# Daily Summary (5am UTC) **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-summary-5am-utc/291851 **Category:** Forum summaries **Created:** [January 16, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-summary-5am-utc/291851 "2024-01-16T21:58:09Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 665
### 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: [November 27, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-summary-5am-utc/291851/665 "2025-11-27T05:03:24Z")
# Today on [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org)… ## Key Stats - **New posts:** 51 **New topics:** 10 - **Top Users:** ## Interesting Topics #Announcements - @mcwumbly unveiled **[Release v2025.11.0: AI translations improvements, chat search, new review queue, and improvements for posts with images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389615/1?silent=true)**, introducing localized search blurbs, author-driven translations, and chat-channel search—building on the [RFC: A new versioning strategy for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/383536/42?silent=true). - Community members debated image quoting sizes in **[Let’s talk about pictures, quoting pictures in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389563/1?silent=true)**, suggesting scaling quoted images to thumbnails and relying on the lightbox for full-size viewing. #Dev - @Alexandre_Gurgel1 explored how to programmatically obtain cookies for a user or a ‘user-api-key’ without browser redirects in **[How can I obtain cookies for a user or a ‘user-api-key’ without requiring user interaction or browser redirects?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389618/1?silent=true)**. #Support - @Welsh_Selkie sought help previewing a custom signup modal offline in **[Total newbie struggling to preview the signup modal with my test theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389721/1?silent=true)**, receiving advice to spin up a GitHub Codespace via [Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-on-github-codespaces/336131?silent=true) or use a live-edge trial. - @Richie removed the new Anniversaries menu item in **[How do I remove the Anniversaries option from the burger menu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389758/1?silent=true)** by disabling the #cakeday plugin, with CSS-based hiding tips in the [sidebar configuration guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-the-default-sidebar-for-your-users/347764?silent=true#p-1690272-handling-plugin-added-links-5). - @miguelbemartin learned to add custom links to the user dropdown via the plugin-API in **[Add new item to user dropdown menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389755/1?silent=true)**, following the [customizing-themes-without-an-edit-code-button guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-themes-without-an-edit-code-button/329601?silent=true#p-1617331). - @Tealk investigated whether topic starters can reopen their own closed threads in **[Is there any workaround to let topic starters reopen their own closed topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389771/1?silent=true)**, with pointers to the [Topic OP Moderation plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-op-moderation-plugin/256222?silent=true). - @nordize proposed a URL-hash hack for direct editing links in **[Is there a way to link directly to the editing screen?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389590/4?silent=true)**, envisioning a theme component that triggers in-place editing on load. #Plugin - @RGJ introduced the **[Discourse Time Registration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389770/1?silent=true)** plugin for integrated time-tracking, referencing the [install-plugins-in-discourse guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157?silent=true). #General - @Thomas_Rother gauged interest for an informal meetup of Discourse operators at the 39th CCC Congress in Hamburg (27–30 Dec 2025) in **[Discourse Meetup at CCC Congress in Hamburg?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389731/1?silent=true)**, pointing to the [official CCC event page](https://content.events.ccc.de/cfp/39c3/index.en.html). #Theme component - @Moin demonstrated building a **Messages section for the sidebar** in **[Messages section for sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389664/4?silent=true)**, noting missing support for `get badgeText()` and linking to the [sidebar configuration guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-the-default-sidebar-for-your-users/347764?silent=true#p-1690272-handling-plugin-added-links-5). #Bug - @RGJ reported that published pages ignore theme-set `--font-family` variables in **[Published pages do not use theme-set --font-family and --header-font-family](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389718/1?silent=true)**; @nat confirmed it’s a load-order issue in the [site\_settings.yml](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/27256c450761b23c5252165d3b2094a10f284346/config/site_settings.yml#L1766). #Feature - @JammyDodger requested per-post Overrides for ignored-user content in **[Allow “Ignored content” to be temporarily overrided per-post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389605/2?silent=true)**, linking back to [viewability of hidden topic text from an ignored user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewability-of-hidden-topic-text-from-an-ignored-user/361449/3?silent=true). #Marketplace - @doubleshot offered a paid consult for Google Ad Manager ads setup in **[Paid consult for ads plugin setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389779/1?silent=true)**, until @nat moved the discussion into #Marketplace in [post 2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389779/2?silent=true). #Site Management - @typed-sigterm asked about manual and automatic group/title localization with Discourse AI in **[Content Localization - Manual and Automatic with Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/52?silent=true)**, echoing the AI translation enhancements from the [v2025.11.0 release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389615/1?silent=true). ## Activity by the [@team](https://meta.discourse.org/groups/team?silent=true) Group - @mcwumbly kicked things off with **[Release v2025.11.0: AI translations improvements, chat search, new review queue, and improvements for posts with images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389615/1?silent=true)**, detailing new features and plugin fixes. - @david added further context on that release in [post 7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389615/7?silent=true) and updated progress on the [RFC: A new versioning strategy for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/383536/42?silent=true). - @chapoi provided CSS-based advice to preview a theme’s signup modal offline in [post 4 of the signup modal topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389721/4?silent=true). - @awesomerobot showed how to remove the Anniversaries link by disabling the plugin in [post 2 of the burger menu topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389758/2?silent=true). - @Lilly clarified what “cakeday” means in [post 6 of the same thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389758/6?silent=true). - @yuriy confirmed the fix for the category-dropdown search bug in **[Search in category drop-down missing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/388911/5?silent=true)**. - @nat acknowledged the CSS bug report on **[Published pages not using theme-set variables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389718/3?silent=true)** and moved the ads plugin consultation request to #Marketplace in [post 2 of Paid consult for ads plugin setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/389779/2?silent=true). And on a lighter note, our community moved faster than a caffeinated puppy chasing its tail yesterday—no real puppies were harmed! --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-summary-5am-utc/291851)._