In the past, you could override the .hbs template for and Discourse Route or Component by adding an identically named file in the templates/ directory of your theme and plugin. This was very powerful, but also came with significant maintainability issues. Therefore, we’ve been recommending against …

Removing support for "template overrides" and mobile-specific templates

david (David Taylor) June 6, 2025, 1:45pm 16

Support for template overrides and mobile-specific templates has now been dropped.

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