So out communities have a very specific use for… badges. Some have 4 badges and they’ll do fine. [image] However, we also have users with 24 badges! [image] I want to know if there is a way to make the max_favorite_badges to be set ABOVE 6: discourse(prod)> SiteSetting.max_favorite_badges = 50…

Nope. The max value is set here: config/site_settings.yml main default: true area: "badges" show_badges_in_post_header: client: true default: true area: "badges" enable_badge_sql: …

Do you know if there is a way to bypass the suggested value? With the risks fortold taken into account. (eg. no support is something badge related breaks)

What exactly is your use case for allowing that many favorites? I think 24 badges would be a lot for a usercard - at least in the default theme. Where do you want to use those favorites? Maybe there is an alternative to using this site setting. For example, the post badges plugin allows users to se…

No, I don’t think that’s possible right now. It would be a bad idea to let people bypass the limits put in place, which as I said, are almost always there for a reason.

[image] Moin: What exactly is your use case for allowing that many favorites? People want to display all their badges on their profile, it’s a specific request for the type of community because people participated in several competitions, they’re an “Mentor”, or “Moderator” or even an “transl…

[image] Moin: Maybe there is an alternative to using this site setting. For example, the post badges plugin allows users to select which of their badges is shown next to their name on their posts. Looked into that, all badges (admin made) need to be displayed by default. And it doesn’t seem l…

[image] codixer: People want to display all their badges on their profile All of their badges are visible on their profile. You can see all my badges here: https://meta.discourse.org/u/moin/badges . [image] codixer: Looked into that, Into the plugin I linked or into the theme component…

[image] Moin: Into the plugin I linked or into the theme component? Plugin, you did not link a theme component… I think. I am blind, you called it a plugin but it IS a theme component. So in that case, the component. Checking again, I can do it with the component, but still have to manually…

I called it a plugin because the post I linked contains a plugin. It’s not my fault that it is discussed within the topic of the theme component :person_shrugging: The plugin allows users to select the badges, while in the component the admin decides which badges are shown. I thought that the plugi…

increasing to like a dozen is likely possible with a custom plugin, or some rails commands and accompanying css to fix the layout issues, but doing 50 would bloat json payloads and bork a lot of stuff. any increase in the default hardcoded badge limit would be pretty fragile i think.

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) May 2, 2026, 4:39pm 21

So what you really want is to add multiple flair-badges based on group membership flair to the user card and/or profile page? A theme component can do that. You don’t need badges at all.

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