tags” block). --- ## [Default tag icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-tag-icon/391774)
**Author:** [@Hyteller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hyteller)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-tag-icon/391774 "2025-12-19T19:17:22Z")
Can you please add option to set default Tag Icons for all tags that do not have a specific icon? --- ## [Show total votes next to total replies, views and activity columns](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-votes-next-to-total-replies-views-and-activity-columns/113729)
**Author:** [@Fairtale](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fairtale)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-votes-next-to-total-replies-views-and-activity-columns/113729 "2025-12-18T15:15:24Z")
Is there an easy way to shows total votes an post next to the total replies, views and “last activity” columns in the category list view? --- ## [Pygments rather than highlight.js for syntax highlighting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pygments-rather-than-highlight-js-for-syntax-highlighting/391544)
**Author:** [@dbitouze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dbitouze)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pygments-rather-than-highlight-js-for-syntax-highlighting/391544 "2025-12-17T13:59:37Z")
For syntax highlighting, Discourse relies on highlight.js but Pygments looks richer. For instance, here is how looks a Python code: text = input('Type a number, and its factorial will be printed: ') n = int(text) if n \<… --- ## [Create tags outside of new post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-tags-outside-of-new-post/159662)
**Author:** [@balboah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balboah)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-tags-outside-of-new-post/159662 "2025-12-16T17:16:36Z")
Are you able to create tags without also creating a new post / tagging a post? Since synonyms list seems to require the synonym to also be a tag, this would be useful. --- ## [Let me schedule my status change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-me-schedule-my-status-change/391458)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-me-schedule-my-status-change/391458 "2025-12-16T13:45:25Z")
Later this week, I’ll be leaving for my Christmas vacation. I’ve scheduled my email away responder to kick in after I’m gone. I’ve scheduled an announcement in the Community But I can’t schedule a status change. I … --- ## [Surface in:all as an option in the Advanced Search UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/surface-in-all-as-an-option-in-the-advanced-search-ui/391095)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/surface-in-all-as-an-option-in-the-advanced-search-ui/391095 "2025-12-11T21:04:34Z")
I’ve got a couple of sites which make extensive use of Group Messages, which is a great way to have ‘off Forum’ topics clearly delineated from the open Categories. However, this gives a bit of a functional search silo. … --- ## [Sort order of Templates in the composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-order-of-templates-in-the-composer/391010)
**Author:** [@sren-1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sren-1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-order-of-templates-in-the-composer/391010 "2025-12-16T07:41:27Z")
Discourse 2025.12.0-latest, Discourse Templates 2.5.0 Composer → Insert template The templates are displayed in a “random” order – neither alphabetically nor by timestamp – which makes selecting a template harder than … --- ## [Edit history visible to certain groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-history-visible-to-certain-groups/391332)
**Author:** [@Teafh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Teafh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-history-visible-to-certain-groups/391332 "2025-12-15T08:58:18Z")
The current feature is Edit history visible to public. I’d like to know if it could be changed so that only certain groups can view it. --- ## [User API keys should use OAEP padding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-keys-should-use-oaep-padding/354056)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-keys-should-use-oaep-padding/354056 "2025-12-15T06:55:45Z")
A minor issue and maybe a bigger one: There’s a required nonce param that’s not mentioned in the documentation: def require\_params %i\[public\_key nonce scopes client\_id application\_name\].each { |p| params.require(… --- ## [Allow non-admins to see tag usages for categories they have access to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-non-admins-to-see-tag-usages-for-categories-they-have-access-to/387296)
**Author:** [@Steradiant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steradiant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-non-admins-to-see-tag-usages-for-categories-they-have-access-to/387296 "2025-12-14T23:33:41Z")
This is a very weird phenomenon to me: Tags only used in non-public categories are not shown on the tag overview, even if you have access to the categorie, unless you are admin (or maybe moderator). This seems like a bug… --- ## [New composer inserts double line breaks when pressing return key](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-composer-inserts-double-line-breaks-when-pressing-return-key/373229)
**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-composer-inserts-double-line-breaks-when-pressing-return-key/373229 "2025-12-13T10:52:19Z")
In the new composer, type something and press return. Actual: The new composer inserts a double-line paragraph break. Expected: When I press return once, it should insert a single-line break, converting it to a paragra… --- ## [Add support for searching pdf files in forum topics from AI personas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-searching-pdf-files-in-forum-topics-from-ai-personas/390578)
**Author:** [@Neil\_Evans2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neil_Evans2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-searching-pdf-files-in-forum-topics-from-ai-personas/390578 "2025-12-12T08:24:43Z")
Current limitation: • Forum semantic search only indexes post text, not PDF attachments • PDF files aren’t searchable via /search AI toggle • To get round this, I had to manually upload PDFs separately to persona RAG … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=14) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=16)