Customization

Theme component Theme components can be used to add front end features or change elements of your forum design. Theme Themes are expansive customizations that change multiple elements of the style of your forum design, and often also include additional front-end features. Plugin A directory of Discourse plugins, both official and third-party. Extras A directory of all extensions & integrations for Discourse which are not Discourse plugins, i.e. a CMS plugin, a browser extension or a native application.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Customization category Customization	0	280	February 25, 2026
Right Sidebar Blocks Theme component official , desktop , right-sidebar-blocks	187	19829	November 5, 2026
Events Calendar on Custom Lists Theme component events	9	213	November 5, 2026
Horizon AI Gists Theme component ai , horizon-theme	2	38	November 5, 2026
F NAV - Mobile Navigation Tabs Theme component mobile	85	4367	November 5, 2026
Topic List Thumbnails Theme component official , topic-list-thumbnails	161	38376	November 5, 2026
Discourse Horizon Topic Thumbnails Theme component horizon-theme	0	48	November 4, 2026
Conversation Map (A mini-map on Discourse timeline) Theme component	4	193	November 4, 2026
Discourse Workflows Plugin official , included-in-core , workflows	74	3666	November 4, 2026
Custom Profile Link Theme component custom-profile-link	21	2171	November 4, 2026
Dexo - A Native iOS Client for Discourse Extras	5	574	November 3, 2026
Discourse FontAwesome Pro Plugin official , fontawesome-pro	18	9628	April 14, 2026
CSS Classes for Current User's Groups Theme component official	2	2206	November 2, 2026
A reddit-ish theme for Discourse Theme	122	18427	November 2, 2026
Featured Topics Theme component	72	8679	October 29, 2026
Concord: a Discord-alternative theme for Discourse Theme chat , live	8	578	October 29, 2026
Editor Preview Position Theme component composer , desktop	9	981	October 28, 2026
Post Badges Theme component post-badges , experimental	158	20615	October 28, 2026
Discourse Events Plugin official , events , included-in-core	178	67255	October 27, 2026
Discourse Mermaid Theme component official , mermaid	15	7884	June 3, 2026
Discourse Pele Theme component official , mermaid , pele	0	102	October 27, 2026
External Link Shield – Exit Confirmation & Trust Gating Theme component	18	899	October 26, 2026
Discourse Staff Alias Plugin official , staff-alias	22	6897	October 26, 2026
DiscourseCopilot - a fully private Chrome extension that lets you chat with AI on the whole thread Extras chat , rest-api , ai	0	55	October 26, 2026
Discourse Boards Plugin official , included-in-core , boards	14	1070	October 26, 2026
Discourse Zendesk Plugin official , zendesk , included-in-core	13	23127	October 26, 2026
🏆 Discourse Rich JSON-LD Microdata Plugin Plugin	15	978	October 25, 2026
Brand Navigation Theme component	2	141	October 23, 2026
Discourse Doc Categories Plugin official , doc-categories	135	12893	October 23, 2026
A spoopy theme for Discourse :skull: Theme	9	539	October 22, 2026