# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=169 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 170 --- ## [Anybody wrote a Weekly Auto Restore Script](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anybody-wrote-a-weekly-auto-restore-script/376877)
**Author:** [@jimmy0017](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimmy0017)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anybody-wrote-a-weekly-auto-restore-script/376877 "2025-08-01T16:10:26Z")
I am trying to write a script with a cron that can automatically restore my backup from s3 weekly. So it can run every sunday instead of me going in UI and restore it. (Our site’s restore takes a couple hour…) Did anyb… --- ## [\[PLUGIN discourse-solved\] Deprecation notice: Importing getOwner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-discourse-solved-deprecation-notice-importing-getowner/292190)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-discourse-solved-deprecation-notice-importing-getowner/292190 "2023-10-17T18:02:53Z")
There’s an unresolved deprecation here: --- ## [Admin invite emails not working on Discourse hosted forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-invite-emails-not-working-on-discourse-hosted-forums/329116)
**Author:** [@haikueden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haikueden)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-invite-emails-not-working-on-discourse-hosted-forums/329116 "2024-10-03T04:45:10Z")
I’ve sent admin invites to multiple users. They say they are not getting any e-mails about it. The site says e-mails were sent. This is hosted on Discourse it’s not self hosted. --- ## [Can I allow the bot on private categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-allow-the-bot-on-private-categories/311062)
**Author:** [@Krystian\_Wojciechowski](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krystian_Wojciechowski)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-allow-the-bot-on-private-categories/311062 "2024-06-06T23:38:12Z")
Hello, I have a case where I have some private categories for our internal team - is this possible to grant access to private categories to AI Bot? I know that might be problematic due to extra layer of checking user pe… --- ## [Can I have sidebar links that don't resolve an url to a route](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-have-sidebar-links-that-dont-resolve-an-url-to-a-route/297067)
**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-have-sidebar-links-that-dont-resolve-an-url-to-a-route/297067 "2024-02-28T12:38:39Z")
I have a forum that has discovery.latest set as homepage. I still want to render custom landing components at the root URL /of the forum and a plain list view on the specific /latest route. This works well toggling betw… --- ## [User card badges are stacked, not in a grid](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-badges-are-stacked-not-in-a-grid/383291)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-badges-are-stacked-not-in-a-grid/383291 "2025-09-20T00:41:45Z")
Here on Meta, I see this in the user cards, where the badges of the user are not in a grid like they used to be, but instead stacked vertically. Also, the ‘Pronouns’ section is centered, not aligned - is this intentional… --- ## [Management of new tags created by category moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/management-of-new-tags-created-by-category-moderators/309475)
**Author:** [@ghorbani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ghorbani)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/management-of-new-tags-created-by-category-moderators/309475 "2024-05-26T17:55:34Z")
Category moderators can be assigned to specific categories, which is great. They have permission to create new tags but they cannot manage tag groups to organize them. Also, if the category moderators are unfamiliar with… --- ## [How to display external images in the Topic List Previews Theme Component?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-external-images-in-the-topic-list-previews-theme-component/347096)
**Author:** [@copymonopoly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/copymonopoly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-external-images-in-the-topic-list-previews-theme-component/347096 "2025-01-14T17:09:57Z")
I’m trying to display external images (images hosted on external sources, like Cloudflare Images) in the Topic List Previews theme component in Discourse. Currently, images from external sources show up in the posts but … --- ## [AI helper is hiding. Again](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-helper-is-hiding-again/348481)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-helper-is-hiding-again/348481 "2025-01-23T15:43:03Z")
This has reborned. iPad. --- ## [How to show badge publicly?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-badge-publicly/325346)
**Author:** [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-badge-publicly/325346 "2024-09-06T23:23:48Z")
Admin → Badges. Can you please advise how to make checkboxes next to the standard badges (like Anniversary) active? I can’t set Show badge on the public badges page for some reason. Badges SQL editable settings doesn’… --- ## [Inserting a date and location](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inserting-a-date-and-location/383410)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inserting-a-date-and-location/383410 "2025-10-07T15:28:09Z")
Hi, how come when I use this date and location code: \[date=2025-09-20 timezone="America/Fortaleza"\] The result when I click the date in my post is this one giving me the date and location for two cities, Cayenne (Frenc… --- ## [How to use the" topics "module as the homepage of the website?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-the-topics-module-as-the-homepage-of-the-website/330004)
**Author:** [@Elena](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Elena)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-the-topics-module-as-the-homepage-of-the-website/330004 "2024-10-09T06:20:07Z")
When I enter into the website firstly，“all categories” module is the homepage,how to set "topics"module as the homepage? --- ## [Bootstrap mode - effects?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-mode-effects/320673)
**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-mode-effects/320673 "2024-08-22T21:00:27Z")
I’m a little unclear as to what I should be seeing with Bootstrap Mode active. (Self-hosted, 3.4.0.beta1-dev.) I’ve never touched the setting, and we’re under the default user threshold of 50, so based on what I’ve rea… --- ## [AI Plugin Brainstorming](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-plugin-brainstorming/261418)
**Author:** [@SimonBiggs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SimonBiggs)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-plugin-brainstorming/261418 "2023-04-24T20:16:04Z")
Hi All, We were hoping to collect some ideas for a range of AI plugins. I imagine there are some people who would be keen jump into the AI space and making an AI Discourse plugin would be perfect way to dip in one’s toe… --- ## [Wishlist: visual cue for "user got a badge for this post"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wishlist-visual-cue-for-user-got-a-badge-for-this-post/282923)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wishlist-visual-cue-for-user-got-a-badge-for-this-post/282923 "2024-12-05T12:46:31Z")
We’re trying to encourage users to help each other. We’ve decided to start awarding a custom ‘Users Helping Users’ badge (u-h-u) to users who are the first to respond and whose response attempts to help. Because we want… --- ## [Hide Wiki Post Avatar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-wiki-post-avatar/373267)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_McIvor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johnny_McIvor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-wiki-post-avatar/373267 "2025-07-08T00:08:45Z")
People have commented that the wiki posts look silly because it looks like a regular post, and like the user is talking to themselves. When you click “Make Wiki” the user avatar should disappear or be replaced with a wi… --- ## ['See who voted' display issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-who-voted-display-issue/306641)
**Author:** [@Luke\_Cousins](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Luke_Cousins)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-who-voted-display-issue/306641 "2024-05-03T17:44:41Z")
I think there’s a UI bug with a recent update of this (we installed the latest updates about 10 hours ago and have only seen this since). This can be seen at https://community.breww.com/t/dashboard-customisation-with… --- ## [Adding paste functionality to form composer fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-paste-functionality-to-form-composer-fields/402250)
**Author:** [@cdervout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cdervout)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-paste-functionality-to-form-composer-fields/402250 "2026-05-29T14:44:30Z")
Hello Are there plans to allow copy and paste in text input fields in the future? As is the case when creating a message without a form template. --- ## [How can i add keywords for spam?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-keywords-for-spam/335640)
**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-keywords-for-spam/335640 "2024-11-12T15:47:25Z")
How can i add keywords for spam? --- ## [User\_10\_secs\_limit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-10-secs-limit/373500)
**Author:** [@truman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/truman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-10-secs-limit/373500 "2025-07-10T13:27:57Z")
Slow down, you're making too many requests. Please retry again in 5 seconds. Error code: user\_10\_secs\_limit. I created a theme that uses await ajax(/t/${this.args.topic.id}.json); . This gets rate-limited due to excess… --- ## [End user overview of the Discourse default GUI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/end-user-overview-of-the-discourse-default-gui/308656)
**Author:** [@zwaa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zwaa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/end-user-overview-of-the-discourse-default-gui/308656 "2024-05-20T06:26:46Z")
Hi! Is there a general end user overview, not a manual/user guide, of the Discourse default GUI? I understand that Discourse is highly configurable, but still, logically there should exist a basic overview of the defaul… --- ## [Feature Request: Add support for curated topics in Digest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-support-for-curated-topics-in-digest/375800)
**Author:** [@Ric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ric)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-support-for-curated-topics-in-digest/375800 "2025-07-29T21:31:23Z")
It would be really cool if admin’s or moderators could maintain a list of curated topics that get included in the digest emails. This would allow them to be used as a newsletter style publication. We may need to also co… --- ## [3.3.4: Security and maintenance release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-3-4-security-and-maintenance-release/349301)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-3-4-security-and-maintenance-release/349301 "2025-02-05T14:26:22Z")
Discourse 3.3.4 Stable Release Discourse strongly recommends that all sites follow the default tests-passed branch of Discourse. The “stable” branch is more focused on lack of change than lack of bugs - all releases, inc… --- ## [Why are some topics unpinned to me?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-some-topics-unpinned-to-me/357847)
**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-some-topics-unpinned-to-me/357847 "2025-03-18T23:01:21Z")
I’ve seen this more than once. Why are some topics unpinned to me, even though they have the pinned icon? --- ## [Editing Theme design](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-theme-design/339509)
**Author:** [@sid321](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sid321)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-theme-design/339509 "2024-12-02T04:20:45Z")
Whats the actual way to edit the theme is it possible? I’m self hosting the forum and want to make changes to the theme, how to do it? Not through additional css, but is there any other way to make proper changes to it? … --- ## [Looking for a plugin for upvote/down votes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-plugin-for-upvote-down-votes/337061)
**Author:** [@king\_laurel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/king_laurel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-plugin-for-upvote-down-votes/337061 "2024-11-19T18:26:29Z")
I am in search of a plugin that allows user’s to upvote/downvote comments. I believe discourse has one they maintain, but I haven’t been able to find the name since voting is a popular search item. Thank you! --- ## [Delete topics automatically after N days inside a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-topics-automatically-after-n-days-inside-a-category/356386)
**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-topics-automatically-after-n-days-inside-a-category/356386 "2025-03-08T11:01:54Z")
Some topics have that rule of being locked 30 days after the last reply, so I would assume this is set on a Category level? Is it possible to do the same, but completely delete topics? I know I can set a timer on a top… --- ## [Discourse AI Failing to translate large number of posts and topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-failing-to-translate-large-number-of-posts-and-topics/385414)
**Author:** [@panrafal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/panrafal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-failing-to-translate-large-number-of-posts-and-topics/385414 "2025-11-06T16:33:16Z")
Hello there, I’ve enabled Discourse AI on our community forum and started backfilling into multiple languages. Around 60% of posts and topics are translated, but in the process, I’m getting a LOT of errors in the consol… --- ## [How hide Login button in header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-hide-login-button-in-header/317637)
**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-hide-login-button-in-header/317637 "2024-07-22T17:33:01Z")
How can we hide login button in header and display them in other, example Hamburger menu? --- ## [Upgrading from a very old container fails due to postgres permission errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-from-a-very-old-container-fails-due-to-postgres-permission-errors/368597)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-from-a-very-old-container-fails-due-to-postgres-permission-errors/368597 "2025-06-03T15:26:15Z")
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