Asked google Gemini AI to create a plugin. The code would need to be audited by an experienced Discourse plugin DeV. If there is enough interest maybe we could setup a group to co sponsor a plugin Create discourse plugin to add category settingse... I'd be glad to help you create a Discourse plugin that adds a category setting to automatically delete topics after a specified number of days. Here's the improved code incorporating the best aspects of the provided responses and addressing potential... Note I am not a plugin DeV.

I’m not 100% sold on sharing untested AI code on here. I’m not sure how useful it is. Perhaps it should be limited to the #dev category for exploration rather than shared in a #feature request. Also, out of curiosity, what’s the ‘DeV’ format all about?

[תמונה] Dan DeMontmorency: My apologies. “DeV” just short for Developer. I got that bit. :slight_smile: I wasn’t sure if there was a particular reason for the random capitals?

That is just a me thing. :man_facepalming: :laughing: With VR for example usually I and some others use FoV for Field of View. Maybe not needed & more of a styling

Does auto-delete replies even exist any more? I can’t find it, and ask.discourse.org doesn’t have a clue where it has gone.

do you mean this? [תמונה] Automatically delete replies after N days Feature For the various knowledge base topics we have I would like to have a special timer for: Replies on this topic are automatically deleted after N days [image] I think this is a very powerful tool for keeping documentation topics clean. I would have this on most documentation topics on meta. It means people can reply to them but they know upfront that replies are like tears in the rain. If you want something permanent: Open a new topic or Edit the OP Even though we can do this pruning … if that is what you mean, it still exists - it’s under the topic timer [Screenshot 2026-02-16 at 7.06.31 PM]

Ah - but not on the system posts it seems!!! I updated the FAQs, made a comment, and then wanted to set it to self-destruct after a month. But the option isn’t there: [image] I then checked it here on meta.discourse.org (where I am of the lucky TL4s), and didn’t see it either. And jumped to a (faulty) conclusion! Ok, now I know that it isn’t available as an option on system Topics for some reason. Weird!

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Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency) 28 באוגוסט,‏ 2024,‏ 1:45pm 3

Can you move the post to Development? So a link is present here?

My apologies. “DeV” just short for Developer.

The info contained does say to test in dev environment and use with caution.

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Category-level auto-delete topics the same as auto-close feature Feature topic-timers	16	3307	27 במאי,‏ 2026
Delete Unreplied Topics plugin Plugin	27	2427	15 במרץ,‏ 2025
Default topic timer to auto-delete replies! Feature topic-timers	11	1095	29 במרץ,‏ 2024
Delete topics automatically after N days inside a category Product Support	2	199	8 במרץ,‏ 2025
Auto-delete topics in a category after X days? Product Support experienced	2	239	28 באוגוסט,‏ 2024

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