Developer Guides

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	18	12767	January 30, 2026
Converting modals from legacy controllers to new DModal component API code	9	5597	November 7, 2023
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (d-compat branches)	6	1787	July 17, 2026
How to run Discourse core, plugin and theme QUnit test suites how-to , code	0	2933	July 26, 2017
Write acceptance tests and component tests for Ember code in Discourse testing , ember , tutorial , code	3	4439	February 23, 2024
Minimizing Maintenance on Theme Customizations explanation , theme-guides	0	1031	April 11, 2023
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 7 - Publish your plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	4	6034	July 29, 2021
Theme Developer Tutorial: 2. Creating a remote theme	0	943	March 18, 2025
Set up a multisite development environment dev-install , how-to	0	2186	June 7, 2022
Install plugins in your non-Docker development environment dev-install , how-to	0	3578	October 6, 2021
Install Discourse for development using Docker docker , dev-install , how-to	226	94360	May 22, 2026
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	13	19990	May 28, 2026
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	30920	November 23, 2025
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction theme-guides	19	5181	October 24, 2025
Add a new provider to discourse-chat-integration plugin-guides , how-to	0	4872	August 16, 2017
Add a new locale from plugin plugin-guides , how-to	1	3534	June 11, 2019
Set up a local Discourse Development Environment? dev-install , how-to	0	9144	March 11, 2021
Run Discourse AI evals ai	1	315	December 1, 2025
Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes	3	544	February 18, 2026
Update themes and plugins to support automatic dark mode how-to , auto-dark , theme-guides	10	4528	November 14, 2025
Controlling site settings with themes	0	382	July 16, 2025
Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin plugin-guides , explanation	0	2577	April 5, 2018
Discourse Public Data Dump	1	1265	May 13, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 3. CSS in Themes	5	964	March 18, 2025
Developing Discourse Themes & Theme Components reference , tutorial , theme-guides	14	109632	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 5. Building and using components	0	877	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 4. Using Outlets to insert and replace content	0	1244	March 18, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 3 - Add custom site settings plugin-guides , tutorial	39	24939	March 15, 2025
Split up theme Javascript into multiple files how-to , theme-guides	5	7066	February 16, 2025
Create custom Automations automation , how-to	16	3972	February 7, 2025