# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=185&state=muted [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 186 --- ## [Can we turn off emails to deleted users and stop contacting our spammers?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-turn-off-emails-to-deleted-users-and-stop-contacting-our-spammers/382412)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-turn-off-emails-to-deleted-users-and-stop-contacting-our-spammers/382412 "2025-09-17T11:47:25Z")
Our Discourse is set to approve post count = 1 We use this to protect against spam as the first post from every new user requires moderator approval. When a spam post is made and caught with this setting, we reject … --- ## [Can someone tell me how these two functions are achieved?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-these-two-functions-are-achieved/382758)
**Author:** [@sweet\_Girl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sweet_Girl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-these-two-functions-are-achieved/382758 "2025-09-17T08:53:47Z")
Can someone tell me how these two functions are achieved? Is it with a theme or a plugin? https://community.robotime.com/ This is the forum URL --- ## [Get active users - via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api/382295)
**Author:** [@zhang\_zhiyuan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zhang_zhiyuan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api/382295 "2025-09-17T07:03:34Z")
I want to get the number of active users through the API, which is exactly the same as what is exported. Which API should I use to get it? --- ## [Un-watch topics when you stop watching their associated tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-watch-topics-when-you-stop-watching-their-associated-tag/381834)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-watch-topics-when-you-stop-watching-their-associated-tag/381834 "2025-09-17T03:45:41Z")
Let’s says Tag Group A is visible to Admins only. If its visibility is changed to Everyone, and a normal user sets a tag to Watching for them, once the tag is visible back to that group (e.g. Administrators), the user st… --- ## [Allow Users to only edit their own posts in a specific category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-only-edit-their-own-posts-in-a-specific-category/382879)
**Author:** [@MisterVertigo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MisterVertigo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-only-edit-their-own-posts-in-a-specific-category/382879 "2025-09-16T23:04:14Z")
Hello all! My apologies if this is posted in the wrong place. I’m trying to configure specific edit permissions and I’m not having any luck. As a general rule, we don’t allow any of our “regular” users to edit posts. We… --- ## [Why my discourse instance is making these calls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-my-discourse-instance-is-making-these-calls/382880)
**Author:** [@kcahtoor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kcahtoor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-my-discourse-instance-is-making-these-calls/382880 "2025-09-16T22:13:38Z")
I just noticed logs of my insyance below is one error. Please help me out in understanding what this means. Thank you in advance. These are some more links “/news/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml” “/2018/wp-includes/wlwmani… --- ## [Calendar back runtime](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-back-runtime/372331)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-back-runtime/372331 "2025-09-16T20:58:19Z")
Hi, I hope you can reproduce, i have updated my discourse, and on pressing back after the second (or later) on the browser when browsing Upcoming Events, runtime is excessive This deosn’t seem a major bug to me, you ca… --- ## [Creating a staged user with an API call](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-staged-user-with-an-api-call/84667)
**Author:** [@dmccann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmccann)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-staged-user-with-an-api-call/84667 "2025-09-16T19:14:31Z")
We currently have a workflow where users submit data by sending an email to a custom incoming email address, creating a staged user and a private message to a Discourse group. Is it possible to achieve the same workflow… --- ## [Discourse AI admin usage page - custom date range issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-admin-usage-page-custom-date-range-issues/378959)
**Author:** [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-admin-usage-page-custom-date-range-issues/378959 "2025-09-16T18:48:51Z")
:information\_source: Overview Discourse AI usage page issues When using the Discourse AI admin - usage page and the custom date range feature for dates that don’t include the current default range, there is some kind of… --- ## [Post title's HTML not rendered right as bookmark in profile menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-titles-html-not-rendered-right-as-bookmark-in-profile-menu/381903)
**Author:** [@donaldsoncd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/donaldsoncd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-titles-html-not-rendered-right-as-bookmark-in-profile-menu/381903 "2025-09-16T18:28:11Z")
On iOS using Firefox… In the circled topic title of my bookmarks, the HTML for the apostrophe is not rendering correctly. Instead of displaying isn’t, it shows up as isn%rsquo;t. --- ## [Update or Replace Header Locale Selector for New Discourse Header (widgets-end-of-life) – Is Built-in Support Available?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-or-replace-header-locale-selector-for-new-discourse-header-widgets-end-of-life-is-built-in-support-available/382615)
**Author:** [@Evie\_Tao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Evie_Tao)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-or-replace-header-locale-selector-for-new-discourse-header-widgets-end-of-life-is-built-in-support-available/382615 "2025-09-16T17:31:34Z")
Hello everyone, I am currently using the header-locale-selector component on my Discourse forum to provide users with an easy way to switch languages from the header. Recently, I received the following admin notice: \[… --- ## [Permit disabling safeframes in ads plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permit-disabling-safeframes-in-ads-plugin/382842)
**Author:** [@gasroom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gasroom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permit-disabling-safeframes-in-ads-plugin/382842 "2025-09-16T15:41:41Z")
Hello, Currently, the Discourse ad plugin enforces safeframes for Google Ad Manager (DFP) for all ad units: window.googletag.pubads().setForceSafeFrame(true); While safeframing is declared as best practice by Google, … --- ## [Css class calendar picking advanced search - foundation theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-class-calendar-picking-advanced-search-foundation-theme/382781)
**Author:** [@georg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/georg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-class-calendar-picking-advanced-search-foundation-theme/382781 "2025-09-16T15:27:32Z")
I’d like to change the color of the calendar picker / text in the advanced search feature of foundation theme. Does anybody know the class? I was to stupid to find it :person\_shrugging: --- ## [SAML logout stops working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saml-logout-stops-working/369703)
**Author:** [@dojo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dojo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saml-logout-stops-working/369703 "2025-09-16T14:16:17Z")
I’m using the SAML-Plugin to connect to a keycloak instance. Since the last update the logout is not working. I just get a Not Implemented on the /auth/saml/spslo site when clicking ‘Logout’. When going back in browsers… --- ## [What exactly happens when you turn on auto closing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-turn-on-auto-closing/382784)
**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-turn-on-auto-closing/382784 "2025-09-16T12:53:56Z")
Say you have lots of very old posts that would qualify for being auto closed once you turn that setting on for a category. When you turn on the setting, lets say, to auto close posts after 5 years of no activity, when do… --- ## [Best practices for AI antispam plus AI post triage operating together?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-ai-antispam-plus-ai-post-triage-operating-together/381802)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-ai-antispam-plus-ai-post-triage-operating-together/381802 "2025-09-16T12:36:31Z")
Have been having fantastic success with Discourse AI spam detection—in spite of my initial trepidation, it’s been extremely effective at keeping my self-hosted discourse instance spam-free. Because the discourse instanc… --- ## [Translation - how is the caching handled? By page or by topic/comment?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-how-is-the-caching-handled-by-page-or-by-topic-comment/382757)
**Author:** [@keithkhl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keithkhl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-how-is-the-caching-handled-by-page-or-by-topic-comment/382757 "2025-09-16T12:35:28Z")
I am testing out the translation function. It works amazingly in terms of quality and speed, so we are just one step away from implementing it on our website(s). The only catch is that I am a bit worried about the machi… --- ## [📅 Event Location/Description](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-location-description/371606)
**Author:** [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-location-description/371606 "2025-09-16T12:21:13Z")
You can now add a location and a description to an event. The location is a mono-line text field (supports auto-linking) which will be displayed with a location pin icon: The description is a multiline text field … --- ## [Prevent posting links to certain websites?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-posting-links-to-certain-websites/382803)
**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-posting-links-to-certain-websites/382803 "2025-09-16T11:33:08Z")
Is it possible to create a blacklist of websites that we don’t want people to link to? Then if they attempt to, they are alerted and their post is prevented from sending until they remove the link? Thanks --- ## [How can I lock a category so that nobody can post in it any longer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-lock-a-category-so-that-nobody-can-post-in-it-any-longer/382628)
**Author:** [@Isla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Isla)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-lock-a-category-so-that-nobody-can-post-in-it-any-longer/382628 "2025-09-16T06:08:01Z")
I don’t want to delete the category, I want to be able to close/lock it so that I can open it up again and allow posting. Is this possible? --- ## [Blocked email domains documentation is confusing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocked-email-domains-documentation-is-confusing/382754)
**Author:** [@strk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocked-email-domains-documentation-is-confusing/382754 "2025-09-16T05:58:27Z")
The text under the “Blocked email domains” says you should enter a pipe-delimited list but when you click on the input you are only given the possibility to enter each domain in turn and press enter, resulting it what lo… --- ## [How do other admins deal with compromised accounts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-other-admins-deal-with-compromised-accounts/382546)
**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-other-admins-deal-with-compromised-accounts/382546 "2025-09-16T03:42:01Z")
We recently had three TL1 user accounts that were obviously hacked/compromised/taken-over — likely through a compromised password. The attacker changed (and deleted!) the old email addresses, and then posted spam. What… --- ## [Youtube image preview do not show](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-image-preview-do-not-show/382699)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-image-preview-do-not-show/382699 "2025-09-16T00:00:42Z")
Hi, for a few days now, Youtube embedded videos do not show as image preview neither in the composer nor on my home page, which uses the Topics lists plugin. --- ## [Positioning of username and profile picture on profiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/positioning-of-username-and-profile-picture-on-profiles/382741)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/positioning-of-username-and-profile-picture-on-profiles/382741 "2025-09-15T23:59:34Z")
Is it intentional that on some profiles the text seems to be too far on the left and on some it’s even next to the avatar? Centered as expected: Text further left: Avatar next to username: --- ## [Should we tell the AI spam scanner to flag posts containing phone numbers by default?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-we-tell-the-ai-spam-scanner-to-flag-posts-containing-phone-numbers-by-default/382681)
**Author:** [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-we-tell-the-ai-spam-scanner-to-flag-posts-containing-phone-numbers-by-default/382681 "2025-09-15T23:23:40Z")
It seems like a fairly common variety of spam are unrelated customer support posts, probably trying to get false information to appear in AI or search results? These often contain phone numbers… should we mention phone n… --- ## [LDAP Setup for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-setup-for-discourse/88349)
**Author:** [@pprp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pprp)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-setup-for-discourse/88349 "2025-09-15T21:25:33Z")
Hi, I have followed and added almost every thing (LDAP plugin and LDAP configuration at /admin/site\_settings/category/ldap) as per below links to set up LDAP for Discourse: https://github.com/jonmbake/discourse-ldap-a… --- ## [This site can’t be reached. The web page at might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR\_FAILED](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-site-can-t-be-reached-the-web-page-at-might-be-temporarily-down-or-it-may-have-moved-permanently-to-a-new-web-address-err-failed/242583)
**Author:** [@asugar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/asugar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-site-can-t-be-reached-the-web-page-at-might-be-temporarily-down-or-it-may-have-moved-permanently-to-a-new-web-address-err-failed/242583 "2025-09-15T18:29:23Z")
I’m facing a weird issue. When I try to access a thread directly by entering the url in web browser it gives following error: This site can’t be reachedThe web page at https://mydomain.com/t/topic/37 might be temporaril… --- ## [Comprehensive release notes / changelog?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comprehensive-release-notes-changelog/382279)
**Author:** [@torgeirl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/torgeirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comprehensive-release-notes-changelog/382279 "2025-09-15T16:34:25Z")
New to hosting Discourse, and still getting used to the ins and outs here. From other open source projects I’m used to releases being accompanied by either a comprehensive release notes with technical changes, altered d… --- ## [Don't change 'last seen' when impersonating a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-change-last-seen-when-impersonating-a-user/5764)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-change-last-seen-when-impersonating-a-user/5764 "2025-09-15T15:16:41Z")
When - as an admin - you impersonate a user, their last seen is updated. That is of course because you completely impersonate the user as if he were behind the keyboard. But… you’re not the user. You might use that opti… --- ## [Default LLM model is required prior to enabling "Chat"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-llm-model-is-required-prior-to-enabling-chat/381768)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-llm-model-is-required-prior-to-enabling-chat/381768 "2025-09-15T14:58:09Z")
When trying to set the LLM for the Locale\_Detector to none so it will take the default (which has been set). This works for other personas, just not for this one. [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=184&state=muted) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=186&state=muted)