# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=261 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 262 --- ## [How do I get certain header features to also show when logged-in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-certain-header-features-to-also-show-when-logged-in/361961)
**Author:** [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-certain-header-features-to-also-show-when-logged-in/361961 "2025-04-17T19:01:52Z")
It shows the translation buttons when logged, out - I also want it to show the Translate button when logged in on the header. Logged Out Image: Logged-in Image: --- ## [Discourse Launcher Failed to Bootstrap](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-launcher-failed-to-bootstrap/362293)
**Author:** [@Pepemosu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pepemosu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-launcher-failed-to-bootstrap/362293 "2025-04-17T17:56:19Z")
Hello. I’ve been trying to migrate our current Discourse server and am trying to do a fresh install on our new VPS, but using our App config bootstrap was failing with a weird error. I tried bootstrapping from scratch w… --- ## [DigitalOcean blocking SMTP and forcing SendGrid usage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digitalocean-blocking-smtp-and-forcing-sendgrid-usage/357535)
**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digitalocean-blocking-smtp-and-forcing-sendgrid-usage/357535 "2025-04-17T17:48:20Z")
I’m not sure exactly where to post this, but I am wondering if anyone else has been experiencing this. I followed the official installation guide using DigitalOcean and Mailgun. But I recently noticed that I have a lot o… --- ## [Can I receive the notifications that would normally go to another user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-receive-the-notifications-that-would-normally-go-to-another-user/361292)
**Author:** [@noahl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noahl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-receive-the-notifications-that-would-normally-go-to-another-user/361292 "2025-04-17T14:44:25Z")
One of our team is moving on to a new opportunity at a new company. We want to leave their profile ‘as is’ within the forum as they’ve contributed to a lot of discussions - that said, we want to make sure that any repli… --- ## [Unintuitive IPv6 address search in Screened IPs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unintuitive-ipv6-address-search-in-screened-ips/362118)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unintuitive-ipv6-address-search-in-screened-ips/362118 "2025-04-16T16:33:23Z")
It’s not very easily possible to search for an IPv6 address in Screened IPs: Contrast this with the IPv4 behaviour: Maybe if we detect we only have a partial address we can do a simple string comparison as … --- ## [Single community with multiple sub-communities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/single-community-with-multiple-sub-communities/361252)
**Author:** [@RachFeverBee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RachFeverBee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/single-community-with-multiple-sub-communities/361252 "2025-04-17T14:35:46Z")
I have a client who wants to host a single, branded community with three sub-communities. Has anyone done this successfully? Would Groups or Categories work best? The sub-communities will need to be uniquely branded, w… --- ## [Improve linking back to original post from Mastodon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-linking-back-to-original-post-from-mastodon/361921)
**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-linking-back-to-original-post-from-mastodon/361921 "2025-04-17T13:24:16Z")
One issue I see often with First Post / Note publications is that the OP is posted without a title and that its first external link will be populated as a onebox and end up getting more attention than the author intended… --- ## [API, create user, no longer returns user\_id](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-create-user-no-longer-returns-user-id/343427)
**Author:** [@clayg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clayg)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-create-user-no-longer-returns-user-id/343427 "2025-04-17T13:22:56Z")
I have a script that runs daily to create new users via the API. Up until a few days ago, when the post would complete, the response included the user\_id of the newly created user. Now the API no longer does so? But the … --- ## [Handling Avatar load issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-avatar-load-issues/362323)
**Author:** [@jrack](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrack)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-avatar-load-issues/362323 "2025-04-17T12:43:48Z")
So we use the oidc plugin, but the avatar\_url requires auth and the current avatar download support when provided by the plugin doesn’t know to use a cached access\_token to fetch. Adding that feels pretty big in my head… --- ## [LetsEncrypt error when rebuilding forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letsencrypt-error-when-rebuilding-forum/361846)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letsencrypt-error-when-rebuilding-forum/361846 "2025-04-17T10:53:07Z")
See this error: I, \[2025-04-14T12:47:09.997719 #1\] INFO -- : \> if \[ -z "$LETSENCRYPT\_ACCOUNT\_EMAIL" \]; then echo "LETSENCRYPT\_ACCOUNT\_EMAIL ENV variable is required and has not been set."; exit 1; fi I, \[2025-04-14T12:… --- ## [Cookieyes LCP and Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookieyes-lcp-and-discourse/362043)
**Author:** [@Olle11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Olle11)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookieyes-lcp-and-discourse/362043 "2025-04-17T10:24:25Z")
Hi everybody, I chose Cookieyes as a cookie banner on my forum since I thought that the cookie banner looked reasonable and GDPR aligned. However it seems that it is heavily effecting my site due to several seconds of L… --- ## [Profile text is yellow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-text-is-yellow/362037)
**Author:** [@Olle11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Olle11)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 10:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-text-is-yellow/362037 "2025-04-17T10:23:45Z")
Hi, When I enter another users profile on my forum the text where it says “Joined” “Last post:” “Seen” “Views” is yellow for som reason so it is barely seen due to the white background. Everything else looks good. Anyo… --- ## [Access admin settings, plugins etc via search?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-admin-settings-plugins-etc-via-search/300821)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-admin-settings-plugins-etc-via-search/300821 "2025-04-17T09:37:12Z")
Hey guys It would be great if all or certain admin and mod features and procedures (like plugins, settings, theme-components, etc) would be accessible via regular search Basically that would add a sort of “spotlight or… --- ## [Is Discourse still optimized for SEO?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-st-il-optimise-pour-le-seo/362281)
**Author:** [@Nawak2025](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nawak2025)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-st-il-optimise-pour-le-seo/362281 "2025-04-17T09:30:24Z")
Hello! Everything is in the title, and also, can discourse be used as a comment engine on a WordPress please? Thank you ^^ --- ## [Is it possible to increment pageviews manually?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-increment-pageviews-manually/362253)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-increment-pageviews-manually/362253 "2025-04-17T07:56:49Z")
I’ve started showing forum pages via my custom app, but every time I show a topic I want to increment the page view for that topic (and overall stats) in accordance with the usual Discourse method. Is there a way to do t… --- ## [Plugin or Script to Automatically Interlink Content?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-or-script-to-automatically-interlink-content/362262)
**Author:** [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-or-script-to-automatically-interlink-content/362262 "2025-04-17T07:55:58Z")
Is there a plugin or theme component or a script that can use Discourse AI or something to either automatically edit a user’s post to add a link section of similar posts or reply to a topic and link to other topics for S… --- ## [How to create a custom activity tab in user profile?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-custom-activity-tab-in-user-profile/361047)
**Author:** [@SubStrider](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SubStrider)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-custom-activity-tab-in-user-profile/361047 "2025-04-17T07:33:06Z")
I was dabbling with plugin development and while I have been able to make the plugin settings appear on the admin settings page, I am not quite sure how to make the UI elements to appear on the discourse UI. If someone … --- ## ["Currently Being Reviewed By" Frustrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/currently-being-reviewed-by-frustrations/361458)
**Author:** [@snrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snrm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/currently-being-reviewed-by-frustrations/361458 "2025-04-17T07:17:46Z")
Hi, I’m a moderator for a Discourse forum and this feature just emerged in our review queue where topics and posts are essentially assigned to someone to review. It looks like this under the post: This is really frus… --- ## [Fast Updates ... with adequate hardware](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-updates-with-adequate-hardware/361350)
**Author:** [@TonyG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TonyG)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-updates-with-adequate-hardware/361350 "2025-04-17T07:06:41Z")
I had a site running in beta for a while on a 1CPU/1MB hosted VM. The plan was to update to a more performant platform after the initial configs and consmetics. While always slow, expectedly, recent updates forced a hard… --- ## [Change the max size of uploads/attachments | Discourse Modify upload attachment size](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-max-size-of-uploads-attachments-discourse/268317)
**Author:** [@honeymoose](https://meta.discourse.org/u/honeymoose)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-max-size-of-uploads-attachments-discourse/268317 "2025-04-17T02:06:40Z")
Discourse attachment upload size requires modifying the configuration file and restarting. The official post is on: Change the maximum attachment/upload size - sysadmin - Discourse Meta. The default upload size is 1… --- ## [How can I improve the style/rendering of the category title and description part?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-improve-the-style-rendering-of-the-category-title-and-description-part/362231)
**Author:** [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-improve-the-style-rendering-of-the-category-title-and-description-part/362231 "2025-04-17T00:17:26Z")
--- ## [A better way to manage indices for Doc Categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-way-to-manage-indices-for-doc-categories/362126)
**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-way-to-manage-indices-for-doc-categories/362126 "2025-04-16T22:06:00Z")
This is a step backwards from the original Docs plugin in my opinion. --- ## [Discourse Docs Plugin – Topics Not Updating in Docs Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076)
**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076 "2025-04-16T21:44:35Z")
I’m currently using the Discourse Docs plugin and I’ve run into an issue where new topics posted in certain categories no longer appear in the Docs page. For example, in this category: :link: https ://sitet0r dot com/c/… --- ## [Prompt tools: funnel, orbit, and flux charts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-tools-funnel-orbit-and-flux-charts/362106)
**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-tools-funnel-orbit-and-flux-charts/362106 "2025-04-16T14:48:43Z")
Just learned about these tools for use creating better prompts Maybe someday in the future they could be created and incorporated for those creating prompts with Discourse. :slightly\_smiling\_face: Funnel: decomposes… --- ## [Regularly fetching database info for user fields without logout](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regularly-fetching-database-info-for-user-fields-without-logout/362097)
**Author:** [@Dre\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dre_M)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regularly-fetching-database-info-for-user-fields-without-logout/362097 "2025-04-16T14:00:52Z")
Hi! We’ve successfully brought membership and other account information from our database into the “custom fields” using rest API, but right now it’s requiring each user to log out and then log back in (using our SSO) b… --- ## [Customizing the /about page with user bios](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-the-about-page-with-user-bios/362093)
**Author:** [@aas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-the-about-page-with-user-bios/362093 "2025-04-16T13:39:01Z")
The default /about page for a Discourse site that displays info for moderators and admins only displays each user’s username, name, and title. How do I customize the about page so that it also displays the contents of ea… --- ## [Discourse and my personal experience using it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-my-personal-experience-using-it/358373)
**Author:** [@Mister](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mister)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-my-personal-experience-using-it/358373 "2025-04-16T11:24:33Z")
Hello. This is my first topic on meta.discourse and I would really like to write about my opinion and the results of my first acquaintance with discourse. Background I should start by saying that I came across discour… --- ## [Error ”fa-user should be updated to user" when a bot is scraping](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-fa-user-should-be-updated-to-user-when-a-bot-is-scraping/362041)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-fa-user-should-be-updated-to-user-when-a-bot-is-scraping/362041 "2025-04-16T09:36:38Z")
I get a lot error The icon name "fa-user" has been removed and should be updated to "user"when a bot is scraping content, no matter if it is using GET and reaching a topic, tag, user, ./well-known… etc. That error comes … --- ## [Post activity exchange? (what happened to postloop.com?)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-activity-exchange-what-happened-to-postloop-com/287725)
**Author:** [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-activity-exchange-what-happened-to-postloop-com/287725 "2025-04-16T08:48:15Z")
So, many years ago when I used to run older forums (over 750k members was massive back in the early 2000s ha) built on vBulletin, phpBB etc. probably one of, if not the first “Trust Level” system in 2006 lol Anyway, the… --- ## [Add Category Column](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-category-column/103893)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-category-column/103893 "2025-04-16T07:04:01Z")
:discourse2: Summary Add Category Column adds a category column to the topic lists. :eyeglasses: Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Creator :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/discourse… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=260) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=262)