# Adding custom settings

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-custom-settings/42654>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 16, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-custom-settings/42654 "2016-04-16T15:45:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-custom-settings/42654/7 "2016-04-16T18:19:21Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> In general Discourse is not a “configure this arbitrary stuff to appear in this web panel” CMS type of system; it’s more of a purpose built system for discussion.

Discourse isn’t a library, framework or engine to build websites, is a forum software. So if you want to change the normal behavior it’s usually trough a plugin. A lot of things have site settings, you can customize a lot without touching code, but not all.

But I think that expecting a plugin to [add a gem and custom code](https://getsentry.com/for/rails/) is reasonable.

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