# Discourse Docs Plugin – Topics Not Updating in Docs Page
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** docs
**Created:** [April 16, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076 "2025-04-16T07:26:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076/1 "2025-04-16T07:26:16Z")
I’m currently using the **Discourse Docs plugin** and I’ve run into an issue where **new topics posted in certain categories no longer appear in the Docs page.**
For example, in this category: 🔗 https ://sitet0r dot com/c/can-thue/3344
— new topics are visible just fine in the category view. But on the Docs page, it only shows older posts (before 2021).
I’m not sure if this is a bug from the plugin or an issue with my Discourse setup (self-hosted via `/var/discourse`).
Could you please advise if there’s a fix or a known workaround?
I’d be happy to offer **a paid fee** for your support or patch — this plugin is essential to our documentation system.
---
### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076/4 "2025-04-16T07:53:53Z")
Remember, with this plugin, the index must be managed manually.
If you haven’t added links to these new topics in your index topic, it’s expected that they won’t show up in the sidebar.
---
### Author:  [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076/5 "2025-04-16T08:36:54Z")
Yes, I’ve already added the categories I want to display in the Docs category plugin settings.
---
### Author:  [@hugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hugh)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076/7 "2025-04-16T09:24:41Z")
It looks like you’re using the older [Docs plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs/130172) that is being retired, and not this Discourse Doc Categories plugin. Is that accurate?
---
### Author:  [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2025, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076/8 "2025-04-16T10:27:18Z")
Yes, that’s correct
---
### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076/10 "2025-04-16T17:38:39Z")
7 posts were split to a new topic: [A better way to manage indices for Doc Categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-way-to-manage-indices-for-doc-categories/362126)
---
### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076/13 "2025-04-16T16:57:46Z")
Do the topics appear when you disable the `Show tags by group` setting?
I think that setting limits the docs to only show topics which are tagged with at least one tag from a tag group you selected in `docs tag groups`. So topics without tags will no longer appear.
---
### Author:  [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076/14 "2025-04-16T21:44:35Z")
> [@thaidb](#):
>
> I’m currently using the **Discourse Docs plugin** and I’ve run into an issue where **new topics posted in certain categories no longer appear in the Docs page.**
>
> For example, in this category: 🔗 https ://sitet0r dot com/c/can-thue/3344
> — new topics are visible just fine in the category view. But on the Docs page, it only shows older posts (before 2021).
>
> I’m not sure if this is a bug from the plugin or an issue with my Discourse setup (self-hosted via `/var/discourse`).
>
> Could you please advise if there’s a fix or a known workaround?
> I’d be happy to offer **a paid fee** for your support or patch — this plugin is essential to our documentation system.
Thank you so much! 🙏
You were absolutely right — I didn’t realize that **for a topic to appear in the Docs page, it must include at least one tag from the selected tag groups** in the plugin settings. After adding the appropriate tag, the topic appeared instantly.
Your insight saved me a lot of time. I really appreciate your support — you clearly have deep experience with Discourse and its ecosystem.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-plugin-topics-not-updating-in-docs-page/362076/15 "2025-05-16T21:44:45Z")
This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.