# Latest

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## [Experimental ‘lazy\_loaded\_categories’ feature enabled on Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/experimental-lazy-loaded-categories-feature-enabled-on-meta/299836)

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**Author:** [@nbianca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nbianca)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/experimental-lazy-loaded-categories-feature-enabled-on-meta/299836 "2024-10-01T06:22:18Z")

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:information\_source: This project has been put on hold for now. We may revisit it in the future and will post an update here if so. We are introducing an experimental feature to help communities with a large number of…

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## [About Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai/288617)

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**Author:** [@Chan\_Patrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chan_Patrick)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai/288617 "2024-10-01T05:42:17Z")

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Hello everyone, I have installed the Discourse AI plugin but have not been able to configure and use it! I have read the English version of the Discourse AI manual several times but still cannot grasp its configuration. …

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## [Reasons in the review queue that can be improved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reasons-in-the-review-queue-that-can-be-improved/328725)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reasons-in-the-review-queue-that-can-be-improved/328725 "2024-10-01T05:03:58Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Approve unless allowed groups setting: I’ll summarize the points that caught my attention while writing https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-automatic-post-review-triggers/328584: R…

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## [Registration without email verification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/registration-without-email-verification/321699)

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**Author:** [@wellwellwell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wellwellwell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/registration-without-email-verification/321699 "2024-08-15T05:47:50Z")

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How to remove verification via email? It only hinders me from raising the forum, I don’t need “protection” from spam. I didn’t find a good answer to this question

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## [How to turn off "Body seems unclear, is it a complete sentence?'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-turn-off-body-seems-unclear-is-it-a-complete-sentence/318451)

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**Author:** [@wal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wal)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-turn-off-body-seems-unclear-is-it-a-complete-sentence/318451 "2024-10-01T02:28:28Z")

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I saw this topic But it does not work. I have minimum entropy set to 0. Yet still I’m not able to make a topic in my own forum with an empty body, or a body that consists of only “.” Anyone know how to turn this off …

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## [Create export button on LLM page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-export-button-on-llm-page/326793)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-export-button-on-llm-page/326793 "2024-10-01T00:58:57Z")

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I could choose Contribute \> UX or Contribute \> Bug but because I don’t know if this is export for all chat-channels or something else I ask here. So, what is this and why it is there:

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## [Automatic creation of slick gallery for multiple images posted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-creation-of-slick-gallery-for-multiple-images-posted/217017)

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**Author:** [@kinetiksoft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kinetiksoft)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-creation-of-slick-gallery-for-multiple-images-posted/217017 "2024-09-30T23:15:16Z")

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Hey Discourse team & Discourse users, In our community we have lots of people sharing lots of media (2.7m pageviews per month, ~1500 posts daily and growing). In some cases, users post too many images in one post, thoug…

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## [Bookmark clock icon broken after changing icon set](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-clock-icon-broken-after-changing-icon-set/240402)

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**Author:** [@JonahAragon1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonahAragon1)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-clock-icon-broken-after-changing-icon-set/240402 "2024-09-30T21:49:55Z")

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When changing the FontAwesome Pro icons from Solid to Light, the icon that shows when you set a bookmark with a reminder time on a post no longer shows up. It looks like the plugin changes \<use xlink:href="#discourse-bo…

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## [Deprecation notice: PluginOutlet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecation-notice-pluginoutlet/327580)

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**Author:** [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecation-notice-pluginoutlet/327580 "2024-09-30T21:11:27Z")

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In the console I am seeing :warning:Deprecation notice: PluginOutlet arguments should now be passed using @outletArgs= instead of @args= (outlet: category-box-below-each-category) \[deprecation id: discourse.plugin-o…

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## [iOS chat pop-up menu not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-chat-pop-up-menu-not-working/328075)

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**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-chat-pop-up-menu-not-working/328075 "2024-09-30T20:47:10Z")

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I noticed that on iOS the chat pop-up (when long-pressing a message) sometimes does not work. I am still unsure how to repro. Did anyone else notice it? There’s also a separate issue of text messages not loading until …

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## [First-login home page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-login-home-page/328717)

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**Author:** [@Renato\_Mendes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Renato_Mendes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-login-home-page/328717 "2024-09-30T20:30:45Z")

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I’ve been wondering whether there’s a way to set a first-login home page to force a user to choose main interests, which would then show the user only some tags or categories (or make them prioritary), like Pinterest and…

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## [Is anyone using Discourse in higher ed for courses?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-using-discourse-in-higher-ed-for-courses/59132)

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**Author:** [@Jeff\_Pasch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeff_Pasch)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-using-discourse-in-higher-ed-for-courses/59132 "2024-09-30T19:51:03Z")

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Hi there. I work for a university in IT. We’d like to create private discourse categories (which would map to courses), where only members of the course and the instructors would have access. Wondering if anyone else is…

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## [iPad app unable to connect to any Discourse servers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-app-unable-to-connect-to-any-discourse-servers/328690)

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**Author:** [@trolley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trolley)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-app-unable-to-connect-to-any-discourse-servers/328690 "2024-09-30T18:21:00Z")

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I have been using the iPad Discourse app with no problem for quite a while but recently it lost connection to the servers I use. Pressing the connect button brings up the authorization dialog but tapping the Authorize b…

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## [Add UI for editing custom per-topic fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ui-for-editing-custom-per-topic-fields/17607)

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**Author:** [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ui-for-editing-custom-per-topic-fields/17607 "2024-09-30T15:13:46Z")

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Heyah, while working on the topic permalinks plugin, I realised that there is no way for the Administrator to add, configure or edit our new awesome custom-fields other than going into the Shell or Database and do it ma…

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## [Discourse roadmap?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-roadmap/287104)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-roadmap/287104 "2024-09-30T14:54:19Z")

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Do y’all publish a roadmap? I’d like to browse it to see what (if any) of the topics that are important to me could be expected in the near future, if ever. :smiley:

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## [Is there a setting/feature/plugin for the trust advancement of members via created post count?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-setting-feature-plugin-for-the-trust-advancement-of-members-via-created-post-count/328672)

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**Author:** [@Gratian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gratian)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-setting-feature-plugin-for-the-trust-advancement-of-members-via-created-post-count/328672 "2024-09-30T14:42:21Z")

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Hi, is there a possibility that I can design the advancement of the trustlevels like this: TL0 - 0 Posts TL1 - 1 Post TL2 - 3 Posts TL3 - 10 Posts TL4 - 25 Posts ? Thank you

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## [What Themes are being used for these Discourse forums?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-themes-are-being-used-for-these-discourse-forums/275550)

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**Author:** [@Remo\_van\_de\_Sande](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remo_van_de_Sande)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-themes-are-being-used-for-these-discourse-forums/275550 "2024-09-30T11:28:21Z")

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hi there friends, I am exploring Discourse and are wondering if the following websites use a specific theme or if they are custom made. If custom made what would be a good starting point to recreate them ? The first …

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## [Error cloning git repository, access is denied or repository is not found（theme)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-cloning-git-repository-access-is-denied-or-repository-is-not-found-theme/327229)

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**Author:** [@sober](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sober)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-cloning-git-repository-access-is-denied-or-repository-is-not-found-theme/327229 "2024-09-30T08:07:37Z")

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## [Issues with the quote system](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-the-quote-system/311743)

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**Author:** [@SlimArtist20375](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SlimArtist20375)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-the-quote-system/311743 "2024-09-30T07:55:20Z")

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I changes my profile name, and then the users that have quoted me, their quote from me is broken now. It just started happening when I changed my profile info. ▶ Screenshot Links to broken quotes: Does anybody know how …

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## [Slack integration issue with relative heading links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-integration-issue-with-relative-heading-links/276314)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-integration-issue-with-relative-heading-links/276314 "2024-09-30T07:49:31Z")

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Hi, I noticed an odd interaction with DiscoTOC and Slack integration. Basically the header links don’t properly post. See details here

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## [Replace bbPress/buddyPress with Discourse on a Wordpress site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-bbpress-buddypress-with-discourse-on-a-wordpress-site/323698)

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**Author:** [@Maël\_Shanti](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ma%C3%ABl_Shanti)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-bbpress-buddypress-with-discourse-on-a-wordpress-site/323698 "2024-09-30T07:33:48Z")

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Hello, I am currently building a WordPress site for a community of about 3000 members. This WP site would feature several community-building functions, such as forums, events calendar (in which each user can add events)…

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## [SAML plugin and non standard configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saml-plugin-and-non-standard-configuration/328629)

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**Author:** [@Dubravko\_Penezic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dubravko_Penezic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saml-plugin-and-non-standard-configuration/328629 "2024-09-30T07:17:31Z")

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Hi, does anyone have experience with self-hosted Discourse and SAML plugin with non-standard configuration? I would like to configure parameters to use existing SAML attributes (completely different than the SAML plugi…

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## [Add richer authentication support for POP3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-richer-authentication-support-for-pop3/219340)

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**Author:** [@trobiyo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trobiyo)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-richer-authentication-support-for-pop3/219340 "2024-09-30T06:07:35Z")

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That’s great indeed, TLS is also a requirement for Exchange Online. But still, authentication is made by basic-auth (if I understand well the following code, there is no way to choose between any other authentication mec…

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## [Site texts: unsubscribe links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-texts-unsubscribe-links/328596)

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**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-texts-unsubscribe-links/328596 "2024-09-30T03:12:33Z")

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I’d like to tweak the text around email unsubscribe links in typical notification emails. Site Texts contains these two entries with the same content: unsubscribe\_link unsubscribe\_link\_and\_mail Default text for both …

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## [I dont get proper mapping of attributes using SAML plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dont-get-proper-mapping-of-attributes-using-saml-plugin/194312)

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**Author:** [@JoreisPy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JoreisPy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dont-get-proper-mapping-of-attributes-using-saml-plugin/194312 "2024-09-29T17:45:14Z")

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Hello, I am trying to integrate our shibboleth with our discourse instance. For now logging in works but I am getting the wrong data (name, email, etc…) here is part of the data coming from the SSO \<saml2:Attribut…

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## [Lessons from Colossal Caves](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lessons-from-colossal-caves/277995)

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**Author:** [@51mon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/51mon)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lessons-from-colossal-caves/277995 "2024-09-29T16:15:33Z")

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Back in the mist of time - I used to play colossal caves on the 370/158 in the middle of the night as another batch input tape was jerkally inched through. Halfway through the caves - I can’t remember where - but it was…

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## [Continuing the discussion from Problem with mailing list mode for Groups:](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976)

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**Author:** [@Manfred\_Bayer-Lemerz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Manfred_Bayer-Lemerz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976 "2024-09-29T11:37:08Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Problem with mailing list mode for Groups: No sorry this already working for categories and I don´t now why you are closing this one. There is already in Settings: Where you can deci…

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## [Recommendation: chatbot to support discussion in threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommendation-chatbot-to-support-discussion-in-threads/328334)

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**Author:** [@Petr\_Mišák](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Petr_Mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommendation-chatbot-to-support-discussion-in-threads/328334 "2024-09-29T11:28:25Z")

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Recommendation: chatbot to support discussion in threads I know that Discourse has several plugins and options to use AI chatbots. But there are already so many options that I’m getting lost in it. Could someone please…

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## [Error: embed url is already taken in Gutenberg editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-embed-url-is-already-taken-in-gutenberg-editor/328549)

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**Author:** [@Petr\_Mišák](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Petr_Mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-embed-url-is-already-taken-in-gutenberg-editor/328549 "2024-09-29T11:08:24Z")

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We are starting to test the Gutenberg editor. We managed to publish our article with the URL in WordPress once then put the article in concept and republish with a different URL then we noticed this and changed the URL…

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## [Enabling the tab key in markdown editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-the-tab-key-in-markdown-editor/20666)

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**Author:** [@hstove](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hstove)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-the-tab-key-in-markdown-editor/20666 "2024-09-29T06:56:40Z")

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Hey wonderful discourse maintainers, I was wondering if there was a policy about enabling the tab key when editing markdown. I was recently composing a list and I wanted to indent, so I hit enter, tab, -, and then space,…

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