# Hot

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## [Admin menu feature: view installed plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-menu-feature-view-installed-plugins/12353)

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**Author:** [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Ответы:** 4\
**Последнее обновление:** [07.Февраль.2014 06:52:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-menu-feature-view-installed-plugins/12353 "2014-02-07T06:52:59Z")

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How about a feature in the admin menu that lists the active plugins and their versions? I also propose a header for plugins, like Wordpress has, where meta information can be stored. And since I don’t see a good reason…

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## [Invite Limiting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-limiting/12366)

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**Author:** [@GoogleWarriors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GoogleWarriors)\
**Ответы:** 5\
**Последнее обновление:** [19.Январь.2015 19:49:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-limiting/12366 "2015-01-19T19:49:19Z")

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Would be nice if the invite system was a bit more flexible. The ability to adjust amount of invites available to users maybe per trust level would be awesome. Similar to the way some of the private trackers handle things…

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## [Discourse user "birthday"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-birthday/12370)

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**Author:** [@ronteras](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ronteras)\
**Ответы:** 3\
**Последнее обновление:** [02.Июнь.2016 05:50:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-birthday/12370 "2016-06-02T05:50:05Z")

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Continuing the discussion from It there user’s birthday in user profile?: What about having an option to show the “birthday” of the user which counts year(s) from the registration date and sends the automated happy di…

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## [Meta Topics for Forum's Usage and Features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-topics-for-forums-usage-and-features/12386)

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**Author:** [@hrishikesh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hrishikesh)\
**Ответы:** 7\
**Последнее обновление:** [05.Апрель.2016 07:19:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-topics-for-forums-usage-and-features/12386 "2016-04-05T07:19:19Z")

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New users who who will be visiting/using discourse based forum’s will be unfamiliar to forum’s features and functionality. Can we have a set of topics pre-built into “meta” group available as a part of installation? Ex…

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## [Is there a way to make an input form for structured data?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-an-input-form-for-structured-data/12392)

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**Author:** [@natefinch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/natefinch)\
**Ответы:** 1\
**Последнее обновление:** [31.Март.2016 02:49:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-an-input-form-for-structured-data/12392 "2016-03-31T02:49:51Z")

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I know it kinda goes against the “discussion” theme, but I was wondering if there is a way to create a special form for posting that would have structured fields, so you could have a category for, like, bug reports, with…

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## ["Hide" a user from another user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-a-user-from-another-user/12405)

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**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Ответы:** 1\
**Последнее обновление:** [03.Февраль.2014 23:54:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-a-user-from-another-user/12405 "2014-02-03T23:54:12Z")

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I seem to recall a discussion on this topic earlier, but I can’t find it. A user has asked that he be able to “hide” another user who’s posts he finds upsetting. I think he’s coming from a facebook perspective where yo…

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## [Show latest subcategory topics in /categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-latest-subcategory-topics-in-categories/12422)

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**Author:** [@abis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abis)\
**Ответы:** 4\
**Последнее обновление:** [05.Февраль.2014 17:08:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-latest-subcategory-topics-in-categories/12422 "2014-02-05T17:08:44Z")

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Hi all, as per subject: it looks like the ‘Latest’ column in the /categories page only lists topics from the category but not from any of the subcategories. In my case I’ve got a few cases where the category has no top…

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## [Ability to add custom message to system emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-add-custom-message-to-system-emails/12430)

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**Author:** [@citkane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/citkane)\
**Ответы:** 6\
**Последнее обновление:** [05.Январь.2016 00:07:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-add-custom-message-to-system-emails/12430 "2016-01-05T00:07:08Z")

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I may have missed this setting, but it would be good to be able to add a custom message to outgoing system email. Especially the system invite from ‘Invite Friends to Reply’ and ‘Invite Friends’. It is a bit harsh on t…

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## [Migrate an old Discourse install to Docker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-an-old-discourse-install-to-docker/12439)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Ответы:** 0\
**Последнее обновление:** [05.Февраль.2014 01:24:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-an-old-discourse-install-to-docker/12439 "2014-02-05T01:24:41Z")

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:information\_source: 2022.10.21 @pfaffman adds: If you are somehow using a non-docker installation in 2022 then this guide might help you. There is not much way to test it, but it should work. Kept for historical pu…

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## [Is anyone working on a generic badge plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-working-on-a-generic-badge-plugin/12441)

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**Author:** [@pakl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pakl)\
**Ответы:** 1\
**Последнее обновление:** [05.Февраль.2014 02:08:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-working-on-a-generic-badge-plugin/12441 "2014-02-05T02:08:56Z")

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Badges have been discussed since the early days of discourse. Is there any progress on such a system? Anyone else working or interested in working on a badge system?

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## [Social features and why not PHP based?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/social-features-and-why-not-php-based/12444)

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**Author:** [@katie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/katie)\
**Ответы:** 14\
**Последнее обновление:** [18.Февраль.2014 21:59:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/social-features-and-why-not-php-based/12444 "2014-02-18T21:59:22Z")

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Hi! katie is here :0) I’ve been following Discourse for few month since last year and shared few topics about it on Vbulletin, I liked what i saw so far. I am the owner of a popular anime community ‘Nihonomaru’ Well the…

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## [Happy Second Birthday, Discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/happy-second-birthday-discourse/12445)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Ответы:** 9\
**Последнее обновление:** [05.Февраль.2015 21:07:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/happy-second-birthday-discourse/12445 "2015-02-05T21:07:57Z")

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It’s been one whole year since the first thread was posted here on Meta! Whoohoo! :star: :fireworks: :fireworks::star::fireworks: :fireworks: :star: (Also, yeah, I am a bit early… Close enough, though!) edit: Screensh…

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## [Adding user to a group on user's admin page would be convenient](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-user-to-a-group-on-users-admin-page-would-be-convenient/12450)

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**Author:** [@Elwetana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Elwetana)\
**Ответы:** 5\
**Последнее обновление:** [16.Апрель.2015 00:47:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-user-to-a-group-on-users-admin-page-would-be-convenient/12450 "2015-04-16T00:47:36Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Group seems to have a limit of 201 members: We have a forum for the backers of our Kickstarter campaign. We want certain categories to be read/write only to them, while other users (i.e. …

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## [Category selecting weirdness](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-selecting-weirdness/12461)

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**Author:** [@probus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/probus)\
**Ответы:** 1\
**Последнее обновление:** [06.Февраль.2014 06:06:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-selecting-weirdness/12461 "2014-02-06T06:06:01Z")

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I was trying to figure out a better way to implement ui for the categories and noticed these inconsistencies: The link to Categories-page gets hidden from the nav when you select a category If you select new, unread, s…

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## [Improvements to digest emails for updating infrequent visitors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-digest-emails-for-updating-infrequent-visitors/12464)

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**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Ответы:** 2\
**Последнее обновление:** [10.Февраль.2014 06:31:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-digest-emails-for-updating-infrequent-visitors/12464 "2014-02-10T06:31:46Z")

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Hi, I’d like to request a more refined algorithm for updating and pulling users back to the site for conversations. What I’d like to see is a customizable algorithm for how the software manages updates emailed to visit…

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## [Goodbye Sidetiq](https://meta.discourse.org/t/goodbye-sidetiq/12476)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Ответы:** 39\
**Последнее обновление:** [15.Февраль.2014 11:05:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/goodbye-sidetiq/12476 "2014-02-15T11:05:11Z")

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We have been plagued with problems related to our scheduler sidetiq. In particular we have had a few major recurring issues related to high CPU https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-issue-on-digital-ocean-with-disco…

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## [Congratulations, most stars in 2013 GitHub Octoverse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/congratulations-most-stars-in-2013-github-octoverse/12483)

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**Author:** [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\
**Ответы:** 1\
**Последнее обновление:** [06.Февраль.2014 05:27:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/congratulations-most-stars-in-2013-github-octoverse/12483 "2014-02-06T05:27:06Z")

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Congratulations Discourse for qualifying Repositories with the most stars on GitHub Octoverse. And that too in just over an year, way to go! :boom:

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## [Positive User Feedback to the Discourse Team](https://meta.discourse.org/t/positive-user-feedback-to-the-discourse-team/12499)

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**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Ответы:** 1\
**Последнее обновление:** [06.Февраль.2014 19:53:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/positive-user-feedback-to-the-discourse-team/12499 "2014-02-06T19:53:23Z")

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Dear Discourse Team. I moved over to Discourse from Jive Forums (out of Seattle) about 2 months ago. Here is some good user feedback for you from one of our users: “Anyways, while I’ve got you here, I wanted to say th…

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## [Discourse specialist needed for integration work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-specialist-needed-for-integration-work/12509)

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**Author:** [@codetricity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codetricity)\
**Ответы:** 2\
**Последнее обновление:** [07.Февраль.2014 15:34:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-specialist-needed-for-integration-work/12509 "2014-02-07T15:34:44Z")

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I am also trying to find a Discourse consultant. Actually, I am looking to build a list of specialists. I work for a small consulting firm in Palo Alto, CA. We specialize in developer relations. I often get approache…

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## [Issues with Discourse.org homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-discourse-org-homepage/12511)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Ответы:** 4\
**Последнее обновление:** [25.Апрель.2014 13:40:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-discourse-org-homepage/12511 "2014-04-25T13:40:30Z")

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I don’t have the “Raleway” font, so it’s falling back to Arial, which makes a few things look weird. Can you pick a batter 2nd font? What is Discourse? | Discourse - Civilized Discussion The first paragraph seems to be…

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## [Sphinx search for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sphinx-search-for-discourse/12548)

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**Author:** [@katie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/katie)\
**Ответы:** 27\
**Последнее обновление:** [12.Октябрь.2014 06:05:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sphinx-search-for-discourse/12548 "2014-10-12T06:05:30Z")

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Hi, i am not aware if whether or not Discourse uses sphinx for its search function http://sphinxsearch.com but it is very powerful and light. I know on my forum which uses Vbulletin, i had to integrate the sphynix search…

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## [Profile Comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-comments/12564)

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**Author:** [@Rice](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rice)\
**Ответы:** 2\
**Последнее обновление:** [14.Декабрь.2020 11:03:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-comments/12564 "2020-12-14T11:03:12Z")

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I’m not sure if this has already been talked about before, but concerning profiles, I find them a bit bland. It only really shows a users post activity and then a small tidbit of info. And the only way for users to inter…

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## [Give Users More Control Over Topics/Threads!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-users-more-control-over-topics-threads/12571)

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**Author:** [@SnowyTerror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SnowyTerror)\
**Ответы:** 3\
**Последнее обновление:** [09.Февраль.2014 05:18:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-users-more-control-over-topics-threads/12571 "2014-02-09T05:18:28Z")

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Hello I had a topic/thread open on the site Greenheart Games Forums and was suggested to post this kind of thing here as it would be more relevant and the Question from is why do regular/standard users not have access/pe…

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## [Two-factor local login option](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-local-login-option/12597)

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**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\
**Ответы:** 41\
**Последнее обновление:** [08.Февраль.2018 22:39:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-local-login-option/12597 "2018-02-08T22:39:28Z")

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So, authentication on Discourse seems like mostly a solved problem since you can offload it to an external provider, but I’d love for Discourse to have a two-factor option for local authentication. It seems relatively un…

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## [Scientific references or studies related to the Discourse/Stackoverflow's design](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scientific-references-or-studies-related-to-the-discourse-stackoverflows-design/12618)

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**Author:** [@Matthieu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthieu)\
**Ответы:** 2\
**Последнее обновление:** [17.Февраль.2014 18:11:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scientific-references-or-studies-related-to-the-discourse-stackoverflows-design/12618 "2014-02-17T18:11:48Z")

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Dear discourse team, I read some interesting posts on coding horror’s blog (on the gamification for example) and I’m wondering if you have any references that helped you to build the wonderful StackOverflow and Discours…

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## [Letting users select different themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letting-users-select-different-themes/12624)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Ответы:** 19\
**Последнее обновление:** [12.Апрель.2017 17:17:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letting-users-select-different-themes/12624 "2017-04-12T17:17:38Z")

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Continuing the discussion from What about an easier styling/theming system?: Will your theming system support showing different themes for different users? I’m not talking about completely different themes with HTML and…

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## [Is it possible to use Discourse as a "commenting system"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-discourse-as-a-commenting-system/12627)

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**Author:** [@pablox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pablox)\
**Ответы:** 2\
**Последнее обновление:** [20.Февраль.2014 19:57:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-discourse-as-a-commenting-system/12627 "2014-02-20T19:57:32Z")

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I actually searched the forums and found a couple of threads referring to this, but more of them are older than 6 months ago, and since discourse it’s still in development, I thought there could be different now. When I…

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## [User Notes on Profile Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notes-on-profile-page/12640)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Ответы:** 19\
**Последнее обновление:** [17.Октябрь.2014 21:09:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notes-on-profile-page/12640 "2014-10-17T21:09:26Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Profile Comments: Is this on a road map? Because if it isn’t, I’m fairly certain the devs at SP are likely going to build it. I’m just curious if there are any plans for this (since @codi…

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## [О категории плагинов](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-plugin-category/12648)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Ответы:** 0\
**Последнее обновление:** [12.Февраль.2014 03:35:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-plugin-category/12648 "2014-02-12T03:35:28Z")

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Каталог плагинов Discourse, как официальных, так и сторонних. Чтобы опубликовать здесь, используйте кнопку «Запросить доступ» на странице группы, приложив ссылку на ваш плагин. Пожалуйста, создайте по одной теме на каждый плагин. :discourse: Вопросы или предложе…

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## [Sam's Blog Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-blog-plugin/12656)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Ответы:** 11\
**Последнее обновление:** [24.Сентябрь.2015 18:39:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-blog-plugin/12656 "2015-09-24T18:39:17Z")

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