**Author:** [@Welsh\_Selkie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Welsh_Selkie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uk-eu-development-of-safeguarding-words-pop-up-feature/396266 "2026-02-17T13:32:29Z")
What would you like done? Our forum serves a vulnerable population dealing with blood cancer diagnoses and treatment in the United Kingdom. We need an automated safeguarding feature that identifies when users may be in…
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## [How to prevent an influx of spam bots on our forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-an-influx-of-spam-bots-on-our-forum/382459)
**Author:** [@GamersInternational](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GamersInternational)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-an-influx-of-spam-bots-on-our-forum/382459 "2025-09-12T17:21:02Z")
I’m a moderator of a medium-sized online forum with over 10,000 users. Last night, we had a serious spam attack with various bots posting fake support phone numbers for various airlines, travel companies and a few other …
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## [hCaptcha plug-in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hcaptcha-plug-in/308325)
**Author:** [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hcaptcha-plug-in/308325 "2024-05-20T16:07:19Z")
I was made aware of this plug-in https://github.com/discourse/discourse-hCaptcha but don’t find anything about it here, does anyone have any info on it, using it, examples or reports? Thank you
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## [A better way to manage indices for Doc Categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-way-to-manage-indices-for-doc-categories/362126)
**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-way-to-manage-indices-for-doc-categories/362126 "2025-04-16T22:06:00Z")
This is a step backwards from the original Docs plugin in my opinion.
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## [Managing Forum Moderators - Metrics & Reporting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-forum-moderators-metrics-reporting/360806)
**Author:** [@charlotte](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charlotte)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-forum-moderators-metrics-reporting/360806 "2025-04-07T22:00:00Z")
Hi all! I lead the Ramp Community and manage our Discourse forum. We’ve recently added a few team members to help moderate, and I’m working with our data team to track key engagement metrics. We’re specifically looking …
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## [Configure hcaptcha on new accounts and/or first post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-hcaptcha-on-new-accounts-and-or-first-post/360799)
**Author:** [@Debbie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Debbie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-hcaptcha-on-new-accounts-and-or-first-post/360799 "2025-04-07T20:27:19Z")
Feature request: Instead of only having hcaptcha on new account creation, please allow a setting that can also enable it for first posts. (If hcaptcha was not previously enabled, there may be many spurious accounts that …
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## [I set up Discourse, activated my account email, why am I still constantly receiving account activation emails every so often? How to configure to solve this bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bug/384684)
**Author:** [@john10](https://meta.discourse.org/u/john10)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bug/384684 "2026-01-08T17:31:16Z")
I have set up Discourse and activated my account email, why am I still receiving emails with account activation information every so often? How can I configure this bug to be resolved?
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## [SKIP\_CONNECTION\_TEST does not work on install-discourse script](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-connection-test-does-not-work-on-install-discourse-script/396661)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-connection-test-does-not-work-on-install-discourse-script/396661 "2026-02-21T04:23:24Z")
I’ve tried basically everything I can imagine and nothing is working so I can only infer that this is a bug. Things I’ve tried: SKIP\_CONNECTION\_TEST=1 ./install-discourse export SKIP\_CONNECTION\_TEST=1; ./install-disco…
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## [Need help with switching to the new category icons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-switching-to-the-new-category-icons/365148)
**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-switching-to-the-new-category-icons/365148 "2025-05-28T12:05:57Z")
I’ve switched now to the native category icons, but I need to regenerate the HTML for the topics that still use the old style. Otherwise the icon is just a gray square. Is a rake posts:rebake fine to run? I have about 8…
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## [Render \`\\` in markdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-button-disabled-in-markdown/358906)
**Author:** [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-button-disabled-in-markdown/358906 "2025-03-26T10:11:53Z")
As stated in a relevant thread, where I was advised to separate this request from a bug in which the button renders in the previewer:
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## [Discourse docker runs successfully, cannot access discourse host name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-runs-successfully-cannot-access-discourse-host-name/384451)
**Author:** [@Shin\_210](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shin_210)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-runs-successfully-cannot-access-discourse-host-name/384451 "2025-10-02T17:43:31Z")
After following this docs, I managed to get discourse up, but accessing the configured discourse host name returns 404. Is there anything wrong? Edit: for more information, I ran “./discourse-setup --skip-connection-tes…
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## [Autogrid not working in the compact composer, any workarounds?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autogrid-not-working-in-the-compact-composer-any-workarounds/387925)
**Author:** [@WorldIsMine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WorldIsMine)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autogrid-not-working-in-the-compact-composer-any-workarounds/387925 "2025-12-03T20:58:31Z")
I love the autogrid feature, lots of uploads on my website. However, with the new compact composer it doesn’t seem to trigger it, only when the composer is switched back to the old one. Are there any workarounds?
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## [Custom website header with forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-website-header-with-forum/362718)
**Author:** [@danvanmoll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danvanmoll)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-website-header-with-forum/362718 "2025-04-20T21:27:59Z")
Hi! I would like to keep our website’s menu (https://twogeeksonecup.wtf) on top of our forum (https://forum.twogeeksonecup.wtf) - even when people nevigate directly to the forum instead of clicking on the link on our we…
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## [I'm stuck on the "Register Administrator Account" page and can't register](https://meta.discourse.org/t/im-stuck-on-the-register-administrator-account-page-and-cant-register/388638)
**Author:** [@zhusu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zhusu)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/im-stuck-on-the-register-administrator-account-page-and-cant-register/388638 "2025-12-12T21:02:52Z")
I have checked containers/app.yml and installed it. The doctor command ran without any errors, and the email connection is normal. However, I am stuck on the ‘Register Admin Account’ page and cannot proceed to the next s…
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## [How do I change forum created date?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-forum-created-date/356826)
**Author:** [@lilstranded](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lilstranded)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-forum-created-date/356826 "2025-03-13T03:42:38Z")
Recently I’ve moved my xenforo forum to discourse but now it shows “Created \< 1 month ago” in the about page but the community was started in 2016, but its showing the discourse instance created date, how can I change th…
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## [Suggested adding a daily point limit to balance the system](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-adding-a-daily-point-limit-to-balance-the-system/383966)
**Author:** [@Monikas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monikas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-adding-a-daily-point-limit-to-balance-the-system/383966 "2025-09-25T02:42:53Z")
Hello, I found that currently this plugin doesn’t provide a daily cap for user points. This means users can farm points without limits, which may cause imbalance in the scoring system. I’d like to suggest adding a fe…
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## [Category dropdown overflows on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-dropdown-overflows-on-mobile/395847)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-dropdown-overflows-on-mobile/395847 "2026-02-12T09:58:22Z")
I have an S23+ using Microsoft Edge browser using the Horizon theme and when I want to compose a new topic, the dropdown tp choose category overflows my screen
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## [Screen blanking when clicking a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/screen-blanking-when-clicking-a-topic/356508)
**Author:** [@manton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manton)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/screen-blanking-when-clicking-a-topic/356508 "2025-03-24T11:23:42Z")
Hi, A user reported this issue where the entire screen would go blank on his laptop when clicking a topic after I updated the forum in this topic: Upgrading v2.2.0.beta4 forum with unknown local changes - Installation -…
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## [Polls with markup show html tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-with-markup-show-html-tags/315253)
**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-with-markup-show-html-tags/315253 "2024-07-07T14:14:15Z")
I just updated to 3.3.0.beta4-dev (6022cc2af8) and I’ve noticed polls with bold, italics or emoji appear with strong/em/img HTML tags. Strangely, the composer preview renders correctly:
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## [Error thrown when viewing a user's list of deleted posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-thrown-when-viewing-a-users-list-of-deleted-posts/387961)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-thrown-when-viewing-a-users-list-of-deleted-posts/387961 "2025-11-10T22:00:21Z")
Running Discourse 3.6.0.beta3-latest (bd135646c3) An error pops up when reaching the end of the deleted-posts list for a user. Steps to repro: View the profile of any user that has some deleted posts Scroll to the v…
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## [AP processing dragging forum down?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ap-processing-dragging-forum-down/374033)
**Author:** [@aschrijver1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver1)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ap-processing-dragging-forum-down/374033 "2025-08-14T13:55:29Z")
Hi @angus, I can't be certain about what is actually happening, which needs an admin and knowledgeable person with the ActivityPub plugin, but I observe that this forum becomes slow or even unreachable at times and it lo…
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## [Direct Registration Feature: How To Implement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-registration-feature-how-to-implement/289659)
**Author:** [@Aaron\_Walsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aaron_Walsh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-registration-feature-how-to-implement/289659 "2023-12-24T10:58:59Z")
Wishing you a joyous Christmas Eve! I am interested in knowing whether there is a method by which I can personalise the subforum interface. My thorough investigation of the forum has yet to yield a clear answer as to wh…
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## [SVG icon missing error with dropdown settings in theme object settings when max input is reached](https://meta.discourse.org/t/svg-icon-missing-error-with-dropdown-settings-in-theme-object-settings-when-max-input-is-reached/391708)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/svg-icon-missing-error-with-dropdown-settings-in-theme-object-settings-when-max-input-is-reached/391708 "2025-12-19T00:19:39Z")
I noticed several warnings about a missing empty icon in my browser console. The icon “” is missing from the SVG subset These were triggered when the icon was hidden on the dropdown in my theme’s object settings bec…
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## [How to noindex topics within a specific category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-noindex-topics-within-a-specific-category/392395)
**Author:** [@Brandon007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brandon007)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-noindex-topics-within-a-specific-category/392395 "2025-12-31T17:05:03Z")
How can we set noindex for all topics in a specific category? I know you can hide a category from public view, but that’s a workaround, not the goal. Thanks so much!
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## [Error when editing shared edit wiki post from the history](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-editing-shared-edit-wiki-post-from-the-history/398145)
**Author:** [@hannahbit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hannahbit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-editing-shared-edit-wiki-post-from-the-history/398145 "2026-03-11T10:16:21Z")
Hello :waving\_hand: I think I found a bug related to shared edit wiki posts. Scenario: a post that is turned into a wiki and has shared edits enabled as a user who is neither the original author, nor a moderator (jus…
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## [New Forum Home Page - Wondering If This is a Possibility](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-forum-home-page-wondering-if-this-is-a-possibility/319842)
**Author:** [@wendellverli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wendellverli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-forum-home-page-wondering-if-this-is-a-possibility/319842 "2024-08-02T21:03:29Z")
I’m a product designer and I own a Photography based forum (in Brazil) https://forum.fotografos.online and I’m working if someone would like to perhaps work on a version or a few versions of a forum home page like this… …
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## [Xenforo 2.3 Migration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/xenforo-2-3-migration/327812)
**Author:** [@Chadi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chadi)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/xenforo-2-3-migration/327812 "2024-12-30T21:26:03Z")
Hey people, looking to migrate from Xenforo 2.3 to Discourse. I need to be careful of this process and wanted to ask a few questions before giving it a shot. I did a few searches about migrating from XF here before posti…
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## [Topics (with replies) bumped on title edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-replies-bumped-on-title-edit/383576)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-replies-bumped-on-title-edit/383576 "2025-11-20T16:11:33Z")
I noticed on my forum and also on Meta that topics are bumped when the title is edited. For me this is quite confusing because the topic appears at the top of the topic list, so I expect something new, but it’s very diff…
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## [🔐 Yandex ID OAuth2 Authentication for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yandex-id-oauth2-authentication-for-discourse/388175)
**Author:** [@kaktak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kaktak)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yandex-id-oauth2-authentication-for-discourse/388175 "2025-11-17T21:58:48Z")
:information\_source: Summary This plugin enables OAuth2 login via Yandex ID for your Discourse forum, allowing users to authenticate seamlessly using their Yandex accounts. :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Lin…
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## [Filter by user replied](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-by-user-replied/345589)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-by-user-replied/345589 "2025-01-05T22:34:18Z")
I’d like to see an additional option ‘no replies by me’ that filters topics to the ones that the user has not replied to. Probably too odd of a use case, but it would help some of our users who try to reply to most of th…
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