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## [Placeholder texts showing instead of default translation string with tagging plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholder-texts-showing-instead-of-default-translation-string-with-tagging-plugin/25554)

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**Author:** [@Uninen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Uninen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholder-texts-showing-instead-of-default-translation-string-with-tagging-plugin/25554 "2017-05-09T18:12:51Z")

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So I’ve just installed Discourse using Finnish locale and tagging plugin. Seems that latter isn’t (fully?) translated yet, and the placeholder strings aren’t very friendly. I assume you’d wanna show default (English) str…

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## [Can't customize text for js.share.google+](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-customize-text-for-js-share-google/62318)

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**Author:** [@Ilmars\_Cirulis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ilmars_Cirulis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-customize-text-for-js-share-google/62318 "2017-05-09T18:09:13Z")

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More specifically, I can’t edit “js.share.google+” without getting teleported to “js.share” and seeing the “\[object Object\]”. (It’s possible that I messed the “js.share” up, by editing it accidentally. I’m sleepy right …

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## [Ampersand (&) doesn't 'display' right if from linked post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ampersand-doesnt-display-right-if-from-linked-post/27101)

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**Author:** [@streger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/streger)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ampersand-doesnt-display-right-if-from-linked-post/27101 "2017-05-09T18:04:15Z")

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This is really a small bother, just one of those perfection things I guess :blush: So, if you make a post in some topic with ampersand (& char), like for example write: drag&drop; it will not display correctly if you us…

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## [PM replies have wrong archetype](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-replies-have-wrong-archetype/51508)

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**Author:** [@tim.smith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tim.smith)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-replies-have-wrong-archetype/51508 "2016-11-22T04:38:13Z")

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When replying to a PM, the UI sends the POST request to discourse and specifies archetype=general in the form data. It should be specifying archetype=private\_message. This causes an issue with server-side plugins using D…

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## [Wordpress as sso client Expired Nonce](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-as-sso-client-expired-nonce/62295)

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**Author:** [@maia\_internet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maia_internet)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-as-sso-client-expired-nonce/62295 "2017-05-09T17:43:17Z")

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Hi all, I’m trying to configure my wordpress to be a sso client to my discourse. Everything seems to be configured as the howto states but when I try to ‘login with discourse’, if the user doesn’t exist it gets created…

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## [Twitter (and Dailymotion) video onebox autoplays without user interaction](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-and-dailymotion-video-onebox-autoplays-without-user-interaction/56926)

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**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-and-dailymotion-video-onebox-autoplays-without-user-interaction/56926 "2017-05-09T17:42:22Z")

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When a video from twitter is oneboxed, it seems to auto-play without any user interaction. This is quite obnoxious. For example https://twitter.com/UniofNottingham/status/827966230568988672/video/1

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## [Routing problems with Discourse tagging plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/routing-problems-with-discourse-tagging-plugin/35265)

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**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/routing-problems-with-discourse-tagging-plugin/35265 "2017-05-09T17:39:29Z")

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Bug 1 Go to https://meta.discourse.org/c/bug Click on a tag Hit back Note how you get redirected instead of going back to https://meta.discourse.org/c/bug Bug 2 Enabled filter tag by drop down In a child category,…

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## [Ignore BOM on CSV when sending bulk invitations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ignore-bom-on-csv-when-sending-bulk-invitations/62332)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ignore-bom-on-csv-when-sending-bulk-invitations/62332 "2017-05-09T17:19:59Z")

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When creating a CSV in Excel, it by default includes (what I think is) a BOM marker at the top of the file, to ensure that it’s parsed as UTF-8. Unfortunately Discourse doesn’t handle this (and doesn’t read the file as U…

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## [Anyone know of a PlayFab plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-know-of-a-playfab-plugin/62347)

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**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-know-of-a-playfab-plugin/62347 "2017-05-09T14:29:57Z")

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Anyone here use PlayFab for game development? They have tons of OAuth login points, such as Steam, with JSON end points. It’d probably be really easy to integrate it if you know Discourse well. I’d probably pay for a pl…

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## [No option appears to choose better answer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-option-appears-to-choose-better-answer/62350)

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**Author:** [@wiliamjoaquim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wiliamjoaquim)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-option-appears-to-choose-better-answer/62350 "2017-05-09T14:29:16Z")

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I created a test topic, but the option does not appear to mark the answer as the best, what can it be?

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## [Badge query is cleared when changing badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-query-is-cleared-when-changing-badges/62330)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-query-is-cleared-when-changing-badges/62330 "2017-05-09T13:26:40Z")

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This is a rather strange one, but I’ve managed to reproduce it quite consistently: Ensure that you have badge SQL enabled. Find a badge without a query (or create a new one), and enter a valid query. Press Save. Swap b…

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## [Bulk invitation log message contains raw HTML and is in a code block](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-invitation-log-message-contains-raw-html-and-is-in-a-code-block/62333)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-invitation-log-message-contains-raw-html-and-is-in-a-code-block/62333 "2017-05-09T12:23:58Z")

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Once a set of invitations has been sent out in bulk, the message that’s sent as a result contains the log: As you can see in the screenshot, it’s fenced in a code block, and apostrophes are being interpreted as the s…

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## [Is there an option to download the files just logged in?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-download-the-files-just-logged-in/62351)

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**Author:** [@wiliamjoaquim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wiliamjoaquim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-download-the-files-just-logged-in/62351 "2017-05-09T11:04:17Z")

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I would like only logged in users to be able to download files available by members, is it possible?

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## [Improvement suggestions for groups (helpdesk mode)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvement-suggestions-for-groups-helpdesk-mode/53574)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvement-suggestions-for-groups-helpdesk-mode/53574 "2017-05-09T06:53:14Z")

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having used groups since before it was even officially released to do “support”/“sales” there are a few things we’d like to see in Discourse to vastly improve the experience: Search by subject/body and email address (…

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## [Posts I write should automatically be read](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-i-write-should-automatically-be-read/62322)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-i-write-should-automatically-be-read/62322 "2017-05-09T00:07:29Z")

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Apologies if this is a dupe – I had a quick search and couldn’t see anything. I put it in UX because it’s not really a bug. When replying to a topic, I’ve found that the posts I write aren’t automatically marked as read…

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## [Feature idea: remove the incentive for topic bumping](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-idea-remove-the-incentive-for-topic-bumping/62314)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-idea-remove-the-incentive-for-topic-bumping/62314 "2017-05-08T23:11:27Z")

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There’s an issue on our forum - one or two members aren’t following our etiquette on avoiding bumping. They’re also prone to posting several times in sequence. Mods tried PMing and gentle moderation but it’s being ignor…

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## [Allowing posts by new users in summary emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-posts-by-new-users-in-summary-emails/54206)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-posts-by-new-users-in-summary-emails/54206 "2017-05-08T19:34:37Z")

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Discourse tries very hard to ship with safe defaults, that is, defaults that ensure nothing bad will happen, even if you set up Discourse and walk away from it forever. With that in mind, we added this setting early on: …

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## [Horizonal scrolling with /u/…/activity/likes-given and with /u/…/activity/bookmarks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizonal-scrolling-with-u-activity-likes-given-and-with-u-activity-bookmarks/62243)

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**Author:** [@grahamperrin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grahamperrin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizonal-scrolling-with-u-activity-likes-given-and-with-u-activity-bookmarks/62243 "2017-05-08T18:46:27Z")

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/u/…/activity/likes-given Not logged in (NLI): /u/…/activity/bookmarks Logged in: Workaround Zoom out zoom out zoom out to sixty-seven percent. Environment Firefox 53.0, non-extended serif 16 (default) 1,024 x…

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## [Show "Edit the title and category of this topic" (Pen Icon) also in fixed header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-edit-the-title-and-category-of-this-topic-pen-icon-also-in-fixed-header/62292)

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**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-edit-the-title-and-category-of-this-topic-pen-icon-also-in-fixed-header/62292 "2017-05-08T14:39:45Z")

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As a moderator: To edit the title or category of a topic I first have to click the title to go to the top, then I can click the Pen to go into edit mode. It would be great if the pen would also be visible in the fixed …

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## [Inconsistent margin for solved user summary](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-margin-for-solved-user-summary/62206)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-margin-for-solved-user-summary/62206 "2017-05-08T14:31:37Z")

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The “X solutions” stat added to the user summary page is not a \<li\> like the other status, but a \<span\> with a \<li\> inside. Because of this, the likes received button is :last-of-type and has a CSS property of margin: 0.…

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## [2 different servers running the same Discourse instance?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-different-servers-running-the-same-discourse-instance/62247)

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**Author:** [@mcbuzz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcbuzz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-different-servers-running-the-same-discourse-instance/62247 "2017-05-08T08:25:22Z")

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So I installed Discourse on an old computer I had laying around. I would like to use it to test stuff before rolling it out on the production site which is going to be on Digital Ocean. My old computer also has the same …

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## [SSL error while installing dev environment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-error-while-installing-dev-environment/62278)

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**Author:** [@Linh\_Vo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Linh_Vo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-error-while-installing-dev-environment/62278 "2017-05-08T05:02:30Z")

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I have problem with SSL while installing Discourse

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## [Same installation error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/same-installation-error/62269)

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**Author:** [@wiliamjoaquim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wiliamjoaquim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/same-installation-error/62269 "2017-05-08T03:38:37Z")

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I am installing my second forum using the discourse, and the same error always happens, when entering the command ./discourse-setup, the installation for as in the image, I leave for 40 min there, and nothing else happen…

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## [Hidden category not hidden in top menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-category-not-hidden-in-top-menu/62219)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-category-not-hidden-in-top-menu/62219 "2017-05-07T23:00:50Z")

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When a restricted category is added to the top menu (like “Bugs” and “Features” here on Meta), these will be displayed for users who cannot actually access them. It would be great if these were only displayed for users w…

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## [Can't run my Discourse locally](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-run-my-discourse-locally/41226)

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**Author:** [@stevenpslade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stevenpslade)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-run-my-discourse-locally/41226 "2017-05-07T20:25:56Z")

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I go rails c then I get this… URGENT: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? Failed to initialize si…

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## [Do I need to upgrade to version 1.8.0.beta11?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-i-need-to-upgrade-to-version-1-8-0-beta11/61986)

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**Author:** [@wiliamjoaquim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wiliamjoaquim)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-i-need-to-upgrade-to-version-1-8-0-beta11/61986 "2017-05-07T17:45:34Z")

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I just installed the discourse, the first update was done automatically, but then has another update to version 1.8.0beta11, and it’s by SSH, I got to do, but the site stopped working, and I installed again, now I’m in d…

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## [Do uploaded files all go into one directory / folder?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-uploaded-files-all-go-into-one-directory-folder/62231)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2017, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-uploaded-files-all-go-into-one-directory-folder/62231 "2017-05-07T08:39:43Z")

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Files are uploaded to this directory (1X): /uploads/default/original/1X/\*.\* All files will be downloaded to one directory? Even if there are 1,000,000? If yes, then can use this scheme (or similar):

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## [Discourse Softaculous Integration?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-softaculous-integration/62230)

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**Author:** [@The\_Sink](https://meta.discourse.org/u/The_Sink)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-softaculous-integration/62230 "2017-05-06T22:30:41Z")

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Softaculous is a tool that some hosting services and cPanel systems use to ease the process of installing big site services (such as phpBB, another forum service). I was wondering if it would be possible for Discourse to…

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## [What exactly does "Automatically set as primary group" do?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-exactly-does-automatically-set-as-primary-group-do/62222)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-exactly-does-automatically-set-as-primary-group-do/62222 "2017-05-06T20:42:56Z")

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I understand that when I check the “Automatically set as primary group” option in a group’s settings, the idea is that when a user joins this group, this group will become the user’s primary group, right? Furthermore…

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## [Add external change password link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-external-change-password-link/62216)

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**Author:** [@thecellmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thecellmc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-external-change-password-link/62216 "2017-05-06T20:16:52Z")

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Hello, I am using Discourse with a WordPress website where WordPress is the SSO provider. As WordPress is the SSO provider, you can’t change your password within the Discourse user settings. Would it be possible to ad…

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