# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=193 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 194 --- ## [Lower weight for archived topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lower-weight-for-archived-topics/380181)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lower-weight-for-archived-topics/380181 "2025-08-25T13:07:01Z")
Hi, when searching on my site, I would like to give a lower weight for archived topics than for non archived ones, is it possible? Thanks. --- ## [Statistics on most-liked posts of all time?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/statistics-on-most-liked-posts-of-all-time/292882)
**Author:** [@Viktor09](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viktor09)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/statistics-on-most-liked-posts-of-all-time/292882 "2025-08-25T13:18:17Z")
I’d like to know which posts on my forum have received the most likes since we first started running on Discourse (nearly 4 years ago). I searched on here and found this, which appears to be the same question, but the t… --- ## [Pay best answer option?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pay-best-answer-option/187969)
**Author:** [@John\_Romaine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Romaine)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pay-best-answer-option/187969 "2025-08-25T13:13:32Z")
I’m interested in a “get paid to provide the best answer” option for Discourse. Is this a thing? Has it been done already? Ideally users could either offer to pay to have their question answered, or they could simply tip… --- ## [Advice or feature suggestions for a real-time progress bar theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-or-feature-suggestions-for-a-real-time-progress-bar-theme-component/255622)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-or-feature-suggestions-for-a-real-time-progress-bar-theme-component/255622 "2025-08-25T12:42:50Z")
Hi everyone! I’m working on a progress bar theme component prototype. The initial purpose was to have a donations progress bar for users to see on my forum since the servers’ fees are paid by our users, via my ko-fi.co… --- ## [Extra spaces around footnote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-around-footnote/380153)
**Author:** [@lilydjwg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lilydjwg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-around-footnote/380153 "2025-08-25T12:12:13Z")
After a recent update, footnote\[1\] has extra spaces around itself, which looks not nice, especially in languages not using spaces e.g. 在中文\[2\]里空格是多余的、显得不专业。 like this ↩︎ Chinese ↩︎ --- ## [Improve word\_count calculation for CJK posts, or use char count](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-word-count-calculation-for-cjk-posts-or-use-char-count/380085)
**Author:** [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-word-count-calculation-for-cjk-posts-or-use-char-count/380085 "2025-08-25T11:24:46Z")
The word\_count column of Post and Topic seems to be calculated directly using the number of spaces, which is completely inappropriate for languages ​​like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean that do not use spaces. This is no… --- ## [How to create leftsidebar tags section ? based on attachment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-leftsidebar-tags-section-based-on-attachment/380012)
**Author:** [@tester123\_tester123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tester123_tester123)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-leftsidebar-tags-section-based-on-attachment/380012 "2025-08-25T10:34:05Z")
How to create leftsidebar tags section ? based on attachment --- ## [List of @mention names extends beyond the viewport on iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-mention-names-extends-beyond-the-viewport-on-ios/374751)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-mention-names-extends-beyond-the-viewport-on-ios/374751 "2025-08-25T08:41:42Z")
Discourse 3.5.0.beta8-dev (79ff804509). Apple iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 8.5, Safari. Apple iPad Air 13, iPadOS 18.5, Safari. I am unable to select the @username I want to mention when using iOS because the list of names disa… --- ## [Migrating settings should take GlobalSettings into account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-settings-should-take-globalsettings-into-account/379789)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-settings-should-take-globalsettings-into-account/379789 "2025-08-25T06:29:06Z")
I’ve seen a few settings migrations recently (the most recent being the removal of automatic\_backups\_enabled ) where the migration uses database values only to calculate a new value. This ignores any settings made in dis… --- ## [2fa security key breaks when migrating to custom domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2fa-security-key-breaks-when-migrating-to-custom-domain/155528)
**Author:** [@balboah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balboah)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2fa-security-key-breaks-when-migrating-to-custom-domain/155528 "2025-08-25T04:26:04Z")
After using the trydiscord domain and then configuring the real custom domain to use, 2fa breaks. I believe fido2 associates domains with the key. Also another admin can’t disable the key, it becomes “invalid parameters… --- ## [Unread count not reflective of actual new replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unread-count-not-reflective-of-actual-new-replies/379662)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unread-count-not-reflective-of-actual-new-replies/379662 "2025-08-24T23:49:43Z")
This happened twice in the same topic. What happened was that the topic list will have an indicator of ‘2’, but there’s only 1 new (unread) reply in that topic. For example: (Note the 2) (There’s only 1!) --- ## [Message bus ignores DISCOURSE\_LONG\_POLLING\_BASE\_URL setting and always uses "/"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-bus-ignores-discourse-long-polling-base-url-setting-and-always-uses/379897)
**Author:** [@lukec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lukec)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-bus-ignores-discourse-long-polling-base-url-setting-and-always-uses/379897 "2025-08-24T23:46:20Z")
Problem Description I was recently setting up a new CDN service and configuring DISCOURSE\_LONG\_POLLING\_BASE\_URL in app.yml, for separating the long polling service to the original server. But the message bus continues t… --- ## [Discourse Docker Manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-manager/12655)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-manager/12655 "2025-08-24T21:55:44Z")
:discourse2: Summary Provides basic monitoring and update facilities to Discourse instances hosted using our Docker template: GitHub - discourse/discourse\_docker: A Docker image for Discourse · GitHub … --- ## [Discourse Push Notifications for Desktop](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-push-notifications-for-desktop/86941)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-push-notifications-for-desktop/86941 "2025-08-24T10:45:17Z")
:discourse2: Summary Discourse Push Notifications allows users to opt to receive push notifications over desktop devices in addition to mobile devices :open\_book: Install Guide This plugin is bundled with … --- ## [Plugin Modal Component Import Error - Followed Official Docs But Still Getting Errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-modal-component-import-error-followed-official-docs-but-still-getting-errors/380016)
**Author:** [@joo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-modal-component-import-error-followed-official-docs-but-still-getting-errors/380016 "2025-08-24T02:35:00Z")
Problem Summary I’m developing a Discourse plugin that adds a toolbar button to open a modal form. I’ve followed the official DModal API migration documentation step-by-step, but I’m still getting module import errors an… --- ## [Urgent help needed!I accidentally deleted the "feature request" section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urgent-help-needed-i-accidentally-deleted-the-feature-request-section/380022)
**Author:** [@yachun\_li](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yachun_li)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urgent-help-needed-i-accidentally-deleted-the-feature-request-section/380022 "2025-08-23T23:24:38Z")
We are paid members of Discourse. I accidentally deleted a category, and since this is our first time using the platform, we didn’t make a backup beforehand. Is there any way to restore that category? Alternatively, if I… --- ## [What is stopping you from trying out Discourse AI?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-stopping-you-from-trying-out-discourse-ai/306059)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-stopping-you-from-trying-out-discourse-ai/306059 "2025-08-23T21:27:53Z")
As a goal for this year we are trying to Increase adoption of Discourse AI and its features. I’m trying to understand holistically what is stopping you from trying out Discourse AI within your community. I understand th… --- ## [Prevent Google OAuth2 users getting username "user1", "user2"...?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-google-oauth2-users-getting-username-user1-user2/379798)
**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-google-oauth2-users-getting-username-user1-user2/379798 "2025-08-23T18:41:36Z")
I prefer (thus far anyway) to run my forum showing usernames vs. real names, and I’ve made the real name field optional. But some of my Google OAuth2 (“Sign in with Google”) users have gotten what are apparently default… --- ## [My Wiki of useful Meta (and other) links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-wiki-of-useful-meta-and-other-links/290591)
**Author:** [@NiceOldGuy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NiceOldGuy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-wiki-of-useful-meta-and-other-links/290591 "2025-08-23T17:59:53Z")
Here’s a Wiki post that I started two years ago when I became a moderator on my (closed) forum. I kept bookmarking topics here on Meta and other sites that were useful, and tried to keep track of links fellow moderators … --- ## [Very Modest Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-modest-theme/325384)
**Author:** [@mononym](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mononym)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-modest-theme/325384 "2025-08-23T15:43:39Z")
:information\_source: Summary A most minimal theme for Discourse. :eyeglasses: Preview Theme Creator :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Codeberg.org/mononym/discourse-very-modest-theme :scroll: License GNU Af… --- ## [How can I delete an image based on only a url?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-an-image-based-on-only-a-url/380017)
**Author:** [@physixfan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/physixfan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-an-image-based-on-only-a-url/380017 "2025-08-23T15:33:47Z")
Our forum just got an annoying DCMA copyright infringement notice. It seems it’s because of an image that one of our users uploaded. The thing is, what we get is just a url of that image: https://asset-cdn.uscardforum.co… --- ## [Is the login page .d-header color supposed to be the \`secondary\` color?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-login-page-d-header-color-supposed-to-be-the-secondary-color/379972)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-login-page-d-header-color-supposed-to-be-the-secondary-color/379972 "2025-08-23T13:01:02Z")
Hi there, I just upgraded to 3.5.0, and I happened to notice that the login page header color has been changed: body.login-page .d-header { background-color: var(--secondary); } That seems rather strange, because of… --- ## [Add a CLI warning when running launcher bootstrap/rebuild without app.yml present](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-cli-warning-when-running-launcher-bootstrap-rebuild-without-app-yml-present/380001)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-cli-warning-when-running-launcher-bootstrap-rebuild-without-app-yml-present/380001 "2025-08-23T11:14:00Z")
When a fresh clone of Discourse is set up, the repository ships with standalone.yml. The documented workflow is: git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse\_docker.git /var/discourse cd /var/discourse ./discourse-… --- ## [YouTube Timestamps Component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-timestamps-component/147091)
**Author:** [@balupton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balupton)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-timestamps-component/147091 "2025-08-23T10:57:58Z")
Converts timestamps within a post, to timestamp hyperlinks to the post’s (otherwise the topic’s) associated YouTube video. https://github.com/bevry/discourse-component-youtubetimestamps See it in action here Maps of M… --- ## [Spoiler blur support for composer's new rich text mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-blur-support-for-composers-new-rich-text-mode/373505)
**Author:** [@donaldsoncd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/donaldsoncd)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-blur-support-for-composers-new-rich-text-mode/373505 "2025-08-23T10:46:18Z")
Not sure if this a bug or a feature request. In the new rich text composer mode if you add a spoiler to some text, you don’t see a spoiler blur. Instead, you see a text box with all the text put into a single line. Ide… --- ## ['Download remote images to local' disabled despite enough free disk space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-remote-images-to-local-disabled-despite-enough-free-disk-space/379409)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-remote-images-to-local-disabled-despite-enough-free-disk-space/379409 "2025-08-23T06:23:58Z")
Hi, We have \> 13% free disk space, but Discourse still keeps disabling the ‘Download remote images to local’ option. Why would this happen? --- ## [Quoting in federated posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-in-federated-posts/369679)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-in-federated-posts/369679 "2025-08-23T05:44:34Z")
I understand why HTMl-tags and markdown are stripped away (yet one claim about markdown is it readibility :smirking\_face:). Mastodon can’t show either ones. But would there be possibility to show at least quotes with \>?… --- ## [No more live reload with CSS modifications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-more-live-reload-with-css-modifications/379977)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-more-live-reload-with-css-modifications/379977 "2025-08-23T05:11:49Z")
Hi there, I just upgraded to 3.5.0. In previous versions it would immediately apply CSS modifications in theme components without reloading the page. This doesn’t seem to be working anymore. Is it broken, or is it disabl… --- ## [Move sidebar "Filter" item out of "More" submenu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-sidebar-filter-item-out-of-more-submenu/379956)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-sidebar-filter-item-out-of-more-submenu/379956 "2025-08-22T23:13:14Z")
Hi there, here on Discourse Meta the “Filter” menu appears in the top level sidebar menu, whereas the “Invite” button is under the “More” submenu. On my forum it’s the other way around. How would I change that? --- ## [About Page Email intended behavior](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-page-email-intended-behavior/377903)
**Author:** [@ked](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ked)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-page-email-intended-behavior/377903 "2025-08-22T23:02:44Z")
On the /about page, what is the intended behavior following users clicking the email address that I’ve input into /admin/config/about ? I’m supposing it is to open the users local email client to their editor with the a… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=192) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=194)