i have collected about 200 github repos for discourse plugin /themes,is there any way to check the compatability with latest discouse version ? - git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git - git clone https://github.com/discourse/Fakebook - git clone htt…

First, a lot of those are themes, and shouldn’t be installed via the app.yml file. Second, you shouldn’t install any plugin in Discourse by default. Everything you need to have a discussion forum comes included in the main software. Plugins should be added only after careful consideration, if the i…

[image] wanghaisheng: ,is there any way to check the compatability with latest discouse version ? Sure. Just rebuild and test that they all work. It’s pretty much the case that if you’re asking that question that there isn’t really an answer that can be provided that will make sense to you. …

[image] wanghaisheng: just want to know what they do Then you need to look at the topic that described them, the plugin Readme, or the code itself. It doesn’t make sense to ask “what do these 50 plugins do?”

you have mistaken me first is what you said to read doc second should be to install and check what is really look like that is what i want to do a simple forum you can see all avaliable plugin or themes preview through disable or enable ,right now pretty much have previews and not all ,at the …

There are a lot of plugins that use the same route and can cause clashes. The best approach to installing a plugin is to only do it if and when you feel that Your community needs a solution that discourse doesn’t ship in the core. I have deployed about 2 dozen communities for my clients and only hal…

yes i do got a lof clashes and i am not quite familiar ruby and quite reluctant to read code.so I wonder if there is already proven plugin and theme compatibility between them when you do have a requriment you can choose ,it do save a lot of time for participants of discourse community

The safest choice when You’re looking for most up to date compatibility is to use official plugins as those are often the ones tested to work with discourse by a relatively large user base and are more than likely to receive quick fixes in case something goes wrong.

i do know this pricinple but it sometime prevent the growing of our community

[image] wanghaisheng: discourse-sign-in-with-apple This is not a released plugin and not supported. This is just a WIP repo awaiting changes from Apple. It’s still on my list to get back to it when conditions allow. Had I released it there would be a dedicated Topic on how to use it. Worki…

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wanghaisheng (wanghaisheng) December 27, 2019, 3:12am 4

i got it
sencond just want to know what they do in case what happens i know there is a similar solution

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