Allow setting "Hot" as default topic list for categories

Moin · January 21, 2026, 8:38am

I think this was added today

github.com/discourse/discourse

FEATURE: Allow "hot" as category default view

main ← hot-category-default-view

merged 02:21AM - 21 Jan 26 UTC

KrisKotlarek

+36 -1

Adds "hot" as an available option for category default view alongside "latest" a…nd "top". Administrators can now configure categories to show the hot topics list by default when users visit the category. <img width="659" height="228" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-21 at 9 26 26 am" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/258d1731-094e-4b51-a342-1bec55d6482c" />

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Allow setting "Hot" as default topic list for categories

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