# Latest

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## [MaxMindDB GeoLite2-City.mmdb Not Found Error in Logs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxminddb-geolite2-city-mmdb-not-found-error-in-logs/357685)

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**Author:** [@emonunix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emonunix)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxminddb-geolite2-city-mmdb-not-found-error-in-logs/357685 "2025-03-18T21:59:50Z")

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I’m encountering an issue in my Discourse instance where the following error appears in the logs: MaxMindDB (/var/www/discourse/vendor/data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb) could not be found: No such file or directory 2 rb\_sysopen …

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## [Populating email field on login page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/populating-email-field-on-login-page/357616)

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**Author:** [@Clemoun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Clemoun)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/populating-email-field-on-login-page/357616 "2025-03-18T21:37:01Z")

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Hello, How can I send a login link to my users and make sure the email field is already populated ? Something like www.my-discourse-site.com/login?email=person@gmail.com So that this user gets his email (person@gmail.…

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## [I'm not receiving any notification emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/im-not-receiving-any-notification-emails/357793)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/im-not-receiving-any-notification-emails/357793 "2025-03-18T21:18:53Z")

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I received the Summary email today in the morning, but now I was just testing some replies to a test account, and then replying back to my admin, and none of the accounts is getting emails. I always close the browser of…

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## [Flag count different on user profile and user admin page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-count-different-on-user-profile-and-user-admin-page/357687)

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**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-count-different-on-user-profile-and-user-admin-page/357687 "2025-03-18T20:29:22Z")

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Got a report that the number of flags differs between user profile and user admin page. For example: But then on the user’s admin page: My first thought was that the stats on the admin page are just for the last …

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## [What's the cheapest/best AI to use for AI Spam?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-cheapest-best-ai-to-use-for-ai-spam/357655)

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**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-cheapest-best-ai-to-use-for-ai-spam/357655 "2025-03-18T20:20:18Z")

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I’m trying to save some money. :slight\_smile: Any recommendation on which AI will be cheapest, yet do a good enough job with Spam handling? I have little experience comparing AIs, and this will be my first time using t…

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## [503 errors, can't post, edit, like, etc](https://meta.discourse.org/t/503-errors-cant-post-edit-like-etc/289979)

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**Author:** [@dylanb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/503-errors-cant-post-edit-like-etc/289979 "2025-03-18T19:33:36Z")

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I migrated my site to a new instance (Azure to Lightsail, 32gb ram) and am having a host of problems. The site is up and running but not seemingly working. It seems like I’m crashing my instance despite not having much…

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## [Deprecation Notice: twitter\_summary\_large\_image Replaced with x\_summary\_large\_image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecation-notice-twitter-summary-large-image-replaced-with-x-summary-large-image/357686)

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**Author:** [@emonunix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emonunix)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecation-notice-twitter-summary-large-image-replaced-with-x-summary-large-image/357686 "2025-03-18T18:45:34Z")

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Hello community, I’m encountering the following deprecation warning in my Discourse logs: Deprecation notice: 'SiteSetting.twitter\_summary\_large\_image’ has been deprecated. Please use ‘SiteSetting.x\_summary\_large\_image…

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## [Ability to override opengraph data in topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-override-opengraph-data-in-topics/357815)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-override-opengraph-data-in-topics/357815 "2025-03-18T17:46:32Z")

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It would be great to have the ability to override opengraph data within a topic. For example, in our community we may have a topic titled Version 5.3.2 Updated which is in the proper category, and thus the name makes sen…

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## [Custom badge image guidelines](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-badge-image-guidelines/357781)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-badge-image-guidelines/357781 "2025-03-18T17:27:48Z")

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I’m about to ask our design team to create some custom badge images for us. Before I do that, it would be useful to know what guidelines those images should follow :sweat\_smile: Obvs square. Anything else? Image format…

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## [Is there a way to chat with Discobot?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-chat-with-discobot/357658)

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**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-chat-with-discobot/357658 "2025-03-18T17:13:27Z")

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For example, I’d like to ask the AI questions about Discourse features, settings, etc, and get responses, in a chat format. Is the search “Discoveries” features as close as it gets currently? That shows a single respons…

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## [How can I edit sidebar links that are added with api.addCommunitySectionLink?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-edit-sidebar-links-that-are-added-with-api-addcommunitysectionlink/357629)

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**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-edit-sidebar-links-that-are-added-with-api-addcommunitysectionlink/357629 "2025-03-18T16:43:47Z")

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I’d like to add a new sidebar link with a component. I’m using this code: api.addCommunitySectionLink({ name: "custom-homepage", route: "discovery.custom", title: "Home", text: "Hom…

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## ["Component was authored using gjs" - but it is not](https://meta.discourse.org/t/component-was-authored-using-gjs-but-it-is-not/357736)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/component-was-authored-using-gjs-but-it-is-not/357736 "2025-03-18T16:23:15Z")

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On stable, 3.4.1. I have this in my plugin /assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-feedback.js and then /assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-feedback.hbs contains {{feedback-stream stream=this.model}} …

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## [Theme Developer Tutorial: 5. Building and using components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-developer-tutorial-5-building-and-using-components/357800)

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**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-developer-tutorial-5-building-and-using-components/357800 "2025-03-18T15:59:11Z")

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In the last chapter, we explored how you can render Glimmer Components into plugin outlets, and moved our CustomWelcomeBanner component into its own file. In this chapter, we’ll extend the functionality of the banner to …

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## [Theme Developer Tutorial: 4. Using Outlets to insert and replace content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-developer-tutorial-4-using-outlets-to-insert-and-replace-content/357799)

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**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-developer-tutorial-4-using-outlets-to-insert-and-replace-content/357799 "2025-03-18T15:59:10Z")

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Discourse uses the Ember JS Framework for its user interface. On top of Ember, Discourse provides a number of APIs to allow themes to customize the user interface. The most commonly-used API is Plugin Outlets. These out…

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## [Short code to insert Join/Leave group button into a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/short-code-to-insert-join-leave-group-button-into-a-post/63673)

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**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/short-code-to-insert-join-leave-group-button-into-a-post/63673 "2025-03-18T15:31:21Z")

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To integrate group memberships more fluidly into the community-building aspects of Discourse posts, it would helpful to have a short-cut for inserting the join group interface directly into any post. For example, it cou…

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## [Why 2 pages for the logo images instead of 1?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-2-pages-for-the-logo-images-instead-of-1/357742)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-2-pages-for-the-logo-images-instead-of-1/357742 "2025-03-18T14:26:01Z")

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I’m working on the images for my forum and I noticed that there are 2 pages for this, each with some unique settings and descriptions. For example in Branding there’s a place for X/Twitter, but in Site Logo, there isn’t. …

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## [Photoshop template for all Branding images here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/photoshop-template-for-all-branding-images-here/357755)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/photoshop-template-for-all-branding-images-here/357755 "2025-03-18T13:49:51Z")

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I’m working on my own forum and since I had to create a Photoshop file for myself, why not sharing it with others who might need it? I’m using artboards to make it easier to work on all files at once and then easier to …

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## [Having a hard time with themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-hard-time-with-themes/357740)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-hard-time-with-themes/357740 "2025-03-18T13:29:13Z")

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I would assume this would be a simple task, but it’s not. So when I installed Discourse, I only had the Dark theme. I want to have a Light theme, so I just exported the dark theme and then imported it (I believe that ha…

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## [Automated map](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-map/357506)

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**Author:** [@Amjed.akasheh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Amjed.akasheh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-map/357506 "2025-03-18T13:19:09Z")

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What would you like done? Map When do you need it done? Doesnt matter What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task? I dont know

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## [Discourse-ip-alert: Need help with created plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ip-alert-need-help-with-created-plugin/357738)

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**Author:** [@OrkoGrayskull](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OrkoGrayskull)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ip-alert-need-help-with-created-plugin/357738 "2025-03-18T12:31:22Z")

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This plugin is intended to send an email alert to all administrators whenever a user logs in from a suspicious IP address. It does so by extracting the IP from the latest authentication token (using the client\_ip field),…

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## [Make tags more evident](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-tags-more-evident/357556)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-tags-more-evident/357556 "2025-03-18T12:03:34Z")

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I noticed that tags can easily be mistaken by normal text and part of a title, for example here: At a glance it can be read “Using Discourse reference”. Wouldn’t it be better if all tags had the hashtag, because it’s…

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## [Discourse Plugin API Changes: Using api.registerValueTransformer for addPostMenuButton and component:topic-list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-plugin-api-changes-using-api-registervaluetransformer-for-addpostmenubutton-and-component-topic-list/357240)

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**Author:** [@omppatil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omppatil)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-plugin-api-changes-using-api-registervaluetransformer-for-addpostmenubutton-and-component-topic-list/357240 "2025-03-18T06:16:02Z")

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Hi, I’m using version 3.2.0.beta4-dev for local development and plugin API version 0.8.7 for plugin development. However, due to recent changes in Discourse, the addPostMenuButton and component:topic-list functions have …

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## [How can I count monthly active users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-count-monthly-active-users/357574)

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**Author:** [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-count-monthly-active-users/357574 "2025-03-18T11:17:38Z")

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How can I have this number into Data Explorer or customize my about section? Now I have this but 7 days are not enough for me. For active members I mean people who have just logged in, no posts, no like. User vi…

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## [Heap Analytics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/heap-analytics/357304)

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**Author:** [@Joe\_F](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joe_F)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/heap-analytics/357304 "2025-03-18T11:14:30Z")

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Hi everyone! I am looking to add Heap Analytics tracking to my discourse community, I have been unable to find where I would add this, Does anyone know how? Thanks Joe

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## [Chat plugin doesn't understand tab focus](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-plugin-doesnt-understand-tab-focus/357426)

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**Author:** [@SkyeDragon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SkyeDragon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-plugin-doesnt-understand-tab-focus/357426 "2025-03-18T09:59:20Z")

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Basically, the chat plugin doesn’t factor in whether the browser tab is currently focused/active. Impact Lost notifications and missing unread count in title bar. Repro steps Tested in firefox on latest 3.5.0.beta2-dev …

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## [Developing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing/356530)

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**Author:** [@Amjed.akasheh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Amjed.akasheh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing/356530 "2025-03-18T02:23:12Z")

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Looking for a developer, to add a map for me, and categorize, sub categorize. Sign in by facebook& google

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## [Is there a comprehensive list of customizable components?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-comprehensive-list-of-customizable-components/357660)

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**Author:** [@Justin\_Gonzalez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justin_Gonzalez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-comprehensive-list-of-customizable-components/357660 "2025-03-18T02:16:49Z")

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Our team is preparing for a design overhaul of our current Discourse community instance. To speed up the process, we were hoping to find a comprehensive list (or some type of best practices documentation) that would give…

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## [Plugin No Longer Loading or Visible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-no-longer-loading-or-visible/357679)

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**Author:** [@bitmage](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bitmage)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-no-longer-loading-or-visible/357679 "2025-03-18T01:35:34Z")

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My plugin, although in the plugins directory of my Discourse instance, is no longer loaded or displaying in the Admin interface. I’m using Docker in my Discourse development environment. I previously had problems with …

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## [How to prevent registration spam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-registration-spam/130418)

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**Author:** [@livc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/livc)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-registration-spam/130418 "2025-03-17T23:40:50Z")

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I built a discourse today but get many new user registration spam. Many are from the same IP and they don’t pass the email verification. Due to the limited email I can send a day (a free plan), how to prevent thi…

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## [Discourse AI plugin missing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-plugin-missing/357591)

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**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-plugin-missing/357591 "2025-03-17T21:10:27Z")

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Hello! I just did a fresh install of Discourse, but I don’t see any “AI” plugin:

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