# Hot

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## [Is there a plugin for "response posts?"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-plugin-for-response-posts/350081)

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**Author:** [@Johnny\_McIvor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johnny_McIvor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-plugin-for-response-posts/350081 "2025-02-02T06:59:38Z")

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I run a forum that’s centered around intense political debate / intellectual discussion. I remember back in the old days of Youtube, there was a feature for “response videos” that was very helpful for creating intellectu…

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## [Tag topics using AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-topics-using-ai/401178)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-topics-using-ai/401178 "2026-04-21T23:15:00Z")

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:bookmark: This guide explains how to automatically tag topics using the AI triage feature in the Discourse AI plugin combined with Discourse Automation. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator Tag t…

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## [Infinite loop when scrolling in chrome on android in landscape mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-loop-when-scrolling-in-chrome-on-android-in-landscape-mode/345635)

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**Author:** [@programmerjake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/programmerjake)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-loop-when-scrolling-in-chrome-on-android-in-landscape-mode/345635 "2025-01-07T04:33:14Z")

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when going to \[RFC\]\[GlobalISel\] Adding FP type information to LLT - #37 by qcolombet - Common CodeGen Infrastructure - LLVM Discussion Forums and scrolling down a bit more it goes into an infinite loop of scrolling down …

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## [Dashes not removed from breadcrumb toggle or "There are no more \[tag\] topics" message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashes-not-removed-from-breadcrumb-toggle-or-there-are-no-more-tag-topics-message/342843)

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**Author:** [@grovemountain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grovemountain)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashes-not-removed-from-breadcrumb-toggle-or-there-are-no-more-tag-topics-message/342843 "2024-12-17T08:21:34Z")

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Thank you for this theme component. When on a tag page, it appears that dashes are not removed from: The breadcrumb toggle/button The message, “There are no more \[tag\] topics. Browse all tags or view latest topics.” …

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## [Receiving multiple notifications about the same reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receiving-multiple-notifications-about-the-same-reply/393486)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2026, 5:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receiving-multiple-notifications-about-the-same-reply/393486 "2026-02-27T05:44:04Z")

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The first time I noticed a second notification for the same reply while no link, quote or mention was added in the edit was after the edit on Topics from some categories do not appear on /latest - #36 by JammyDodger. Thi…

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## [Private category for each user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category-for-each-user/305972)

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**Author:** [@jgl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgl)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category-for-each-user/305972 "2024-05-04T07:36:39Z")

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Hi there everybody :wave: :dart: What I’m looking for I’d like that each user of my community have their own private space where they can write whatever topic they want in a private way. To use it as a personal diary, t…

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## [Discourse Shortlink Router | Simplify support URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-shortlink-router-simplify-support-urls/401542)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-shortlink-router-simplify-support-urls/401542 "2026-05-22T05:55:55Z")

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Have you ever wished you had an “Install this theme on your site” button for everything? I’ve developed a site to do so! You can use it at https://discourserouter.pyxfluff.dev. Instead of saying something like: You ca…

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## [WP Discourse Filters and Actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-filters-and-actions/307211)

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**Author:** [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-filters-and-actions/307211 "2024-05-08T06:47:50Z")

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These are all actions and filters provided by the WP Discourse plugin. Examples are illustrative only. You will need to test and validate the example on your own instance before using it in production. Filters For a gen…

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## [Adding information about the flag review process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-information-about-the-flag-review-process/352008)

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**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-information-about-the-flag-review-process/352008 "2025-02-14T02:45:11Z")

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:bookmark: This is a how-to guide on how to modify information about the flags review process. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Admin At the top of the flag modal generic information about the review proces…

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## [Running on t3.micro getting Warning "Requires 1GB of RAM"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-on-t3-micro-getting-warning-requires-1gb-of-ram/285055)

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**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-on-t3-micro-getting-warning-requires-1gb-of-ram/285055 "2023-11-10T13:06:39Z")

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I try to install Discourse on t3.micro instance on AWS. I run the ./discourse-setup and it doesn’t run, shows me “Warning: Discourse requires 1GB RAM to run, This system does not appear to have sufficient memory”. I do h…

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## [How do you use Discourse AI? Tell us and make it even better!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-use-discourse-ai-tell-us-and-make-it-even-better/295402)

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**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-use-discourse-ai-tell-us-and-make-it-even-better/295402 "2025-03-02T19:04:43Z")

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Hey :waving\_hand: Discourse AI has been out for some time now and I am trying to get an understanding of how people are using it. As the Product Manager for the AI team, I want to learn from your experience so we can mak…

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## [AI bugging out, having a mental breakdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bugging-out-having-a-mental-breakdown/388611)

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**Author:** [@wisewords](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wisewords)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bugging-out-having-a-mental-breakdown/388611 "2025-11-17T00:14:21Z")

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One of our staff has found out about creating AI personas, and decided to test it out. Let’s just say that our staff had a really fun field day testing this AI. However, we noticed a bug on the end of the AI. After us…

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## [Are you able to restore a backup that doesn't include uploads if its still on S3?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-able-to-restore-a-backup-that-doesnt-include-uploads-if-its-still-on-s3/393952)

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**Author:** [@hipp0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hipp0)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-able-to-restore-a-backup-that-doesnt-include-uploads-if-its-still-on-s3/393952 "2026-01-21T08:08:46Z")

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I have backup Bucket and an Uploads bucket, I’m backing up which is about 300 megs now. I am wondering if I restore will it be able to grab all the old hot linked files for when they were originally uploaded to the uploa…

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## [How to connect to the database externally under discourse container deployment method, for example using DBeaver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-dbeaver/367730)

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**Author:** [@singi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/singi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-dbeaver/367730 "2025-05-28T02:37:00Z")

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Under discourse container deployment method, how to connect to the database externally, for example using DBeaver to connect.

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## [Watched Words not displaying entries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-not-displaying-entries/322556)

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**Author:** [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-not-displaying-entries/322556 "2024-08-26T11:50:06Z")

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I’m trying to add watched words entries but they are not displaying. Every now and then they display when I enter a new one, but when I refresh the page they disappear. The only way to check is to download the file. …

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## [Forum is disappearing 😳 Backup size consistently decreasing over time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-is-disappearing-backup-size-consistently-decreasing-over-time/340678)

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**Author:** [@wil93](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wil93)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-is-disappearing-backup-size-consistently-decreasing-over-time/340678 "2024-12-17T14:07:47Z")

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I noticed that the backups are gradually decreasing in size, and some uploads are starting to disappear. For example in this post there should be a video, but it doesn’t play anymore and indeed is missing from the ba…

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## [Default Tag for specific Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-tag-for-specific-categories/363518)

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**Author:** [@hobbyDB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hobbyDB)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-tag-for-specific-categories/363518 "2025-04-26T00:13:03Z")

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Can I set a default tag for a category? I know I can set a minimum Tag number but wanted to also have some categories always be tagged with a specific tag and then have the user optionally add others.

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## [Update “3.4.0.beta4” failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-3-4-0-beta4-failed/350968)

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**Author:** [@anon55243134](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon55243134)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-3-4-0-beta4-failed/350968 "2025-02-08T17:00:06Z")

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I received the usual email telling me to log in and click the GUI update buttons. They usually work, but this time, the entire site crashed without explanation. Unable to use the website GUI, I SSHed into the droplet, c…

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## [Sonar's 25-Cent Solution to Spam Detection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sonars-25-cent-solution-to-spam-detection/349397)

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**Author:** [@stella](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stella)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sonars-25-cent-solution-to-spam-detection/349397 "2025-01-28T14:03:35Z")

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\> “As soon as we turned it on, it was night and day.” -Colin Mueller, Community Manager at Sonar, describing the impact of implementing Discourse AI to address a sudden and disruptive spam attack. This is a companio…

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## [Staff category bubble visible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-category-bubble-visible/384096)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-category-bubble-visible/384096 "2025-09-26T08:52:10Z")

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Yesterday, I noticed that the Enabling native LLMs.txt support in Discourse topic had the #Staff category bubble visible. I don’t think it’s supposed to happen, though. Unlike in this topic, where it isn’t visi…

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## ["This policy has no possible users" when set to private](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-policy-has-no-possible-users-when-set-to-private/365688)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-policy-has-no-possible-users-when-set-to-private/365688 "2025-06-23T01:13:21Z")

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A policy that is set to “Private” (Keep policy status private to administrators) will show “This policy has no possible users” in red to non-admins. Expected is that no such message would be shown.

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## [Users registering not receiving validation emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-registering-not-receiving-validation-emails/342421)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-registering-not-receiving-validation-emails/342421 "2024-12-14T19:01:02Z")

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Hello, I invited around 50 people I know to join my forum by sending them an email. One of them, after filling out the registration form on the website, encountered some issues. Issue with the registration form valid…

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## [Creating personal message to self for taking notes, without filling own username by hand](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-personal-message-to-self-for-taking-notes-without-filling-own-username-by-hand/342841)

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**Author:** [@Jun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jun)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-personal-message-to-self-for-taking-notes-without-filling-own-username-by-hand/342841 "2024-12-17T08:51:47Z")

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I’d like to add an direct link on homepage for taking private notes, sending to self. I’ve read creating-pre-filled-personal-message-links. https://try.discourse.org/new-message?username=rudy Is there any way to pre-f…

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## [Email notifications not sent for PMs to built-in groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-not-sent-for-pms-to-built-in-groups/315218)

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**Author:** [@md-misko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/md-misko)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-not-sent-for-pms-to-built-in-groups/315218 "2024-07-09T07:27:21Z")

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Built-in group moderators has ‘Default notification level for group messages’ set to ‘Watching’, but no emails are sent to members of this group on new group PMs (‘Email me when I am sent a personal message’ is enabled i…

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## [Discourse Docker service fails to start properly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker/393857)

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**Author:** [@AkarinLiu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AkarinLiu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker/393857 "2026-01-20T13:20:31Z")

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I want to try Discourse locally, so I used Docker Compose to try to set it up: version: '3.8' services: postgres: image: pgvector/pgvector:pg17 container\_name: discourse-postgres restart: always environment: POSTGRES\_USER: disco…

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## [Monthly triggered recurring automation is not running as expected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monthly-triggered-recurring-automation-is-not-running-as-expected/402664)

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**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monthly-triggered-recurring-automation-is-not-running-as-expected/402664 "2026-09-16T01:29:59Z")

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Hi there! I’ve been facing an issue with an automation that is supposed to trigger at the start of the month; however, even though it is enabled it’s not automatically being triggered. I can’t find any logs or a way to …

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## [How to embed a large number of AVIF images in a single post for online book reading?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-embed-a-large-number-of-avif-images-in-a-single-post-for-online-book-reading/381806)

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**Author:** [@昊毅\_周](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E6%98%8A%E6%AF%85_%E5%91%A8)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-embed-a-large-number-of-avif-images-in-a-single-post-for-online-book-reading/381806 "2025-10-01T14:46:32Z")

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Hello, My project is to build a community focused on Tao Te Ching culture. I have over 5,000 ancient books that I need to display, and I have compressed all of them into the AVIF image format. Some of these books contai…

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## [Classes of Headings or Sub-headings?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/classes-of-headings-or-sub-headings/369844)

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**Author:** [@stanigator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stanigator)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/classes-of-headings-or-sub-headings/369844 "2025-06-12T10:08:07Z")

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I have trouble finding this, but can I only set up one type of headings, or is there a way to insert subheadings underneath a heading?

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## [Clarify "Create Account" CTA on "Accept Invite" screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clarify-create-account-cta-on-accept-invite-screen/351935)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clarify-create-account-cta-on-accept-invite-screen/351935 "2025-02-12T19:17:00Z")

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I invited someone to a Discourse site and they ended up confused since they didn’t know what their username or password was: I had to explain this screen was asking them to create a username and password, they though…

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## [Can't upload image in settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-upload-image-in-settings/352213)

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**Author:** [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-upload-image-in-settings/352213 "2025-02-14T12:43:08Z")

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A side-effect of https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/31310 Uploaded URL returns \[Object object\]. imageUrl contains the fuill object, e.g. {id: 2355, url: '/uploads/default/original/2X/5/50b97bde3858cadb698…

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