No Bump First Post Plugin

Customization Plugin

AI-generated summary

Dimava introduces the No Bump First Post plugin, designed to prevent topics from being bumped when the first post or its tags are edited. This addresses issues where frequent edits or tag changes by users or moderators create spammy activity. The plugin features category-based allow/block lists and optional time-based cooldowns.

Moin questions the plugin’s necessity, noting that recent core changes (PR #34681, PR #34945) already prevent bumping when the last post is edited. Moin suggests the plugin might now be redundant, except for specific edge cases like wiki topics.

Dimava responds after checking the core updates, realizing that the logic has been inverted and a new plugin modifier introduced. Consequently, the plugin would need to be rewritten from scratch to function with the new core architecture. Dimava concludes that the plugin is likely no longer needed due to these core improvements.

Separately, henvo asks if the plugin’s cooldown feature is the only way to stop users from bumping their own topics frequently. Moin clarifies that since last-post edits no longer bump topics, users likely bump by replying to their own topics. Moin recommends the official discourse-no-bump plugin for this specific use case instead.

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:information_source: Summary Disable editing first post and its tags bumping the topic
:hammer_and_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/eroscripts/discourse-no-bump-first-post/
:open_book: Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse

We had a problem with users bumping their topics when editing them

It’s not really a problem when there’s just a couple of posts, but if some of their links died and they have to update a dozen it becomes spammy

Same problem with mods changing tags (without using mass-tagging)

So with some (a lot) help from AI and some (a lot) rewrites I made a plugin to fix that

Features

  • Prevents topics from being bumped when the first post is edited

  • Works with all types of edits to the first post, including tag changes

  • Applies to all users, not just the topic creator

  • Category-based allow/block lists with inheritance

  • Optional time-based cooldown between bumps

Configuration

After installing, go to Admin → Settings → Plugins and configure the settings below.

Settings

Name Description Default
Prevent topic bumping when the first post is edited Master switch. When enabled, editing the first post (including tag changes) won’t bump the topic. false
Allowed categories Categories where first-post edits may bump. Leave empty to block all by default. Empty
Blocked categories Categories that must never bump. Overrides allowed categories. Empty
Minimum hours between bumps Require cooldown since last bump. Use 0 to disable. 0
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How does this plugin interact with the recent changes in core that prevent bumping of topics when the last post is edited?

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34681
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34945

The use cases you describe with users bumping on edit and staff bumping when they tag topics seem to be covered by the changes in core. The only case I know that still bumps the topic is if the first post is a wiki which was added as an exception in FEATURE: Bump wiki topics when OP is edited by martin-brennan · Pull Request #35137 · discourse/discourse · GitHub.

So, can I now use your plugin to enable bumping topics in a category on edit?

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Hmm, it was made like a half year ago, just forgot about it since as we didn’t add it to our Discource
Will check

cc @Eviepayne

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  1. Plugin only returns true in bypass_bump, so you can’t use it (as is) to bump posts
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  3. They have completely inverted the logic, and added a plugin modifier thingy, so this plugin will probably have to be rewritten from scratch
  4. Seems like we won’t need the plugin, lol
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2 posts were split to a new topic: ICS importer deduplication and bump behaviour via API

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I’ve been looking for a way to stop users from bumping their own topics every few days, is this functionality currently the only way to do this in Discourse?

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How do your users bump their topic?

Since edits on the last post no longer bump the topic, I’d assume they reply to their own topic. Then you might also want to look at Discourse No Bump. It’s an official plugin maintained by the Discourse team.

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