Think carefully before installing this plugin. Discourse is designed for asynchronous discussion, and a list of online users can be harmful for some communities
This plugin is built for communities with <100 concurrent logged-in users. Installing on larger sites is possible, but is likely to negatively affect the performance of the whole forum.
It can also optionally display a user’s online status on their avatar. Either with a “ring”, “glow”, or with a “flair” icon in the top left.
The plugin uses the MessageBus to keep up-to-date, so user status is reflected in real-time. Users which have enabled the “hide profile and presence” setting will not be displayed. You can customize a number of things using the available site settings and language strings:
Configuration
These are available in the “plugins” section of the admin settings panel.
whos_online_active_timeago: maximum “last seen” for which users are considered online (minutes)
whos_online_collapse_threshold: number of users before the avatars overlap each other (see gif above). Set very high to disable this feature
whos_online_maximum_display: the maximum number of avatars to display. The numeric counter will still count higher than this. The choice of who gets displayed is currently inconsistent
whos_online minimum_display: the minimum number of avatars to display. Below this, a “no users online” message is displayed
whos_online_hide_below_minimum_display: if enabled, the widget will be entirely hidden when the number of users is less than minimum_display
whos_online_display_public: should the plugin be displayed to people who aren’t logged in? Defaults to true.
whos_online_display_min_trust_level: the minimum trust level that this plugin is displayed to. Defaults to 0
whos_online_avatar_indicator: choose how to display online status on user avatars. Defaults to “ring”
whos_online_avatar_indicator_topic_lists: display avatar indicators in mobile topic lists, and the “Categories & Latest” view. Defaults to off.
whos_online_count_only: when enabled, only the count will be displayed. Online user identities will not be revealed
Frontend Language Strings
These are available in the admin panel under Customize → Text Content (search for whos_online). These include:
js.whos_online.no_users | “No users currently online”:The message displayed when the number of users < whos online minimum display setting.
js.whos_online.title | “Online ({{count}})”: The text displayed before the list of avatars. {{count}} is the number of users online.
js.whos_online.tooltip | “Users seen in the last 5 minutes”: the text displayed on mouseover of the text.
Think carefully before installing this plugin. Discourse is designed for asynchronous discussion, and a list of online users can be harmful for some communities
Frontend Language Strings
