Whenever I edit something on my original post, for example the very first - and maybe the only - message, does that make the post go up on the feed, similar to a “bump”? Or only when I actually add a new reply? If edits don’t push it to the top, I remember seeing that there’s the bump feature. Is that a way to push it back to the top of the feed? If so, as an admin, do I have unlimited bumps or is it hardcoded into Discourse where each person can only have N bumps per day/month, regardless of their level? I had to uninstall Discourse a few months ago, but I will install it again sometime next year (wanna plan as much as possible before starting to spend money again for no reason), so at the moment I can’t test what I’m asking here.

Topics used to be bumped when the last post was edited. This was changed in September. I think now topics are only bumped when someone replies or when the first post is a wiki and is edited.

Thank you for clarifying and for letting me know about the September change. What about the bump feature? Can I use that to push it to the top? Is there a limit as an admin?

There’s not really a “bump feature” like something you can just click. For normal non-wiki topics, bumping happens naturally when someone replies, and there’s Configuring auto-bumping for topics on a per-category basis. A way to do it manually is by changing the timestamp as described here – although re-dating topics could cause confusion. (You may also notice the Reset Bump Date option on the topic wrench menu. This basically un-bumps a topic if you don’t want a reply to move it up on the topic list.)

Thank you for this. I remember seeing this, but at the time it wasn’t something I was thinking of using. And since these posts I have in mind are not urgent to bump, even the default “Tomorrow” would work. @ToddZ thank you for the extra info. Looking at both replies from you guys and thinking about it, I think that maybe a new reply actually makes more sense for what I was thinking. I want to have a “Notes” category where I just dump stuff, like a so called Digital Garden, so maybe if I make changes, it would make sense to not only bump it, but actually provide some context by replying with those changes. Thank you both for sharing these tips and info with me.

Editing a post pushes it to the top?

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JammyDodger December 15, 2025, 9:56am 5

FWIW You can also do it on a per topic basis using the auto-bump topic timer:

Topic		Replies	Views
Returning bumping after editing last post Feature	12	747	April 16, 2026
Allow only new posts to constitute a change Product Support	8	870	April 13, 2019
When an edit is made to the topic, do not let it move to the top (?) Product Support	11	573	June 3, 2024
Minor editing should not bump the topic Feature	26	7524	November 5, 2017
Editing timestamp of a 1-post topic prevents bumping Bug	7	486	October 6, 2025

Editing a post pushes it to the top?

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