Documentation

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Developer Guides Index Developer Guides 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	2483	May 15, 2024
Theme Developer Tutorial: 1. Introduction Developer Guides	0	1891	March 18, 2025
Customize posts' contents with your own styles Developer Guides css	8	3817	March 17, 2023
Change the style of a wiki post Developer Guides wiki-posts , how-to	6	8184	July 28, 2021
Alternative icons Developer Guides reference , theme-guides	28	3510	April 7, 2026
Creating Routes in Discourse and Showing Data Developer Guides ember , tutorial	0	12136	August 18, 2016
Using Google's 'tachometer' to measure JS performance changes in Discourse Developer Guides code	0	1221	October 5, 2023
Ember object ownership (getOwner, service injections, etc.) Developer Guides code	0	1685	January 19, 2024
Contributing translations to Discourse Contributing translation , how-to	22	24342	October 11, 2026
Invite users to a group Site Management groups , how-to , invites	3	246259	October 10, 2026
Message Format support for localization Developer Guides translation , reference	0	5445	May 31, 2013
Add custom content that only appears on your homepage Developer Guides how-to	10	8604	February 29, 2024
Create and share a font theme component Developer Guides how-to , theme-guides	4	6396	August 19, 2025
Insert text or images anywhere on your site using CSS pseudo-elements Developer Guides how-to , customization	0	18345	October 11, 2018
Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme Developer Guides how-to , theme-guides	10	9589	February 24, 2026
Include assets (e.g. images, fonts) in themes and components Developer Guides how-to , theme-guides	1	16396	August 23, 2024
Add localizable strings to themes and theme components Developer Guides how-to , theme-guides	22	6235	August 9, 2024
Structure of themes and theme components Developer Guides reference , theme-guides	0	30074	April 12, 2017
Private modules and the `-internals` convention Developer Guides	0	66	October 9, 2026
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes Developer Guides how-to , theme-guides	16	33140	July 30, 2026
Get started with Theme Creator and the Theme CLI Developer Guides how-to , theme-creator , theme-guides	8	13580	May 7, 2026
Designer's Guide to getting started with themes in Discourse Developer Guides tutorial , theme-guides	9	12981	April 8, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 5 - Add an admin interface Developer Guides plugin-guides , tutorial	46	27786	September 24, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 4 - Setup git Developer Guides plugin-guides , tutorial	10	13531	January 30, 2024
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface Developer Guides	3	827	August 28, 2025
Setup Continuous Integration using GitHub Actions Developer Guides how-to , code	8	1848	March 3, 2025
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces Developer Guides	14	2201	September 9, 2025
Creating a whisper post Site Management how-to , whispers	4	15267	July 23, 2025
Adding a new 'managed' authentication method to Discourse Developer Guides explanation	2	3915	November 29, 2023
Creating a banner to display at the top of your site Site Management how-to , customization	11	16834	January 7, 2026

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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…