Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
In the last 24 hours, the community generated 119 new posts across 61 new topics, with a total of 136 likes spread across the activity.
Top Users by activity and engagement:
| User | Posts | Likes |
|---|---|---|
| Don | 2 | 21 |
| Chapoi | 7 | 19 |
| Awesomerobot | 7 | 10 |
| Bartv | 6 | 7 |
| Stephtara | 6 | 6 |
| Pmusaraj | 4 | 6 |
| NateDhaliwal | 4 | 5 |
| Martin | 2 | 5 |
| Moin | 6 | 4 |
| David | 3 | 4 |
Interesting Topics
Support
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Schedule site logo changes? – One1 asked if there’s a plugin to automatically rotate seasonal logos. Chapoi not only pointed out a value transformer approach but built a full theme component on the spot, read more.
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Import data into Discourse from wpforo – Arya_Tavana wants to migrate from wpForo with existing users. Chapoi suggested the Marketplace for paid help or a guide for DIY, read more.
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Is it possible to unban IP banned by Discourse? – Webmaster_Webmaster was locked out of forums.eveonline.com and asked for an IP unban. NateDhaliwal and Awesomerobot stepped in—awesomerobot removed the publicly posted IP and explained no public checker exists to avoid abuse, read more.
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Rebuild failure – possibly related to rolldown? – Merefield’s self‑hosted rebuild broke after removing a core plugin. David fixed the asset‑processor to be more resilient and warned against
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How do I properly configure the AWS SNS topic ARN allowlist? – Deenius struggled with a “pending confirmation” subscription. After a few false starts, the correct endpoint turned out to be
https://forum.example.com/webhooks/aws, read more.
#Theme component
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Post Score – Display engagement metrics on posts – Don released a new theme component that shows a weighted engagement score based on likes, replies, bookmarks, reads, and incoming links – all without inflating view counts, read more.
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YouTube PiP & Topic Playlist Player – Another gem from Don: a header‑docked player that automatically queues all YouTube videos in a topic, with a progress ring and jump‑to‑post shortcut, read more.
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Homepage Feature – Bartv reported old thumbnails not being cleaned up and asked for a sort‑by‑tagging‑date option. Awesomerobot provided a console script to delete extra thumbnails and noted that sorting by tag‑addition time isn’t possible (workaround: manually edit timestamps), read more.
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Quote Callouts – Stephtara initially couldn’t get the component to work, but Arkshine spotted it was already rendering – likely a caching or JS error on stephtara’s end, read more.
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Versatile Banner – Awesomerobot fixed a long‑standing link to an Imgur image (1.5 million views!) by migrating the default background image into the theme itself and adding optional upload settings, read more.
#Announcements
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A preview of the redesigned admin dashboard – Bartv fed back that the dashboard loads slowly even on short date ranges, and wished for graph views for pinned Data Explorer queries. Chapoi acknowledged the performance issues and confirmed graph toggles are on the roadmap, read more.
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GIFs are moving to Discourse core! – Lilly was confused about Klipy versus Giphy, but Moin helped her realise she had to uninstall the old GIF component first. The upcoming change was hidden while the component was active, causing missed migration prompts, read more.
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Introducing a new “Post Type” Composer actions dropdown – Tynaut fixed a z‑index issue on touch‑screen devices after Moin reported the dropdown being hidden behind the composer header. The fix is now merged, read more.
bug
- Nested replies, flagging and staff color has no effect – Cuo_Wu reported that flagging doesn’t work on the first post of a nested reply thread, and staff colours aren’t applied. Pmusaraj confirmed the staff colour issue and noted the flagging bug only affects the OP, read more.
ux
- The prompt message given when upcoming changes are officially added is not clear enough – Moin pointed out that “Permanent” changes don’t appear on the upcoming changes page. Martin fixed a notification link bug and added documentation that permanent changes live on
/admin/whats-new, read more.
Activity by the Team Group
The Discourse team was highly active across many discussions. Here’s a summary of their contributions:
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Chapoi – Built a scheduled logo change theme component live in the thread, helped with wpforo migration, gave dashboard feedback, fixed AI title suggest icon placement, and teased upcoming Workflows in automation.
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Awesomerobot – Provided console scripts to clean up thumbnails in Homepage Feature, fixed the Versatile Banner default image, removed a publicly posted IP, modernised the Gated Topics component, and explained the origin of “Onebox” here.
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Pmusaraj – Investigated nested replies bugs (flagging on OP & staff colour), improved Bootstrap mode default limits for TL1 users, and helped regenerate Discourse ID credentials after domain changes.
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David – Fixed the asset‑processor for rolldown rebuilds, clarified security fix labelling on releases.discourse.org, and added a PR to prevent catastrophic breaks.
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Martin – Patched the notification link for upcoming changes and updated the OP of the upcoming changes announcement with info about permanent changes.
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NateDhaliwal – Pointed to the WSL container setup guide, helped with the IP ban query, and advised on certificate errors.
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Stephtara – Resurfaced interest in automation workflows and resolved a Quote Callouts caching issue.
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Moin – Reported a visual bug with hidden profile dates in the Team group list, helped migrate away from Klipy, gave feedback on the composer dropdown, and answered about email templates.
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Keegan – Re‑enabled the docked composer for AI bot conversations after it was accidentally toggled off.
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Lindsey – Clarified that livestream video only displays in the topic for now, not on the front page.
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Rishabh – Explained the new category type options and the discontinued Starter plan.
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Renato – Fixed the RTE removing quotation marks inside wrap syntax.
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Falco – Directed a user to query
ai_api_audit_logsfor AI title suggestion errors.
Yesterday, Chapoi single‑handedly built a scheduled logo changer in record time – next stop: world domination via holiday logos!