# Discourse Cakeday

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cakeday/38447
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, cakeday
**Created:** [January 25, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cakeday/38447 "2016-01-25T13:40:05Z")
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### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cakeday/38447/1 "2016-01-25T13:40:05Z")

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| :discourse2: | **Summary** | **Discourse Cakeday** decorates user avatars with a celebratory emoji on the anniversary of their joining day, and (optionally) on their birthday too. 🍰 🎂 |
| 📖 | **Install Guide** | **This plugin is bundled with Discourse core**. There is no need to install the plugin separately. |

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> :discourse2: As this is an #official plugin maintained by the Discourse team, #Support, #Contribute > Bug, #Contribute > UX, and #Contribute > Feature requests can be made in the respective categories here on Meta, and tagged with the appropriate plugin tag. Click on a link below to get one started. 👍
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> [❓ **Support**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=6&body=%3E%20Before%20asking,%20did%20you%20search%20first%3F%20Press%20%F0%9F%94%8D%20at%20the%20upper%20right%20to%20search.&tags=cakeday "Ask for support on configuring and using Discourse Cakeday") [🐛 **Bug**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=1&tags=cakeday "A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of the plugin") [👀 **UX**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=9&tags=cakeday "Discussion about the user interface of Discourse Cakeday, and how features are presented (including language and UI elements)") [💡 **Feature**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=2&tags=cakeday "Discussion about how existing Discourse Cakeday features can be improved or enhanced, and how proposed new features could work")

### Enabling Cakeday

The Cakeday plugin is default enabled but can be disabled/enabled from its settings, accessed from your `admin/plugins` page:

![Cakeday settings](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/f/3/5f35b918d6df17e1966ef2ea7e1300f461d22a00.png)

### Features

- Emoji displayed on posts, usercards, and user pages for forum joining anniversary and/or birthday: _(Emojis displayed can also be customized)_

 ![cakeday cake emoji displayed on posts](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/f/6/6f60764fd0b3bebc8252c3e0fa38667bee77362e.png)

 ![birthday cake emoji displayed on posts](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/7/f/f7fb730ebba1f731bd2783490b9a0440f3c4e03a.png)

- Browsable directory of anniversaries and birthdays at `/cakeday/anniversaries/today`

 ![Anniversary/Birthday List](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/7/2/17268af2c0e8ddb3822bbd0188112c65c8fdaa0f.png)

- Automatically uses join date for anniversaries, and adds an optional Date of Birth field on each user’s Preferences-\>Profile page (limited to Month and Date)

 ![Date of Birth](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/5/7/9575453153f81902df20170b03b24bc7d5d89a1a.png)

### Settings

- See all relevant site settings by searching your admin settings for “cakeday”

| Name | Description |
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| cakeday enabled | Show cakeday emoji[s] beside the user’s name on the date they joined Discourse |
| cakeday emoji | The emoji[s] that will be shown beside the user’s name on the date that they joined Discourse. Multiple emojis can be specified by: smile |
| cakeday birthday enabled | Show birthday emoji[s] beside the user’s name on their birthday |
| cakeday birthday emoji | The emoji[s] that will be shown beside the user’s name on their birthday. Multiple emojis can be specified by: smile |

> :discourse2: Hosted by us? This plugin is available on all of our hosting tiers [Cakeday | Discourse - Civilized Discussion](https://www.discourse.org/plugins/cakeday.html)

> Last edited by @mcwumbly 2025-10-04T21:15:57Z
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