# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked%EB%A5%BC&page=209 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 210 --- ## [User Group Posts/Reply Activity Report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-group-posts-reply-activity-report/378312)
**Author:** [@megandy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/megandy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-group-posts-reply-activity-report/378312 "2025-08-13T02:28:37Z")
Hi! Is there a way to generate a report based on the number of replies/posts created by a user group? I did try looking for answers and exploring the native reports to no avail. I do not have a Data Explorer , so I’m not… --- ## [Rich text editor breaks Text Replacement feature on Apple platforms](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-breaks-text-replacement-feature-on-apple-platforms/378316)
**Author:** [@rjmccall](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rjmccall)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-breaks-text-replacement-feature-on-apple-platforms/378316 "2025-08-13T00:24:50Z")
The forums I moderate recently switched to using the new rich text editor, and I immediately noticed that it seems to (somewhat) break OS text replacement features, such as General \> Keyboards \> Text Replacement on iOS. … --- ## [Unexpected error in Discourse Plugin CI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-error-in-discourse-plugin-ci/378165)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-error-in-discourse-plugin-ci/378165 "2025-08-13T00:07:32Z")
UPDATE: @NateDhaliwal rightfully points out my accessing the DB in after\_initializer may break the rules - I was just lucky for a long time. I’m going to make some changes. I’m getting: ActiveRecord::NoDatabaseError: … --- ## [Bad inline onebox title for Spotify album shares](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-inline-onebox-title-for-spotify-album-shares/377753)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-inline-onebox-title-for-spotify-album-shares/377753 "2025-08-12T22:04:59Z")
The title for an inline onebox is bad (not that I’m saying it’s our fault): Inline: Spotify source: https://open.spotify.com/album/1nrWysWdrgPR0kBJ45z2aS?si=FurcwGpfSrWJBPGwKeCvDQ Inline: https://open.spotify.com/a… --- ## [Front End Route](https://meta.discourse.org/t/front-end-route/378346)
**Author:** [@itd-john](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itd-john)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/front-end-route/378346 "2025-08-12T22:04:49Z")
jb-test.zip (526.6 KB) Hi All! I’ve got the back end route working in this example but, I’m not able to figure out the pattern for connecting the front-end. If someone has an extra second, I would appreciate a set of ey… --- ## [Site setting "view change history" button and touch devices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-view-change-history-button-and-touch-devices/377399)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-view-change-history-button-and-touch-devices/377399 "2025-08-12T21:46:11Z")
Where I just mentioned the view history button on site settings in another topic. It is very difficult to discover on the tablet (and phone), but all the easier to accidentally click while trying to select the text for c… --- ## [AI Citations - Does Discourse allow AI bot crawling?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-citations-does-discourse-allow-ai-bot-crawling/377819)
**Author:** [@abrambailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abrambailey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-citations-does-discourse-allow-ai-bot-crawling/377819 "2025-08-12T19:44:55Z")
I was looking at our forum in ahrefs which reports on “AI Citations” and saw this: I checked in my settings and found this: Does anyone in here have experience with this? Does throttling the bots mean they don’t … --- ## [Plugin for Avatar Decorations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-avatar-decorations/378300)
**Author:** [@Headless](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Headless)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-avatar-decorations/378300 "2025-08-12T17:30:02Z")
Is there any plugin or feature that gives Avatar Decorations similar to how Discord does it, where a GIF can be overlayed or behind the profile picture? It does not need to even be a GIF; just something that puts some ty… --- ## [How can I hide all subcategories from homepage?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-all-subcategories-from-homepage/254527)
**Author:** [@boospy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/boospy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-all-subcategories-from-homepage/254527 "2025-08-12T17:00:30Z")
Hello all, i’am search for “how can i hide all subcategories from homepage”. I would like this to do because we have now over 50 subcategories, and it becomes very long to scroll down. Is there a way to hide this subcat… --- ## [New User Tutorial](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-tutorial/378269)
**Author:** [@Salama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Salama)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-tutorial/378269 "2025-08-12T11:19:08Z")
Before I ask, did you search first? Press :magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: at the upper right to search. Hi All, I need guidance on how to start my first tutorial with Discobot. I got my first trust level 1. I do repl… --- ## [Certain Youtube videos aren't embeddable on my site but they are here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/certain-youtube-videos-arent-embeddable-on-my-site-but-they-are-here/378088)
**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/certain-youtube-videos-arent-embeddable-on-my-site-but-they-are-here/378088 "2025-08-12T10:31:22Z")
Ok I just made a topic where I thought it was a Reddit vs. Discourse thing and I was trying to understand, however when I posted the video that wasn’t embedding on my site on this site It embedded complete… --- ## [BBCode Plugin BBCode tags don't work any more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-plugin-bbcode-tags-dont-work-any-more/378257)
**Author:** [@DDo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DDo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-plugin-bbcode-tags-dont-work-any-more/378257 "2025-08-12T09:49:50Z")
Our current version is 3.5.0.beta9-dev. Topics with BBCode tags that already exist show fine. But when I try to use a color tag in a new topic, it shows in the text and does not change the color. Also, anchor tags woul… --- ## [Manually assigning Cheers Points (Gamification)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manually-assigning-cheers-points-gamification/378134)
**Author:** [@Joe\_F](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joe_F)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manually-assigning-cheers-points-gamification/378134 "2025-08-12T08:29:14Z")
Hi all, I understand at the moment the only way to manually assign cheers points is via API calls, I am currently trying to set this up using a google form into n8n, I seem to be stuck when it tried to make the api cal… --- ## [Non-staff members cannot create calendar events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-staff-members-cannot-create-calendar-events/376796)
**Author:** [@marvi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marvi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-staff-members-cannot-create-calendar-events/376796 "2025-08-12T06:40:58Z")
We are using the Calendar plugin and have tried to enable event posting for all users: However when non-staff users try to post to the calendar this notice comes up: Has anyone else experienced this issue? Is it … --- ## [Difficulty understanding the enable welcome banner setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficulty-understanding-the-enable-welcome-banner-setting/377321)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficulty-understanding-the-enable-welcome-banner-setting/377321 "2025-08-12T04:19:03Z")
Can someone help me understand this? It feels like I’m missing something very obvious because I expect the setting to work the other way around. The description says Display a banner on your main topic list pages to w… --- ## [Markdown-only composer: Can't emphasize line of text with a bold word at the end](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-only-composer-cant-emphasize-line-of-text-with-a-bold-word-at-the-end/358800)
**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-only-composer-cant-emphasize-line-of-text-with-a-bold-word-at-the-end/358800 "2025-08-12T03:15:28Z")
:information\_source: Overview In the Markdown-only composer (i.e. not the new composer mode we’re currently testing on Meta), when trying to italicize a line of text where the last word of that text is bolded, the first … --- ## [Full name requirement for signup not showing up in form if enable names is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-requirement-for-signup-not-showing-up-in-form-if-enable-names-is-disabled/372872)
**Author:** [@TheNab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheNab)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-requirement-for-signup-not-showing-up-in-form-if-enable-names-is-disabled/372872 "2025-08-12T02:29:03Z")
would like to require names on the signup form without enabling the option that would display their names publicly --- ## [Include name of the category for clarity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-name-of-the-category-for-clarity/377844)
**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-name-of-the-category-for-clarity/377844 "2025-08-12T01:23:46Z")
When editing the Tags panel inside a category, this can be a bit confusing: The way it’s worded, since “this category” is the last thing that’s mentioned, it almost feels like the “How To” is the name of the category… --- ## [Add per-user CSS in a plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-per-user-css-in-a-plugin/377962)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-per-user-css-in-a-plugin/377962 "2025-08-11T23:20:27Z")
In a plugin, how does one add a per-user CSS? E.g. caused by a user setting? Adding the styles and whatnot to elements/via stylesheets would be global, no? --- ## [Engineering a persona to lean on chat history](https://meta.discourse.org/t/engineering-a-persona-to-lean-on-chat-history/376342)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/engineering-a-persona-to-lean-on-chat-history/376342 "2025-08-11T22:59:35Z")
Quick question what would be a “better” structure for our use case: We have a bunch of exported chat history logs from Slack Channels which contains a lot of know-how, mentioned problems and solutions, etc. Obviously th… --- ## [Math mode hard to use with rich text editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-mode-hard-to-use-with-rich-text-editor/378089)
**Author:** [@lspector](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lspector)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-mode-hard-to-use-with-rich-text-editor/378089 "2025-08-11T21:50:24Z")
I think that some basic math formatting that used to work no longer is on my site. For example, Greek characters \\\\alpha, \\\\Alpha, \\\\beta, \\\\Beta, \\\\delta, \\\\Delta, \\\\epsilon. I tried enabling asciimath and using percent… --- ## [Moving discourse instance to a new server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-discourse-instance-to-a-new-server/378200)
**Author:** [@Headless](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Headless)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-discourse-instance-to-a-new-server/378200 "2025-08-11T21:50:11Z")
Before asking, did you search first? Press :magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: at the upper right to search Hello, I first want to thank you for any support you may offer. With that being said, I would like to discuss my … --- ## [Read topics look like un-read, when going back to latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-topics-look-like-un-read-when-going-back-to-latest/377742)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-topics-look-like-un-read-when-going-back-to-latest/377742 "2025-08-11T21:40:56Z")
Not a biggie, but I’m curious — has something changed here cachewise or something else? iPad and DiscourseHub — when I open a topic from /latest, read it and go back swiping from left, that topic still shows as fresh, I… --- ## [Styling Discourse with variables: A case for simpler semantics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-discourse-with-variables-a-case-for-simpler-semantics/378001)
**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-discourse-with-variables-a-case-for-simpler-semantics/378001 "2025-08-11T20:59:11Z")
Continuing the discussion from Styling Discourse with variables: Show & Tell: I totally appreciate the effort to improve Discourse’s theming experience! However, I’m not entirely convinced that the approach of adding a… --- ## [Don’t display the flag ‘Off-Topic’ option on the first post of a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/don-t-display-the-flag-off-topic-option-on-the-first-post-of-a-topic/378070)
**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/don-t-display-the-flag-off-topic-option-on-the-first-post-of-a-topic/378070 "2025-08-11T20:06:11Z")
Is it applicable to display the flag option: Off-Topic This post is not relevant to the current discussion as defined by the title and first post, and should probably be moved elsewhere. if it’s the first post? --- ## [Getting the wrong breadcrumb path with a specific title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-the-wrong-breadcrumb-path-with-a-specific-title/378197)
**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-the-wrong-breadcrumb-path-with-a-specific-title/378197 "2025-08-11T19:45:47Z")
I don’t know if this is related to the component itself Breadcrumb Links, or if there’s something else I can do to fix it? Wrong breadcrumb for the sub category “Other Projects” When I change the title for the same … --- ## [Footnote doesn't disappear when you click a link inside](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-doesnt-disappear-when-you-click-a-link-inside/377627)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-doesnt-disappear-when-you-click-a-link-inside/377627 "2025-08-11T18:50:54Z")
I was a little irritated that the footnote doesn’t disappear when you click on the link in it. Of course, clicking somewhere else once is no problem, but I thought I’d mention it anyway --- ## [Inserting link to topic containing numbers doesn't trigger search right away](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inserting-link-to-topic-containing-numbers-doesnt-trigger-search-right-away/378188)
**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inserting-link-to-topic-containing-numbers-doesnt-trigger-search-right-away/378188 "2025-08-11T18:01:47Z")
I have this topic The 365 Challenge is back! When I select a word and open the window to add a link and I type 365, it doesn’t trigger the search for topics: It only works if I add a space before or after 365: I… --- ## [How can we either hide or grey out the upload icon in the Edit window? We have uploading disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-either-hide-or-grey-out-the-upload-icon-in-the-edit-window-we-have-uploading-disabled/378051)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-either-hide-or-grey-out-the-upload-icon-in-the-edit-window-we-have-uploading-disabled/378051 "2025-08-11T17:40:03Z")
How can we either hide or grey out the upload icon in the Edit window? We have uploading disabled. I’m hoping there is an option in the Admin panel our administrator can use. I am a moderator on https://boards.straigh… --- ## [Allow name removal using SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-name-removal-using-sso/141691)
**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-name-removal-using-sso/141691 "2025-08-11T15:48:41Z")
Using /admin/users/sync\_sso endpoint to sync SSO data, it is not possible to remove someone’s name from the account, even if it is not required. In other other words, it’s not possible to change an account’s name from so… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked%EB%A5%BC&page=208) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked%EB%A5%BC&page=210)