# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1844 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1845 --- ## [Relative links input into the Link tool during editing, don't work in final post display](https://meta.discourse.org/t/relative-links-input-into-the-link-tool-during-editing-dont-work-in-final-post-display/307311)
**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/relative-links-input-into-the-link-tool-during-editing-dont-work-in-final-post-display/307311 "2025-10-20T19:03:56Z")
reproduce with Edit a post and use the link-tool. Past a relative URL in, for example /g/moderators should be legit on any Discourse install. The link tool generates the Markdown for a link, but expands the relative UR… --- ## [Age prompt for NSFW catagories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/age-prompt-for-nsfw-catagories/52133)
**Author:** [@LastDance](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LastDance)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/age-prompt-for-nsfw-catagories/52133 "2025-09-10T16:29:40Z")
I saw a post about this way back in 2014, https://meta.discourse.org/t/adult-only-categories/22685 but since it wasnt in a category, and i was interested in it becoming a thing,i decided it would be better to put in a … --- ## [Add users to a group based on their email domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-users-to-a-group-based-on-their-email-domain/132875)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-users-to-a-group-based-on-their-email-domain/132875 "2024-12-16T07:03:57Z")
:bookmark: This guide explains how to automatically add users to a Discourse group based on their email domain. It is intended for site administrators who manage Discourse groups. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user le… --- ## [ElliePass - Member verification for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/elliepass-member-verification-for-discourse/410789)
**Author:** [@ElliePass](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ElliePass)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/elliepass-member-verification-for-discourse/410789 "2026-08-24T14:23:59Z")
:information\_source: Summary Adds configurable human, age, identity, and location verification requirements to Discourse communities. :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link GitHub - elliepasshq/elliepass-discou… --- ## [Incorrect user\_field information - API docs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-user-field-information-api-docs/161413)
**Author:** [@zsan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zsan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-user-field-information-api-docs/161413 "2024-12-05T19:32:34Z")
create user field I see { "user\_field\[name\]": "string", "user\_field\[description\]": "string", "user\_field\[field\_type": "string", "user\_field\[required\]": true } Are you sure ? I think it should be something lik… --- ## [How to use Tailwind to theme Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-tailwind-to-theme-discourse/227326)
**Author:** [@mksafi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mksafi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-tailwind-to-theme-discourse/227326 "2024-07-27T22:12:52Z")
Initially I thought I would have to replace entire templates in order add Tailwind’s utility classes to the HTML. Replacing Discourse templates wholesale is a bad idea, I was informed. Fortunately, Tailwind also allows y… --- ## [Users without permissions to send PMs see an invitation to send PMs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-without-permissions-to-send-pms-see-an-invitation-to-send-pms/235704)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-without-permissions-to-send-pms-see-an-invitation-to-send-pms/235704 "2024-04-18T02:24:24Z")
Discourse allows to restrict the private messages feature to users with a certain trust level. However, all users reaching “inbox zero” see an invitation to send messages regardless of their trust level: You don’t have… --- ## [Using personas of AI bot without robot-icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-personas-of-ai-bot-without-robot-icon/285961)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-personas-of-ai-bot-without-robot-icon/285961 "2025-09-18T07:19:53Z")
AI bot communicates using PM. But I can see menu for different personas only when used robot-icon on the header. Is there a way to use personas when the icon is disabled? The actual issue I’m trying to solve out is comm… --- ## [Patreon does not appear to be syncing on our instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-does-not-appear-to-be-syncing-on-our-instance/398944)
**Author:** [@djwtwo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/djwtwo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-does-not-appear-to-be-syncing-on-our-instance/398944 "2026-08-23T19:39:05Z")
We’re on a hosted instance on discourse.group. We have the Patreon plug-in configured to update a group called Patrons, and anyone of any tier should be included in that group. Right now, despite over 1000 active patrons… --- ## [Enabling Zendesk two-way synchronization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-zendesk-two-way-synchronization/177412)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-zendesk-two-way-synchronization/177412 "2024-12-26T22:24:33Z")
Summary In this documentation, we will cover: Enabling Zendesk synchronization settings in Discourse Configuring a Zendesk webhook Setting up a Zendesk trigger Enabling Zendesk synchronization settings To begin, you… --- ## [Indexing User Profiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indexing-user-profiles/345171)
**Author:** [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indexing-user-profiles/345171 "2025-09-04T06:57:16Z")
Hey everyone, happy new year :)) From what I know the users are made not to be indexed on Google or any search results. However, I have removed /u from admin/customize/robots so is that enough or there more changes to d… --- ## [LetsEncrypt DNS Validation Template Using Cloudflare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letsencrypt-dns-validation-template-using-cloudflare/313501)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Wass](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Wass)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letsencrypt-dns-validation-template-using-cloudflare/313501 "2024-10-17T11:33:03Z")
Hi Guys I needed to use the DNS method for authenticating my SSL certificate ownership with Let’s Encrypt. I took a copy of the existing web.letsencrypt.ssl.template.yml file found in /var/discourse/templates/ and modi… --- ## [AI Bot in Chat isn't responding. (no outages)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-in-chat-isnt-responding-no-outages/318546)
**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-in-chat-isnt-responding-no-outages/318546 "2025-04-24T08:54:54Z")
Title says it all — the bot wasn’t responding so I checked the error logs and got a timeout error (below). And there are no reported outages with the API provider. I am not sure if it is a coincidence (which it might be,… --- ## [How to Change User Profile Picture](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-user-profile-picture/214121)
**Author:** [@Kumar\_Karuppaiah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kumar_Karuppaiah)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-user-profile-picture/214121 "2022-01-07T10:52:50Z")
Hi, I want to change the user profile picture programmatically instead of system assigned profile picture. How can I implement it? Please suggest me. Thanks Kumar --- ## [Change the Like Icon to 👍](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-like-icon-to/87748)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-like-icon-to/87748 "2024-02-27T11:50:39Z")
:discourse2: Summary Change the Like Icon to :+1: allows you to change the :heart: icon to the :+1: icon – or any other font awesome 5.5 glyph you prefer. :eyeglasses: Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Cr… --- ## [Azure compatibility improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/azure-compatibility-improvements/374064)
**Author:** [@justinm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justinm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/azure-compatibility-improvements/374064 "2025-09-03T21:48:35Z")
Hey everyone, I made some changes to Discourse to improve its compatibility with Azure App Service. Just a couple of really simple bugfixes :slight\_smile: Looking to get a review on my changes here and here. Thanks! --- ## [LDAP Setup for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-setup-for-discourse/88349)
**Author:** [@pprp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pprp)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-setup-for-discourse/88349 "2025-09-15T21:25:33Z")
Hi, I have followed and added almost every thing (LDAP plugin and LDAP configuration at /admin/site\_settings/category/ldap) as per below links to set up LDAP for Discourse: https://github.com/jonmbake/discourse-ldap-a… --- ## [Howto use Mailjet as a free SMTP service for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/howto-use-mailjet-as-a-free-smtp-service-for-discourse/206262)
**Author:** [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/howto-use-mailjet-as-a-free-smtp-service-for-discourse/206262 "2024-03-21T12:38:21Z")
In this small tutorial I will show you howto use mailjet as a free SMTP service for Discourse. At the moment mailjet let you send 6000 mails per month or 200 per day for free and without sharing your credit card informa… --- ## [What's the maximum number of categories we can have?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-maximum-number-of-categories-we-can-have/57022)
**Author:** [@whizkid77](https://meta.discourse.org/u/whizkid77)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-maximum-number-of-categories-we-can-have/57022 "2024-02-19T20:59:10Z")
I’m considering using Discourse as the backend for my website and app, but I haven’t seen any documentation on its scaling limits. What’s the maximum number of categories we can have? Is it 1000? 10,000? 100,000? I p… --- ## [Image uploads - color profiles dropped](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-uploads-color-profiles-dropped/89380)
**Author:** [@rdyar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rdyar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-uploads-color-profiles-dropped/89380 "2025-09-23T14:48:14Z")
I think this is a bug, though maybe it is a feature to make the file size smaller? I work in the photo industry, in our forum sometimes people post images for others to try to troubleshoot printing issues. The image upl… --- ## [Emoji in tag names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-in-tag-names/44555)
**Author:** [@foloex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/foloex)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-in-tag-names/44555 "2025-10-13T08:39:31Z")
I’m creating a multi-language forum, there will be people from different nationalities on it. I’m thinking of using tags for showing in which language is a topic. I thought it would be more visual to use emoji to display… --- ## [Bulk open closed topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-open-closed-topics/183616)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Bobkov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_Bobkov)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-open-closed-topics/183616 "2024-03-21T17:30:33Z")
I have a lot of topics that were closed following the wrong setting “Close after … min”. Tried to select multiple topics that were closed and apply a bulk action to them, but didn’t find such a button. Is this function p… --- ## [Connecting Discourse to postalserver.io for SMTP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connecting-discourse-to-postalserver-io-for-smtp/315189)
**Author:** [@robbiep](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbiep)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connecting-discourse-to-postalserver-io-for-smtp/315189 "2026-02-21T02:54:45Z")
Hey, I’m trying to connect my Discourse to a self hosted postalserver.io SMTP server. I get the following error from discourse Jobs::HandledExceptionWrapper: Wrapped OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL\_connect SYSCALL returned=… --- ## [Two users waiting for approval but not in RQ- where are they?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-users-waiting-for-approval-but-not-in-rq-where-are-they/208854)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-users-waiting-for-approval-but-not-in-rq-where-are-they/208854 "2025-09-23T16:14:41Z")
We use the same signup process for all new users, using Wordpress as the OAuth provider and requiring manual approval on Discourse. 99% of the time it works. But two users over the past weeks are hiding somewhere. Discou… --- ## [Need to include PGN (chess game notation) in a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-include-pgn-chess-game-notation-in-a-post/157376)
**Author:** [@KranthiKiranGude](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KranthiKiranGude)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-include-pgn-chess-game-notation-in-a-post/157376 "2020-08-20T17:45:05Z")
I am trying to embed a PGN file in a topic. This requires including CSS and Javascript in the topic. Could some one, please help me how can I use CSS and Javascript in a topic --- ## ["First Flag" badge has precise public timestamps that could be correlated with flagged posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-flag-badge-has-precise-public-timestamps-that-could-be-correlated-with-flagged-posts/187710)
**Author:** [@joshtriplett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshtriplett)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-flag-badge-has-precise-public-timestamps-that-could-be-correlated-with-flagged-posts/187710 "2024-05-21T01:33:43Z")
It’s possible to see a full list of everyone who has been granted the “first flag” badge, and the corresponding RSS feed first-flag.rss gives a timestamp that’s precise to the second for when the badge was grantedAt. Tha… --- ## [Onebox for Groups (Continue)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-for-groups-continue/169605)
**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-for-groups-continue/169605 "2025-05-09T03:39:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from Onebox for groups: Is it possible to display groups in Onebox? And it would be great if you could allow the user to press the Request key in the group box. https://meta.discourse.org/g/p… --- ## [Microsoft Clarity embed code](https://meta.discourse.org/t/microsoft-clarity-embed-code/301835)
**Author:** [@Petr\_Mišák](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Petr_Mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/microsoft-clarity-embed-code/301835 "2024-08-13T19:54:36Z")
Microsoft Clarity seems to be a very popular solution for better understanding user behavior in your Discourse community. Similar to the way Google Analytic does it. However, nowhere did we find a native option like Mic… --- ## [Forum update failed – how to restore or reinstall with previous data?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-update-failed-how-to-restore-or-reinstall-with-previous-data/381517)
**Author:** [@wenqin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wenqin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-update-failed-how-to-restore-or-reinstall-with-previous-data/381517 "2025-09-04T04:15:31Z")
Hello, My forum update ran into problems and is now unusable. I would like to know how I can reinstall Discourse while exporting and re-importing my previous data. It seems that Discourse is set by default to periodica… --- ## [Last visit red line not moving on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-visit-red-line-not-moving-on-meta/273866)
**Author:** [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-visit-red-line-not-moving-on-meta/273866 "2026-01-25T20:57:02Z")
I’m not seeing the “last visit” line moving at all - using Chrome version 115.0.5790.114 on desktop (Mac). [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1843) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1845)