| Summary |
Discourse Cakeday decorates user avatars with a celebratory emoji on the anniversary of their joining day, and (optionally) on their birthday too. |
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| Install Guide | This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. |
Enabling Cakeday
The Cakeday plugin is default enabled but can be disabled/enabled from its settings, accessed from your admin/plugins page:
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Features
- Emoji displayed on posts, usercards, and user pages for forum joining anniversary and/or birthday: (Emojis displayed can also be customized)
- Browsable directory of anniversaries and birthdays at
/cakeday/anniversaries/today
- 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)
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 |
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Last edited by @mcwumbly 2025-10-04T21:15:57Z
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