I would like to configure different custom homepages for logged-in and non-logged-in users. While I am aware that this can be implemented using JavaScript, I am interested in knowing whether it can also be achieved through a Discourse component or plugin. I have come across the component User-specific Discourse home page, which allows creating a new route and adding a template, but I would prefer not to use that approach. If there are any alternative suggestions or recommended best practices, I would greatly appreciate your guidance.

A discourse component is written in JavaScript :wink: There is custom home page support for developers and you could differentiate between those types of users. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/26291

Thank you for your response. I tried the approach mentioned in the GitHub repository by adding "custom-homepage": true to the about.json file of my theme, but it does not seem to be working. Could you please confirm if this is the correct method?

I suggest opening a topic in #dev If you are struggling consider hiring a seasoned Discourse developer in #marketplace

It’s the correct method, have you followed all of the steps? after adding "modifiers": { "custom_homepage": "true" } and enabling your theme, do you see this as your homepage? [image]

Yes, I followed the steps given in thread. Specifically, I first added "custom-homepage": "true" in the modifiers, and then I created a component at javascripts/discourse/connectors/custom-homepage/home.gjs.

Yes, I see my default homepage and no errors in console

You probably need to change this setting: [image] in preferences

Now i got it i have to set Default Home Page to default then it worked

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awesomerobot (Kris) September 5, 2025, 1:54pm 8

do you still see the default homepage? or do you see a blank homepage? are there any console errors?

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