# WordPress

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## [The link to the comments community is missing from the Wordpress article](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-link-to-the-comments-community-is-missing-from-the-wordpress-article/367908)

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**Author:** [@Petr\_Mišák](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Petr_Mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-link-to-the-comments-community-is-missing-from-the-wordpress-article/367908 "2025-06-15T07:33:39Z")

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A couple of days ago and probably after updating one of these plugins, articles in WordPress stopped proving on community comments. Which plugins did we update? “Advanced Ads, GTM4WP, Rank Math SEO, Rank Math SEO PRO, S…

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## [Write custom featured\_link to discourse topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/write-custom-featured-link-to-discourse-topic/362613)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/write-custom-featured-link-to-discourse-topic/362613 "2025-05-24T07:57:39Z")

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Hey guys Is there any way to write a custom URL to the featured\_link of the topic with WP Discourse? My use case: WP CPT products which have an affiliate link. Instead of the post URL, I want to write the product affil…

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## [Getting the most out of the Wordpress plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-the-most-out-of-the-wordpress-plugin/364492)

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**Author:** [@Nick\_Torres](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nick_Torres)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-the-most-out-of-the-wordpress-plugin/364492 "2025-05-07T05:59:15Z")

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I’ve recently added the discourse plugin to our Wordpress site. The user journey is a bit clunky: user visits ours site user clicks “share your thoughts” within the comment section User is brought to our forum page Us…

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## [Comments are not showing after post content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comments-are-not-showing-after-post-content/83654)

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**Author:** [@c38a881f7741229d8bd2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/c38a881f7741229d8bd2)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comments-are-not-showing-after-post-content/83654 "2025-04-29T18:28:20Z")

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Hi, we use wp discourse plugin on our site. The problem is that i can’t find comment section after post content. Seems like plugin options are fine, but we still have an issue Can you help us please? Forum page: http…

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## [Post Not Properly Published to Discourse – Missing Permalink in API Response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-not-properly-published-to-discourse-missing-permalink-in-api-response/362788)

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**Author:** [@techops](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techops)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-not-properly-published-to-discourse-missing-permalink-in-api-response/362788 "2025-04-23T15:14:54Z")

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I’m experiencing an issue with the Discourse WordPress plugin when trying to publish a WordPress post to Discourse. Issue Description: When I create a new post on my WordPress site and check the “Publish to Discourse” …

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## [WP Discourse SSO - What happens with old members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-sso-what-happens-with-old-members/362605)

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**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-sso-what-happens-with-old-members/362605 "2025-04-21T08:35:30Z")

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If we use the WP Discourse plugin and choose Wordpress as the sso login, how do old members login? Do they have to re-create there account on WP to be able to login again?

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## [Start the Discussion link at bottom of blog post not working, linking to topic\_url](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-the-discussion-link-at-bottom-of-blog-post-not-working-linking-to-topic-url/360015)

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**Author:** [@Pieces](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pieces)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-the-discussion-link-at-bottom-of-blog-post-not-working-linking-to-topic-url/360015 "2025-04-16T07:15:16Z")

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I noticed that the “Start the Discussion” link at the bottom of my Wordpress Blog Post stopped working and is now just linking to “topic\_url”. I am not exactly sure when this stopped working. I did recently update my W…

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## [What is the wp\_capability a role needs to access the Discourse wordpress setting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-wp-capability-a-role-needs-to-access-the-discourse-wordpress-setting/142084)

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**Author:** [@RickU](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RickU)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-wp-capability-a-role-needs-to-access-the-discourse-wordpress-setting/142084 "2025-03-27T11:01:32Z")

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Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing great. I have a developer that doe not have admin rights and needs to access this page: Login | HSTS Redirection Community I need to know which wp capability is the one needed t…

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## [WP Discourse Won't Publish Private Post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-wont-publish-private-post/96166)

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**Author:** [@pgross](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pgross)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-wont-publish-private-post/96166 "2025-03-26T12:52:03Z")

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Hi, I am using Discourse with SSO from Wordpress and all discussions are private. But I want Wordpress to not only publish public posts on my Discourse forum but also private posts. It works fine for public but never …

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## [Issues with CPT lessons (using Learndash Plugin) sync to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-cpt-lessons-using-learndash-plugin-sync-to-discourse/358510)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-cpt-lessons-using-learndash-plugin-sync-to-discourse/358510 "2025-03-24T11:18:02Z")

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Hey guys, I have been running into an issue with a CPT created my Learndash LMS plugin Learndash plugin disables custom fields by default. I used a plugin to basically enable and add those CFs to learndash’s post types …

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## [Hot to enable publishability for a post type without auto-publish?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hot-to-enable-publishability-for-a-post-type-without-auto-publish/358495)

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**Author:** [@Firsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firsh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hot-to-enable-publishability-for-a-post-type-without-auto-publish/358495 "2025-03-23T23:00:01Z")

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I have the normal “post” post type that gets auto-published as expected using the WP Discourse plugin. I also have another post type, that is Gutenberg-editor-enabled, but the only way I can assign existing or freshly/ma…

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## [SSO Integration Issue - Need Help with Automatic Authentication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-integration-issue-need-help-with-automatic-authentication/357947)

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**Author:** [@omriz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omriz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-integration-issue-need-help-with-automatic-authentication/357947 "2025-03-19T13:05:21Z")

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Hello Community, I’m seeking assistance with an SSO integration challenge. We have successfully implemented SSO between our Developer Zone and the community platform, but we’re facing a specific issue: Currently, even …

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## [Wordpress / discourse integration not connecting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-discourse-integration-not-connecting/284744)

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**Author:** [@Jacob\_Peebles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jacob_Peebles)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-discourse-integration-not-connecting/284744 "2025-02-21T16:19:52Z")

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I’m struggling to get wordpress to connect to discourse (my install is here forum.employ.com), here is my error message: \[2023-11-07 19:14:56\] connection.INFO: check\_connection\_status.failed\_to\_connect {"error":"wpdc\_re…

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## [Where can I change text after "failed" login: "There is already an account registered with the username supplied by Discourse. ..."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-can-i-change-text-after-failed-login-there-is-already-an-account-registered-with-the-username-supplied-by-discourse/357393)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-can-i-change-text-after-failed-login-there-is-already-an-account-registered-with-the-username-supplied-by-discourse/357393 "2025-03-17T08:13:01Z")

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Hey guys, Where can I change the following error message, can’t find the text snippet in WP Discourse Plugin settings: There is already an account registered with the username supplied by Discourse. If this is you, lo…

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## [Wp discourse username generation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-username-generation/356454)

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**Author:** [@Mira\_Iranpour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mira_Iranpour)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-username-generation/356454 "2025-03-09T07:52:46Z")

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Hi I successfully connected wp discourse and made it a provider for my discourse however it automatically fetches the username from wordpress when someone logs in for the first time into discourse. I know this makes sen…

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## [Discourse comments are not reflected on WordPress blog (2025 version)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-comments-are-not-reflected-on-wordpress-blog-2025-version/354713)

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**Author:** [@Gregory\_Bartholomew](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gregory_Bartholomew)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-comments-are-not-reflected-on-wordpress-blog-2025-version/354713 "2025-02-27T16:42:02Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse comments are not reflected on Wordpress blog: Hi. I’ve installed a fresh copy of Discourse 3.4.0 (4abee26a32) and WordPress 6.7.2 on my local PC for testing and I’m unable to get…

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## [Staging a new community: Basic Auth breaks WP-Discourse plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staging-a-new-community-basic-auth-breaks-wp-discourse-plugin/352368)

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**Author:** [@Todd\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Todd_S)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staging-a-new-community-basic-auth-breaks-wp-discourse-plugin/352368 "2025-02-15T06:04:05Z")

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I am staging Wordpress and Discourse sites (self-hosted) using the WP-Discourse plug-in. I have successfully enabled HTTP Basic Authentication on both sites to keep them from being accessible until they are ready to go …

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## [Duplicate Content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-content/91745)

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**Author:** [@entrep](https://meta.discourse.org/u/entrep)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-content/91745 "2025-02-08T15:40:11Z")

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I was wondering the same thing about duplicate synchronized WP/Discourse content from this topic: https://meta.discourse.org/t/risk-of-duplicate-content-with-synchronized-wp-posts-discourse-topics/91737 But it got close…

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## [Discourse comment box appearing 2 times](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-comment-box-appearing-2-times/349782)

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**Author:** [@emonunix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emonunix)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-comment-box-appearing-2-times/349782 "2025-01-31T22:31:06Z")

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2 discourse comment box is appearing. Platform: WordPress Theme: Astra Before we were using extol theme then moved to astra. Added comment section hook by astra site builder and placed under the post by display condit…

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## [I need API for wordpress discourse plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-api-for-wordpress-discourse-plugin/348376)

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**Author:** [@Serdar\_Özdemir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Serdar_%C3%96zdemir)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-api-for-wordpress-discourse-plugin/348376 "2025-01-22T13:28:07Z")

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I need API for wordpress discourse plugin

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## [Bug: Wordpress plugin repost to forum got broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-wordpress-plugin-repost-to-forum-got-broken/347488)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Pletnev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Pletnev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-wordpress-plugin-repost-to-forum-got-broken/347488 "2025-01-16T17:27:56Z")

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Hi, I have WP plugin to repost new posts to forum automatically. It had worked ok for a few months, until it stopped - now the link is broken (see pic). I updated Discourse WP plugin, but nothing changed. Any ideas? …

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## [Automatically create Discourse user on Wordpress registration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-create-discourse-user-on-wordpress-registration/347107)

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**Author:** [@37Rb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/37Rb)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-create-discourse-user-on-wordpress-registration/347107 "2025-01-16T02:13:02Z")

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My site uses DiscourseConnect Provider so Wordpress manages logins to Discourse. When a user registers in Wordpress, I would like a Discourse user to be immediately created for them and the Discourse activation email se…

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## [Discourse not linking the Comments automatically under the articles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-linking-the-comments-automatically-under-the-articles/299364)

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**Author:** [@Miasanrot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Miasanrot)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-linking-the-comments-automatically-under-the-articles/299364 "2025-01-15T08:31:03Z")

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Hey! I have the problem that discourse is not showing the comments under my articles anymore. When my article is published, it shows up in the discourse forum of our blog, but I have to link it manually in the wordpress…

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## [Broken image in Discourse (but they work in the message preview)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-image-in-discourse-but-they-work-in-the-message-preview/90429)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-image-in-discourse-but-they-work-in-the-message-preview/90429 "2025-01-14T08:51:59Z")

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Hi, When I publish a WP post to Discourse, the images won’t show up: But they do show up in the message preview if I edit the topic. Saving the edit or rebuilding the message HTML don’t fix it. Typical HTML of …

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## [TutorLMS Lesson custom post type - Discourse linked post not saved \[solved\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tutorlms-lesson-custom-post-type-discourse-linked-post-not-saved-solved/344157)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tutorlms-lesson-custom-post-type-discourse-linked-post-not-saved-solved/344157 "2024-12-24T08:05:55Z")

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Hey guys I found this thread with similar issue like the one I am experiencing: Discourse Publishing Link for Custom Post Type Disappears I am using TutorLMS WP plugin which registers its lesson Custom post type I can…

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## [Discourse WordPress plugin does not auto login user on alias domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-wordpress-plugin-does-not-auto-login-user-on-alias-domain/341744)

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**Author:** [@Himanshu\_Singh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Himanshu_Singh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-wordpress-plugin-does-not-auto-login-user-on-alias-domain/341744 "2024-12-11T16:55:00Z")

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Hello everyone, We have a WordPress customization scenario that is breaking Discourse plugin functionality. Scenario My site is WordPress site. Let’s say abc.com I have Discourse WordPress plugin installed and it wo…

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## [Should comments webhook update count after deleting posts/comments?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-comments-webhook-update-count-after-deleting-posts-comments/336621)

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**Author:** [@Firsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firsh)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-comments-webhook-update-count-after-deleting-posts-comments/336621 "2024-12-04T12:27:53Z")

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I’m using DC SSO where users are managed by WP. The forum acts as a way to comment on posts, but these posts are only visible in the forum. I have a custom “Comment” button in WP that turns into “x comments” when there …

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## [Bug in Wordpress plugin: quick edit forces old topics to be pushed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-wordpress-plugin-quick-edit-forces-old-topics-to-be-pushed/336882)

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**Author:** [@SkyeDragon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SkyeDragon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-wordpress-plugin-quick-edit-forces-old-topics-to-be-pushed/336882 "2024-11-19T08:16:27Z")

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The wordpress plugin is great, I love being able to link my blog and forum! But, I have noticed a bug: the quick edit feature in the wordpress post list seems to ignore the publish settings and always publishes blog ar…

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## [Bulk "Publish to Discourse"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-publish-to-discourse/147285)

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**Author:** [@agf1997](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agf1997)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-publish-to-discourse/147285 "2024-11-15T14:17:09Z")

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Might be more of a WP question but is there any way to bulk “Publish to Discourse” a large number of posts? I have 200 posts I want to publish to discourse to enable discourse comments but can’t figure out how to acces…

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## [Failing DC SSO connection slowing down the admin with a timeout](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-dc-sso-connection-slowing-down-the-admin-with-a-timeout/333812)

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**Author:** [@Firsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firsh)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-dc-sso-connection-slowing-down-the-admin-with-a-timeout/333812 "2024-10-31T14:33:42Z")

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I’ve set up Discourse Connect SSO using the official plugin, so my WP users log into Discourse without registering another user over there. It all works fine, except every single WP dashboard (admin area) request is slow…

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