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: :link: https ://sitet0r dot com/c/can-thue/3344 — new topics are visible just fine in the category view. But on t…

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.

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.

Yes, I’ve already added the categories I want to display in the Docs category plugin settings. <a class="lightbox" href="https://d11a6trkgmumsb.cloudfront.net/original/4X/6/e/1/6e125ec5d29e15eebbbff696a27024ba9e430790.jpeg" data-download-href="/uploads/short-url/fHJSxHjK6zbLLDUJkZf5RP8InUA.jpeg?dl=1" title="The image shows the settings menu for a WordPress themes and plugins management tool, including options related to the Docs plugin with categories, tags, and settings such as adding a filter and search menu options. (Captioned by AI)" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">[The image shows the settings menu for a WordPress themes and plugins management tool, including options related to the Docs plugin with categories, tags, and settings such as adding a filter and search …

[image] 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: :link: https ://sitet0r dot com/c/can-thue/3344 — new topics are visible just fine in the cat…

Discourse Docs Plugin – Topics Not Updating in Docs Page

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hugh (Hugh Lashbrooke) April 16, 2025, 9:24am 7

It looks like you’re using the older Docs plugin that is being retired, and not this Discourse Doc Categories plugin. Is that accurate?

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Discourse Docs Plugin – Topics Not Updating in Docs Page

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