Developer Guides

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Developer Guides Index index Documentation about extending Discourse with plugins, themes, and theme components, working with the core code, and using the Discourse API. Introduction Introduction: Introduction to Discourse Development Development…	0	2076	May 15, 2024
Using service objects in Discourse	0	851	October 30, 2024
How to run Discourse core, plugin and theme QUnit test suites how-to , code	0	2779	July 26, 2017
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (d-compat branches)	6	1450	July 17, 2026
Objects type for theme setting how-to , theme-guides	32	2261	April 13, 2026
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	17310	July 8, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6407	August 1, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	6063	August 19, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 6 - Add acceptance tests testing , plugin-guides , tutorial	32	17620	June 2, 2022
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 5 - Add an admin interface plugin-guides , tutorial	46	26743	September 24, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 4 - Setup git plugin-guides , tutorial	10	13190	January 30, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	83438	July 8, 2025
JavaScript type hinting & validation (typescript)	0	169	February 4, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 6. Using the JS API	3	1039	April 14, 2025
Using Plugin Outlet Connectors from a Theme or Plugin how-to , code	12	18846	October 14, 2024
Theme Developer Tutorial: 7. Wrapping up	0	311	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 1. Introduction	0	1471	March 18, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9926	October 5, 2025
Minimizing Maintenance on Theme Customizations explanation , theme-guides	0	909	April 11, 2023
Theme Developer Quick Reference Guide reference , theme-guides	2	9883	June 28, 2021
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 7 - Publish your plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	4	5849	July 29, 2021
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	13	4611	June 19, 2026
Using the DModal API to render Modal windows (aka popups/dialogs) in Discourse code	0	2129	July 3, 2023
Insert text or images anywhere on your site using CSS pseudo-elements how-to , customization	0	18035	October 11, 2018
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	14	882	January 25, 2026
Guidelines for CSS classes using BEM	0	318	April 15, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	657	November 3, 2025
Developer's guide to Markdown extensions markdown , reference , code	1	13615	June 1, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 2. Creating a remote theme	0	793	March 18, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	659	August 28, 2025

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Documentation about extending Discourse with plugins, themes, and theme components, working with the core code, and using the Discourse API. Introduction Introduction: Introduction to Discourse Development Development…