# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=96&status=open

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## [Introducing the Web Share API | Web | Google Developers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-the-web-share-api-web-google-developers/70515)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-the-web-share-api-web-google-developers/70515 "2021-05-21T12:46:21Z")

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We can try switching the topic share icon action to the web share intent on supported platforms ( Chrome android for now)

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## [Special onebox for hypothes.is](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-onebox-for-hypothes-is/70946)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-onebox-for-hypothes-is/70946 "2021-05-19T04:53:08Z")

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Discourse supports hypothes.is oneboxing out of the box, but it is the default onebox: It puts the annotated text as the title and the annotation as the content. It’s an ok solution but it’s not intuitive. Someone who…

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## [Moderator/Admin Off Duty Button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-admin-off-duty-button/190954)

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**Author:** [@CaptainZac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainZac)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-admin-off-duty-button/190954 "2021-05-20T00:12:28Z")

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I just wanted to know if this is a thing or if there’s a way to do this? Can there be an off duty button, which mods can click when they go offline for the night? If it’s not possible (other than having to change your bi…

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## [Interactive tables within posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interactive-tables-within-posts/190921)

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**Author:** [@Kchalk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kchalk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interactive-tables-within-posts/190921 "2021-05-19T18:34:49Z")

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Hi community, Are interactive tables supported within Discourse posts? These tables have additional features such as sorting, filtering, search, pagination, etc. An example would be Tablepress but instead of a WP blog …

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## [Default "RE: {title}" title for direct messages from topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-re-title-title-for-direct-messages-from-topic/121413)

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**Author:** [@Curtis\_Kephart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Kephart)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-re-title-title-for-direct-messages-from-topic/121413 "2021-05-19T10:40:42Z")

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This is just a small nice-touch feature request. When a user clicks on a username \>\> message within a topic (for example below), I suggest having the default behavior of title text being “Re: {topic-title}”. As a forum …

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## [☑ \[Mailing List mode\] Replies should start with a Re:](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-mode-replies-should-start-with-a-re/190853)

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**Author:** [@f-a](https://meta.discourse.org/u/f-a)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-mode-replies-should-start-with-a-re/190853 "2021-05-18T20:22:17Z")

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Hello everyone, I am a very happy moderator at discourse.haskell.org. One of our user poses an interesting feature request. I will summarise it: In mailing list mode, replies should start with Re:, to differentiate the…

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## [In-post referencing support (feature request)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-post-referencing-support-feature-request/190638)

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**Author:** [@robbie.morrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbie.morrison)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-post-referencing-support-feature-request/190638 "2021-05-18T05:56:03Z")

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Hello all, I admin two sites which, in cultural terms, sit between academic discourse and public policy analysis (one example). And consequently, this kind of idiom is common: Morrison (2018) said xyz. And later tha…

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## [Group Requests not sent to all Group Owners](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-requests-not-sent-to-all-group-owners/190704)

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**Author:** [@Gunnar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gunnar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-requests-not-sent-to-all-group-owners/190704 "2021-05-18T01:44:47Z")

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We have a group with 7 owners. When users request access to that group, PMs are sent to 5 of the 7 owners, but never to all of them. Also, which 5 seems to be picked at random. This creates a lot of confusion and manual …

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## [Add flag for replies that should not be automatically deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-flag-for-replies-that-should-not-be-automatically-deleted/190136)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-flag-for-replies-that-should-not-be-automatically-deleted/190136 "2021-05-17T23:16:11Z")

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It’d be nice to make it even clearer to a poster when their reply will be 100% deleted after X time, especially in the hopes that they will create a linked reply or another user can request that their reply be preserved …

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## [Separate inbox for group-related messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-inbox-for-group-related-messages/166118)

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**Author:** [@Heather\_Dudley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Dudley)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-inbox-for-group-related-messages/166118 "2021-05-17T18:36:29Z")

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We recently implemented several opt-in affinity groups on our site, and while our participants love these, our inboxes don’t! They quickly get inundated with “membership request for XXX” which makes finding regular commu…

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## [Verify Users by Unique Code](https://meta.discourse.org/t/verify-users-by-unique-code/190685)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/verify-users-by-unique-code/190685 "2021-05-02T08:55:06Z")

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How Can I set it so that is is verified by a unique code. Because it will become hard if users keep changing there email address. kind regards

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## [Few Questions about Custom User Fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/few-questions-about-custom-user-fields/190472)

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**Author:** [@surajmpatel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/surajmpatel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/few-questions-about-custom-user-fields/190472 "2021-05-15T15:33:25Z")

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If i add 540 drop-down items to user field, will it break my site? I want to add list of medical colleges to choose from. As it turns out there are about 540 in india. Most apps filter the list by asking state name firs…

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## [Make Custom Header Links private for private/login required sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-custom-header-links-private-for-private-login-required-sites/314478)

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**Author:** [@Alon1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alon1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-custom-header-links-private-for-private-login-required-sites/314478 "2021-05-12T23:27:34Z")

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Hi, Thanks for this great theme component! For registration-only / private Discourse communities, would it be possible to show the header links only to registered signed-in users?

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## [Topic automation based on tag?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-automation-based-on-tag/189950)

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**Author:** [@JohnONolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnONolan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-automation-based-on-tag/189950 "2021-05-12T20:55:47Z")

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I wonder if there could be any way to automate actions on topics, including closing them, based on tag. This has been asked before, but a usecase was requested by @codinghorror and none was provided - so I wanted to ment…

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## [Suggestion: Add direct url link to update beta\* post within admin interface](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-add-direct-url-link-to-update-beta-post-within-admin-interface/190134)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-add-direct-url-link-to-update-beta-post-within-admin-interface/190134 "2021-05-12T19:06:22Z")

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Please add a hyperlink to the admin interface when a beta\* update is announced and released. Thanks for considering! If multiple versions have been released since the last update, it would make sense to add a hyperl…

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## [Limiting email notifications from discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-email-notifications-from-discourse/179857)

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**Author:** [@Ragamalika\_Karthikey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ragamalika_Karthikey)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-email-notifications-from-discourse/179857 "2021-05-11T12:17:04Z")

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We’ve limited email notifications to 3 per day on our community – but is there a setting to manually decide which posts go as email notifications to members? Or some way to basically send custom emails from discourse to …

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## [Instant View template for Telegram messenger](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instant-view-template-for-telegram-messenger/62991)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instant-view-template-for-telegram-messenger/62991 "2021-05-08T12:55:59Z")

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This feature request is to develop instaview template for Discourse. Instaview is a feature in Telegram messenger that allows for instant content view right in Telegram without opening a link in a browser. Launch: Sp…

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## [Need log the who downloaded attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-log-the-who-downloaded-attachments/65454)

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**Author:** [@appcomq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/appcomq)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-log-the-who-downloaded-attachments/65454 "2021-05-07T13:41:27Z")

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:face\_with\_thermometer: My site canot know who downloaded attachments.

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## ["Bookmarks" view as Default Home Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560)

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**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560 "2021-05-05T23:02:22Z")

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In my Preferences, for Interface, there’s a control for the Default Home Page. Is it possible to make that include the Bookmarks view? …here in Meta, in a community where I’m just a regular user, and in my community whe…

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## [Suppress notifications on topics that haven't been read since last notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-notifications-on-topics-that-havent-been-read-since-last-notification/189074)

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**Author:** [@trumpetinc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trumpetinc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-notifications-on-topics-that-havent-been-read-since-last-notification/189074 "2021-05-04T01:33:08Z")

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We are migrating away from phpBB for a small forum for internal use in our company. One feature of phpBB that we’ve come to rely on is to minimize email notifications for a topic by not sending an update email if the us…

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## [Links posted to a category page doesn't generate a one box link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-posted-to-a-category-page-doesnt-generate-a-one-box-link/169623)

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**Author:** [@Rhidian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rhidian)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-posted-to-a-category-page-doesnt-generate-a-one-box-link/169623 "2021-05-03T18:13:04Z")

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If I include links to specific posts in Discourse I get a nice one box. If I include a link to the category page though it only generates a link. e.g. Would it be possible to get category links to generate a nice one…

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## [Allow URLs in posts to be escaped](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-urls-in-posts-to-be-escaped/188622)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-urls-in-posts-to-be-escaped/188622 "2021-05-03T14:50:13Z")

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Some top level domains are automatically converted to URLs in posts, such as .com. Sometimes when you’re talking about a website, it makes sense to talk about it from a URL-perspective, not a company name perspective, bu…

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## [Onebox support for all datatypes on archive.org](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-support-for-all-datatypes-on-archive-org/28516)

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**Author:** [@sujato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sujato)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-support-for-all-datatypes-on-archive-org/28516 "2021-05-03T14:31:23Z")

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Archive.org supports folders that contain multiple audio files (probably other kinds of files, I guess). When I paste the URL in Discourse, it gives me an audio player for just the first file. There doesn’t seem to be an…

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## [Improvements to theme browsing and previewing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-theme-browsing-and-previewing/188928)

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**Author:** [@oshyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oshyan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-theme-browsing-and-previewing/188928 "2021-05-02T21:59:57Z")

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Hi Discourse team! I would like to humbly request some improvements to the theme browsing and preview experience. I searched a bit and didn’t find another topic on this, so apologies if I missed it and this is a duplicat…

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## [Better handling of email rejection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-handling-of-email-rejection/163834)

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**Author:** [@jrivettcsa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrivettcsa)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-handling-of-email-rejection/163834 "2021-05-01T08:49:35Z")

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There seem to be a lot of weird cases where email should NOT actually be rejected, but is rejected anyway. Which means that sometimes, users send support emails that we never see. For instance, email sent to our support…

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## [Locations dropdown (Google maybe?)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locations-dropdown-google-maybe/188792)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locations-dropdown-google-maybe/188792 "2021-05-01T08:39:53Z")

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Possibility to use something like Google API to have a drop down of locations to selected from.

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## [Have to manually set date for "forever" slow mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-to-manually-set-date-for-forever-slow-mode/188718)

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**Author:** [@FroggyC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FroggyC)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-to-manually-set-date-for-forever-slow-mode/188718 "2021-04-30T19:39:21Z")

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I’ve noticed in the last version of Discourse one cannot set Slow Mode indefinitely on a topic. This is a big problem for us. There are certain threads that I would like to have permanent slow mode on, just because of t…

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## [Possible to create an invite-only setup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-create-an-invite-only-setup/188700)

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**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-create-an-invite-only-setup/188700 "2021-04-30T14:34:30Z")

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you can join only if invited by an existing user admin control to limit tokens so growth can be controlled record of who invited who (to add some responsibility for who you invite)

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## [Redirect to specific URL per product](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-to-specific-url-per-product/188561)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-to-specific-url-per-product/188561 "2021-04-29T14:45:51Z")

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I’m looking at this again, as I’m getting closer to having a product. 3 people who aren’t me have used my plugin to install Discourse! It’s very unsatisfying to make the purchase and then be left at a cold list of purch…

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## [Discourse sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sidebar/188452)

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**Author:** [@hamamiz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hamamiz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sidebar/188452 "2021-04-28T22:20:49Z")

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Hi team - was wondering if there is a way to add a sidebar with the top topics (highest number of replies maybe). thanks for the help!

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