# Adding a column to topic list

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-column-to-topic-list/224584
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [April 18, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-column-to-topic-list/224584 "2022-04-18T03:12:53Z")
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#### Post date: [April 18, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-column-to-topic-list/224584/2 "2022-04-18T04:40:14Z")

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Yes. those are indeed the templates you will need to override.

You don’t need to create both a plugin _and_ a theme component.

You can override both templates from within a theme component. A good example is the [Discourse Topic Author](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-topic-author/111021) theme component.

But you can only use a theme component for this if the desired information is already present in the json for the topic list. If it’s not, then you will need to use a plugin that does not only override the theme components but also serializes the information to the json.

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