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I believe those are custom emojis they added to the site, and used them in the category settings. [image] In Admin > Emoji, you can add your own emojis: [image] And I can then select them in the category settings: [image] Hence creating: [image]

You add custom emoji Configure custom emoji and select them as the category icon in it’s settings [Screenshot20260421075639Firefox] [Screenshot20260421080000Firefox]

wrong person got solution that’s a cool forum tho :wink:

I got it first [Screenshot20260421141716Firefox]

I think that’s because of this feature: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38724

I recall I had disabled that in my preferences when it was added; maybe I forgot to save :woman_shrugging:

How can I add custom category icons to the sidebar?

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Moin April 21, 2026, 5:57am 2

You add custom emoji Configure custom emoji and select them as the category icon in it’s settings

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