# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=99 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 100 --- ## [How public Discourse sites are indexed by search engines like Google](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-public-discourse-sites-are-indexed-by-search-engines-like-google/1184)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-public-discourse-sites-are-indexed-by-search-engines-like-google/1184 "2013-02-06T12:14:19Z")
:bookmark: This reference explains how public Discourse sites work with search engines like Google and how the platform ensures content is properly indexed even as a JavaScript application. :person\_raising\_hand: Requir… --- ## [Understanding post flags in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-post-flags-in-discourse/275)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-post-flags-in-discourse/275 "2026-01-17T19:17:08Z")
:bookmark: This guide describes what happens when a post is flagged in a Discourse forum. It covers various flag scenarios, including single and multiple flags, along with their impacts on posts and users. This informat… --- ## [How Discourse Is Becoming a Community of Writers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-discourse-is-becoming-a-community-of-writers/398571)
**Author:** [@mae](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mae)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-discourse-is-becoming-a-community-of-writers/398571 "2026-03-17T01:26:30Z")
Writing is how we think at Discourse. Figuring out what you actually believe, putting it somewhere other people can push back on it, and seeing what survives is the core of our work, as an open-source company and as indi… --- ## [Hide user profile once suspended](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-user-profile-once-suspended/398575)
**Author:** [@ice.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ice.d)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-user-profile-once-suspended/398575 "2026-03-16T23:17:38Z")
Hi, I really hate having to press that :prohibited: button but we always know it has to happen sometime. So i don’t want users seeing oh this user broke the rule. My suggestion is… Hide user’s on suspension Setting … --- ## [Is there a naming convention for theme component projects?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-naming-convention-for-theme-component-projects/398572)
**Author:** [@das-g](https://meta.discourse.org/u/das-g)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-naming-convention-for-theme-component-projects/398572 "2026-03-16T22:40:55Z")
Is there a naming convention for theme component projects, so that they’re easily recognizable as such? When seeing the folder on disk, or the repo on GitHub or the project on GitLab or another code forge, it’d be usefu… --- ## [Allow Embedded Video from Bunny CDN stream service](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-embedded-video-from-bunny-cdn-stream-service/398491)
**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-embedded-video-from-bunny-cdn-stream-service/398491 "2026-03-16T21:26:59Z")
Hey gang. I am looking to embed some videos from Bunny CDN stream service. When I attempt to embed via the URL, I get a generic link, and the video is not embedded. Any thoughts on what I should be doing? --- ## [Username + real name not working in 2026.3.0-latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-real-name-not-working-in-2026-3-0-latest/398407)
**Author:** [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-real-name-not-working-in-2026-3-0-latest/398407 "2026-03-16T21:05:48Z")
We are testing an upgrade from 3.4.0.beta3-dev to 2026.3.0-latest, on a staging server, and the only thing that looks out of sorts is that it won’t display username and real name together. This works correctly in 3.4… --- ## [Why isn't Discourse more frequently recommended as a "community platform"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040)
**Author:** [@oshyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oshyan)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040 "2026-03-16T18:59:41Z")
I just ran across this lengthy Twitter thread: There are more than 100 replies, but the summary is basically a ton of votes for Circle.so, a good number for Mighty Networks, some reference to “why change from Discord?”… --- ## [Our Forum Seems To Be Logging Everyone Out](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-forum-seems-to-be-logging-everyone-out/398408)
**Author:** [@Apiento](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Apiento)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-forum-seems-to-be-logging-everyone-out/398408 "2026-03-16T18:29:01Z")
We have a forum here \> https://forum.testpressing.org/ \< and for some reason Discourse is now logging all the users out and saying ‘you can’t log in from that IP address’. If you retry it four or fice times it lets you i… --- ## [Is it possible to change Topic Title prompt for a category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-topic-title-prompt-for-a-category/205219)
**Author:** [@rodypl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodypl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-topic-title-prompt-for-a-category/205219 "2026-03-16T17:55:15Z")
I created a category on my forum called “Contest Submissions”. This category will be reserved to submissions for when our company runs a contest. I’ve figured out how to create a topic template for the body of a new topi… --- ## [The order of characters when typing in the floating search widget is reversed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-order-of-characters-when-typing-in-the-floating-search-widget-is-reversed/398423)
**Author:** [@sk-or-v1-contents](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sk-or-v1-contents)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-order-of-characters-when-typing-in-the-floating-search-widget-is-reversed/398423 "2026-03-16T14:41:15Z")
Priority/Severity: Moderate, I guess? Platform: try.discourse.org (can reproduce in Safe Mode) Edge 144.0.3719.91 MIUI 13.0.14 on Android 12 Mi 11 Lite Description: The order of characters when typing in the float… --- ## [Sidebar custom link strips internal hostname from query parameters of external URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-custom-link-strips-internal-hostname-from-query-parameters-of-external-urls/398537)
**Author:** [@カス\_テス](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9_%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-custom-link-strips-internal-hostname-from-query-parameters-of-external-urls/398537 "2026-03-16T14:21:14Z")
When saving a sidebar custom link with an external URL that contains the site’s own hostname inside a query parameter, the hostname is incorrectly stripped from the query parameter, breaking the URL. Steps to reproduce … --- ## [Subcategories and Categories with no subcategories don't show views/reply counts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-and-categories-with-no-subcategories-dont-show-views-reply-counts/398418)
**Author:** [@shapelychops](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shapelychops)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-and-categories-with-no-subcategories-dont-show-views-reply-counts/398418 "2026-03-16T14:20:44Z")
We’re using the Ghost theme, loving it, looks great, except we noticed only certain categories in our forum were showing view counts and reply counts in the topic list, and after much hair-pulling, we realized what the c… --- ## [My forum can be accessed using someone else's URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-can-be-accessed-using-someone-elses-url/398517)
**Author:** [@ばこん](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E3%81%B0%E3%81%93%E3%82%93)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-can-be-accessed-using-someone-elses-url/398517 "2026-03-16T10:10:01Z")
It seems my friend is using a proxy to make my forum publicly accessible. Is there any way to prevent this? --- ## [Run Discourse AI evals](https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-discourse-ai-evals/390080)
**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-discourse-ai-evals/390080 "2025-12-01T21:12:09Z")
Overview The Discourse AI plugin ships a Ruby CLI under plugins/discourse-ai/evals that exercises AI features against YAML definitions and records results. Use it to benchmark prompts, compare model outputs, and regressi… --- ## [Problems setting up Sentiment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-setting-up-sentiment/309270)
**Author:** [@Bathinda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bathinda)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-setting-up-sentiment/309270 "2026-03-16T05:32:32Z")
Why does this ‘Overall Sentiment’ query gives empty results: --- ## [Fewer visible editor buttons when there are too many](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/398473)
**Author:** [@祁同伟](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E7%A5%81%E5%90%8C%E4%BC%9F)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/398473 "2026-03-16T03:53:01Z")
--- ## [Claude Code - Resurected Dead vBulletin from 2016](https://meta.discourse.org/t/claude-code-resurected-dead-vbulletin-from-2016/398120)
**Author:** [@DavidO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidO)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/claude-code-resurected-dead-vbulletin-from-2016/398120 "2026-03-16T01:11:54Z")
I just wanted to share an experience for the lesser skilled and knowledgeable admins out there struggling through things. It started with me asking it about some lingering issues. It was giving me commands and talking me… --- ## [Anchor links not working within Discourse - but work from outside the topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anchor-links-not-working-within-discourse-but-work-from-outside-the-topic/397748)
**Author:** [@AlexVoss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexVoss)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anchor-links-not-working-within-discourse-but-work-from-outside-the-topic/397748 "2026-03-15T17:45:30Z")
Hi, I am having problems creating deep links to headings in posts. They work when I open them in a new browser tab or window but in the post itself or in replies they do not. I get to the top of the page when I click t… --- ## [Getting error while uploading theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-error-while-uploading-theme/398471)
**Author:** [@saish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saish)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-error-while-uploading-theme/398471 "2026-03-15T10:02:13Z")
I am trying to upload a theme using the NX command: nx theme:upload:watch theme\_name However, when I run this command, I receive the following error: Error 500 for https://example.com/admin/themes/import.json Due to … --- ## [Install on my VPS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-on-my-vps/398340)
**Author:** [@Ralph\_Viola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ralph_Viola)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-on-my-vps/398340 "2026-03-15T03:22:33Z")
Looking for someone to create a database so I can install discourse on my server including SSH in doctor etc. I can configure the community I believe the biggest thing is going to be the installation for me anyway --- ## [Forum Aquisition](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-aquisition/398452)
**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-aquisition/398452 "2026-03-14T21:16:13Z")
Hey gang. I have an existing forum (Discourse), and another site in my same niche is throwing in the towel (also Discourse). How do I ‘import’ the content from his site to mine without doing a full backup/restore? Any… --- ## [Linkedin OAUTH Core Function - "The redirect\_uri does not match the registered value"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linkedin-oauth-core-function-the-redirect-uri-does-not-match-the-registered-value/375899)
**Author:** [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linkedin-oauth-core-function-the-redirect-uri-does-not-match-the-registered-value/375899 "2026-03-14T20:34:26Z")
I have created a Linkedin developed app with “Sign In with LinkedIn using OpenID Connect” enabled. Then I copied the client ID and primary client secret from the “Auth” tab and inputted them into “LinkedIn OIDC client I… --- ## [Display images on the article's front page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-images-on-the-articles-front-page/398435)
**Author:** [@Engineer\_Abdallah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Engineer_Abdallah)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-images-on-the-articles-front-page/398435 "2026-03-14T17:52:32Z")
Can I display specific images in articles instead of just plain text? For example Are there any additional features that support the courses in any way, in terms of organization and progression? Actually, I plan to… --- ## [Applying SEO settings to tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/applying-seo-settings-to-tags/352543)
**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/applying-seo-settings-to-tags/352543 "2026-03-14T17:07:33Z")
Hi guys can anyone help me please, I am trying to SEO a Discourse site and finding it impossible to do. Can someone help me understand? I have changed the category and tag meta titles which shows in a browser tab corr… --- ## [Google Search for Discourse AI - Programmable Search Engine and Custom Search API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-search-for-discourse-ai-programmable-search-engine-and-custom-search-api/307107)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-search-for-discourse-ai-programmable-search-engine-and-custom-search-api/307107 "2026-03-14T14:28:20Z")
:warning: Deprecation Notice (March 2026): Google has discontinued the “Search the entire web” option for Programmable Search Engines. New search engines now require at least one specific site to be configured. Additi… --- ## [After enabling AI translation, the tags will also be translated to the user's language, and the tag content cannot be modified.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai/398440)
**Author:** [@祁同伟](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E7%A5%81%E5%90%8C%E4%BC%9F)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai/398440 "2026-03-14T12:50:47Z")
After enabling AI translation, tags will also be translated into the user's language, and the content of those tags cannot be modified. --- ## [How to understand the "Solved" locked status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-understand-the-solved-locked-status/398266)
**Author:** [@Noble\_Fish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noble_Fish)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-understand-the-solved-locked-status/398266 "2026-03-14T12:10:09Z")
The solution marked in the diagram does not have a checkbox next to the button and cannot be deselected. Here is the situation: This is a self-hosted server for which I have Admin privileges. A topic was created by a… --- ## [Bilibili Inline Player: a no-rebuild Discourse theme component, with setup guide and comparison to the existing plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bilibili-inline-player-a-no-rebuild-discourse-theme-component-with-setup-guide-and-comparison-to-the-existing-plugin/398438)
**Author:** [@hel\_Sinki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hel_Sinki)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bilibili-inline-player-a-no-rebuild-discourse-theme-component-with-setup-guide-and-comparison-to-the-existing-plugin/398438 "2026-03-14T11:30:36Z")
分享自用 Bilibili 內嵌播放主題組件： https://github.com/ieduer/discourse-bilibili-inline-player 和現有 插件路線不完全一樣。部署方式： • discourse-bilibili-onebox 是服務端插件，按插件方式安裝，需要 rebuild。需要更穩妥的推薦這個。 • discourse-bilibili-inline-player 是主題組件，安裝更… --- ## [Can Markdown be replaced with Quarkdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-markdown-be-replaced-with-quarkdown/398341)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-markdown-be-replaced-with-quarkdown/398341 "2026-03-14T08:19:40Z")
I see some superset tools that extends Markdown, like Quarkdown seems to be very powerful. Is there a way to replace markdown-it extension with tools like Quarkdown? [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=98) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=100)