# Create a new topic button disappeared

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-new-topic-button-disappeared/384504
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 1, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-new-topic-button-disappeared/384504 "2025-10-01T20:54:07Z")
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### Author: ![newkid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/newkid/32/522817_2.png) [@newkid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/newkid)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-new-topic-button-disappeared/384504/1 "2025-10-01T20:54:07Z")

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Hi 👋

Does anyone else in the community have this problem?

Upon logging in today as an administrator to our community in welcome back page the ‘create a new topic button’ has disappeared.

Note:

1. But it there on the mobile app
2. We are using Horizon theme and on a starter plan. (Newbies)

Appreciate any help 🙏

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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-new-topic-button-disappeared/384504/2 "2025-10-01T21:12:52Z")

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Hello!

This is expected behaviour: Horizon is an opinionated theme and we removed the create-topic button from its original place (which, depending on your setup can get rather cluttered), to a new prime location at the top of the sidebar:

 ![CleanShot 2025-10-01 at 15.12.15](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/b/1/9b124d8de8475742b1bb957cc2b46d98167f7824.jpeg)

On mobile, the sidebar is less easy accessible, so we’re keeping the button there.

This was always the plan, but due to a little error, the topic button made an accidental re-appearance on desktop.

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### Author: ![newkid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/newkid/32/522817_2.png) [@newkid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/newkid)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-new-topic-button-disappeared/384504/3 "2025-10-01T22:21:15Z")

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Thanks 🙏 very much appreciated.

Although, for our community we have removed/hidden the left hand tool bar to give our users an uncluttered view, so to us it was useful.

But I now see (new topic button) in the right hand side which is also cool. (It probably has been their all the time, I just didn’t notice it 😂😂)

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-new-topic-button-disappeared/384504/4 "2025-10-31T22:21:34Z")

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