Developer Guides

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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	2056	May 15, 2024
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (d-compat branches)	6	1405	July 17, 2026
Objects type for theme setting how-to , theme-guides	32	2237	April 13, 2026
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	17283	July 8, 2025
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6395	August 1, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	6048	August 19, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 6 - Add acceptance tests testing , plugin-guides , tutorial	32	17599	June 2, 2022
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 5 - Add an admin interface plugin-guides , tutorial	46	26694	September 24, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 4 - Setup git plugin-guides , tutorial	10	13173	January 30, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	83319	July 8, 2025
JavaScript type hinting & validation (typescript)	0	159	February 4, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 6. Using the JS API	3	1027	April 14, 2025
Using Plugin Outlet Connectors from a Theme or Plugin how-to , code	12	18816	October 14, 2024
Theme Developer Tutorial: 7. Wrapping up	0	306	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 1. Introduction	0	1448	March 18, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	9894	October 5, 2025
Minimizing Maintenance on Theme Customizations explanation , theme-guides	0	905	April 11, 2023
Theme Developer Quick Reference Guide reference , theme-guides	2	9871	June 28, 2021
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 7 - Publish your plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	4	5823	July 29, 2021
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	13	4600	June 19, 2026
Using the DModal API to render Modal windows (aka popups/dialogs) in Discourse code	0	2122	July 3, 2023
Insert text or images anywhere on your site using CSS pseudo-elements how-to , customization	0	18026	October 11, 2018
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.)	14	840	January 25, 2026
Guidelines for CSS classes using BEM	0	312	April 15, 2025
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	1	649	November 3, 2025
Developer's guide to Markdown extensions markdown , reference , code	1	13602	June 1, 2026
Theme Developer Tutorial: 2. Creating a remote theme	0	785	March 18, 2025
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	654	August 28, 2025
Using Google's 'tachometer' to measure JS performance changes in Discourse code	0	1000	October 5, 2023
Set up a multisite development environment dev-install , how-to	0	2041	June 7, 2022

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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…