# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=31

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## [Keep images in ActivityPub federated posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-images-in-activitypub-federated-posts/364732)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-images-in-activitypub-federated-posts/364732 "2025-05-07T18:44:50Z")

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If a discourse post has embedded images, now they are lost when the post is federated. It would be great if they could be attached to federated posts. Bonus points if the alt description is federated as well.

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## [Allow to mark a post as a wiki in the editor settings menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-mark-a-post-as-a-wiki-in-the-editor-settings-menu/361504)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-mark-a-post-as-a-wiki-in-the-editor-settings-menu/361504 "2025-05-07T13:50:52Z")

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Allow to mark a post as a wiki in the editor. New item could be added into the Settings menu:

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## [Can't chat in anonymous mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-chat-in-anonymous-mode/364787)

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**Author:** [@祁同伟](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E7%A5%81%E5%90%8C%E4%BC%9F)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-chat-in-anonymous-mode/364787 "2025-05-05T13:03:51Z")

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After enabling anonymous mode, checking “Allow anonymous chat”, creating an anonymous group, and an anonymous visible category, and then creating a channel associated with that category, when switching to anonymous mode,…

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## [Federated users are considered "inactive"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federated-users-are-considered-inactive/364731)

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**Author:** [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federated-users-are-considered-inactive/364731 "2025-05-04T10:53:05Z")

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Visit t/356997/4. Invoke the avatar. chat/c/icaria36/2985 ↩︎

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## [Support for ActivityPub tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-activitypub-tags/363970)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-activitypub-tags/363970 "2025-05-02T09:25:29Z")

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When federating a post from Discourse to the Fediverse, hashtags typed in the Discourse post should be converted into ActivityPub hashtags. Right now, they appear as is on i.e. Mastodon but aren’t recognized as hashtags. …

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## [Adding tags are cumbersome. Take time to load](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-tags-are-cumbersome-take-time-to-load/59813)

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**Author:** [@arun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arun)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-tags-are-cumbersome-take-time-to-load/59813 "2025-05-04T07:32:21Z")

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Adding tags are cumbersome. Take time to load. It would be better if you introduce a feature to add tags without loading tags. I would like to type multiple tags and press enter to add them.

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## [Add setting to control behavior of critical emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-control-behavior-of-critical-emails/364438)

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**Author:** [@copymonopoly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/copymonopoly)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-control-behavior-of-critical-emails/364438 "2025-05-01T21:34:04Z")

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The max\_emails\_per\_day\_per\_user setting does not apply to critical emails. Because of this, some users—whether intentionally or not—are able to repeatedly trigger signup or forgot password emails in a very short time. I…

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## ['Watch' suspicious users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-suspicious-users/364529)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-suspicious-users/364529 "2025-05-02T18:45:11Z")

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I’m creating a new thread because the one I’ve chimed in on previously is a) ‘Solved’ and b) from 2017. In 2017 the ‘solution’ of seemed reasonable, I suppose. Today, I don’t see an RSS feed on the user page. I suppo…

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## [Permit setting all posts and comments (site and/or user-wide) to wikis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permit-setting-all-posts-and-comments-site-and-or-user-wide-to-wikis/364412)

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**Author:** [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permit-setting-all-posts-and-comments-site-and-or-user-wide-to-wikis/364412 "2025-05-01T18:49:02Z")

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As a user, I’d like others to be able to contribute improvements to everything that I post. As an administrator, I’d like to do the same for everyone’s posts.

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## [Expand automation scheduling options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expand-automation-scheduling-options/364166)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expand-automation-scheduling-options/364166 "2025-05-01T07:17:22Z")

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We have a report that finds new threads where non-staff users have answered each other. We originally built this report to be able to award users with badges for being helpful to other users. Over time, though, we found…

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## [User Flag for topic deletion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-flag-for-topic-deletion/363712)

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**Author:** [@Jeto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeto)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-flag-for-topic-deletion/363712 "2025-04-28T22:44:27Z")

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Could there be a new flag option introduced so users don’t have to flag something an inappropriate etc - and appearing as a high priority flag to moderators? I know there is a “something else” option, but having one spe…

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## [Transfer topics between forums?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-topics-between-forums/363758)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-topics-between-forums/363758 "2025-04-28T07:59:21Z")

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@angus this is just a suggestion of a functionality that may be useful. Earlier I suggested Export topic as markdown for external use, which got a great solution. And after a bunch of search I found that it is also possi…

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## [Add User Notification dropdown to User Card view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-user-notification-dropdown-to-user-card-view/355932)

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**Author:** [@rinion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rinion)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-user-notification-dropdown-to-user-card-view/355932 "2025-04-28T11:26:57Z")

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I’m a bit rusty on using support forums, so pardon me if this is the wrong category (I’ve gone back and forth between Contribute \> Feature and Contribute \> UX several times while drafting this). I’m relatively active in…

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## [Can it be made easier to amend Category Watching/Normal/Muted for Groups, as an admin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-it-be-made-easier-to-amend-category-watching-normal-muted-for-groups-as-an-admin/363775)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-it-be-made-easier-to-amend-category-watching-normal-muted-for-groups-as-an-admin/363775 "2025-04-28T10:37:13Z")

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While managing Discourse forums with large numbers of Groups and complex ‘See/Reply/Create’ rules, I can easily see and amend these rules in the Category admin settings: I also quite often use the Group level tools t…

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## [Group administration functions should be better surfaced](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-administration-functions-should-be-better-surfaced/112303)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-administration-functions-should-be-better-surfaced/112303 "2025-04-28T10:15:58Z")

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I am managing a group of users on a small Discourse forum and am hitting some usability issues, that make working with groups awkward. There are a bunch but I would like to address I can not see on the user card what g…

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## [Bring groups to Discourse/ActivityPub - extending the ActivityPub Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bring-groups-to-discourse-activitypub-extending-the-activitypub-plugin/363519)

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**Author:** [@Ric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ric)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bring-groups-to-discourse-activitypub-extending-the-activitypub-plugin/363519 "2025-04-28T05:57:09Z")

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Many of the fediverse fans here will be familiar with https://a.gup.pe/ which provides groups to fediverse users. You can think of groups kind of like directories of users or mailing lists. If the group owner sends a mes…

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## [Opening a reply window via URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opening-a-reply-window-via-url/44781)

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**Author:** [@yaodan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yaodan)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opening-a-reply-window-via-url/44781 "2025-04-25T01:29:28Z")

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Hi All, I know that we can create a new topic via url with special param. But I want my users to click a link to reply a specific topic. Is there a way to add special params in the url query to auto open reply window f…

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## [Using AI to assist in responding to new posts in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-ai-to-assist-in-responding-to-new-posts-in-discourse/363298)

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**Author:** [@wlandgraf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wlandgraf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-ai-to-assist-in-responding-to-new-posts-in-discourse/363298 "2025-04-24T23:16:11Z")

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I want to accomplish something with Discourse AI that is very simple and, in my opinion, common usage, but I couldn’t find a way to do it. Whenever somebody creates a new post (in a new topic or an existing topic), our …

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## [Discourse integration to phone-call system](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-integration-to-phone-call-system/325794)

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**Author:** [@Architect](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Architect)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-integration-to-phone-call-system/325794 "2024-10-03T21:43:47Z")

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Good day, Potential good feature for discourse could be integration with a call system, if this is possible for some situations when it is helpful to be able to talk on the phone or video-call with folks. One example h…

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## [Dynamic Open Graph images for topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-open-graph-images-for-topics/309825)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-open-graph-images-for-topics/309825 "2025-04-24T05:21:55Z")

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I’ve seen a few disparate topics related to this subject, but I’d be curious to know if there has been any consideration for generating dynamic Open Graph images for topics similar to Reddit. When links to my community…

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## [Improving pinned topic excerpts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-pinned-topic-excerpts/17640)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-pinned-topic-excerpts/17640 "2025-04-23T14:55:46Z")

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Our current pinned topic excerpt algorithm leaves much to be desired. And It basically takes all the words in the post that fit in the first 220 chars, strips formatting, mushes them them together and TADA. Thi…

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## [Private template permissions to override allowed PM tagging groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-template-permissions-to-override-allowed-pm-tagging-groups/277513)

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**Author:** [@evenrue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evenrue)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-template-permissions-to-override-allowed-pm-tagging-groups/277513 "2025-04-23T11:18:59Z")

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I have a particular use case that I wanted to ask about for Discourse Templates and private templates. Assuming the current behavior is working as intended, I put this down as a feature request, but if it turns out that …

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## [Poll result user card not showing on hover](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-result-user-card-not-showing-on-hover/362871)

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**Author:** [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-result-user-card-not-showing-on-hover/362871 "2025-04-22T05:07:40Z")

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This could be me, but I recall being able to hover over a user avatar in the “Results” of a poll, and you’d get the expected response: the user card in a modal. Currently, that’s not happening. We’re running a large mock…

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## [Hide tags in filter list - New Site Setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-tags-in-filter-list-new-site-setting/51715)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-tags-in-filter-list-new-site-setting/51715 "2025-04-22T04:55:05Z")

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Over at Stonehearth we’ve been using the tag system pretty extensively in a few of our categories. We also have show filter by tag enabled and sorted by popularity. The problem we’re now seeing is that certain tags are…

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## [Comments and replies are shown double](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comments-and-replies-are-shown-double/222261)

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**Author:** [@Joris\_1975](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joris_1975)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comments-and-replies-are-shown-double/222261 "2022-03-30T14:02:22Z")

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Here’s an example, it’s about the way comments and replies are presented. On the picture below, you can see that when someone replies to a comment, a button “Replies” appears. But then also, the comments are doubled bel…

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## [Automagically archive external links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automagically-archive-external-links/283024)

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**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automagically-archive-external-links/283024 "2025-04-20T23:09:35Z")

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Looking back at my almost-a-decade-old forum, I’ve noticed there are quite a few links posted that are now kind of … gone. Either the domain expired, the article was deleted or something else, the content is gone. I won…

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## [Increase the 100 character limit for Watched Word links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-the-100-character-limit-for-watched-word-links/327577)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-the-100-character-limit-for-watched-word-links/327577 "2025-04-20T14:48:27Z")

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I’ve got some links which are a bit long (\>120 characters), which I’d really like to use Watched Words to link to. However, these raise this error: I can work around this by using a link shortening service (such as …

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## [Setting to disable logging username/IP for (self-)delete user log lines](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-disable-logging-username-ip-for-self-delete-user-log-lines/214390)

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**Author:** [@Hooksmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hooksmith)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-disable-logging-username-ip-for-self-delete-user-log-lines/214390 "2025-04-18T07:17:48Z")

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Currently when a user self-deletes their Discourse account, the log line shows the IP and username of that user: We’d rather not store if we can help it for GDPR purposes. If the user deletes their Discourse account, …

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## [Access admin settings, plugins etc via search?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-admin-settings-plugins-etc-via-search/300821)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-admin-settings-plugins-etc-via-search/300821 "2025-04-17T09:37:12Z")

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Hey guys It would be great if all or certain admin and mod features and procedures (like plugins, settings, theme-components, etc) would be accessible via regular search Basically that would add a sort of “spotlight or…

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## [A better way to manage indices for Doc Categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-way-to-manage-indices-for-doc-categories/362126)

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**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-way-to-manage-indices-for-doc-categories/362126 "2025-04-16T22:06:00Z")

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This is a step backwards from the original Docs plugin in my opinion.

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