# Discourse GitHub Badges Not Working As Expected **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-badges-not-working-as-expected/174973 **Category:** Support **Created:** [January 4, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-badges-not-working-as-expected/174973 "2021-01-04T15:48:38Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Sky020](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sky020/32/189842_2.png) [@Sky020](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sky020) #### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-badges-not-working-as-expected/174973/1 "2021-01-04T15:48:39Z")
Hello there, On a Discourse-hosted instance forum, we have enabled installed and enabled the discourse-github plugin: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/7/f75426faffc15a5f2be0abb22bfdfe03f0c5a69b.png) However, after doing this back in August 2020, only a few users have received the badges/correct badges. It appears the badges were mostly handed out immediately after configuration. As an example case-study: - Here is my forum account [Profile/badges - Sky020 - The freeCodeCamp Forum](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/sky020/badges) _I have the 1 commit badge_ - Here is the repository configured in the image above: [freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp (github.com)](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp) _heading over to the insights tab will show I have 35 commits_ - My GitHub and forum email address are the same. _Note: I changed my GitHub username, in December. If this affected the outcome in any way, then so be it_. However, others have: - not changed any account details - have logged into the forum through GitHub - and have received **no** badges after contributing We have been unable to pin-point anything incorrectly configured, and would appreciate any assistance/clarification with this. I have looked at [this reply on meta.discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-badges-are-not-working-its-hard-to-see-if-i-do-something-wrong-or-if-the-plugin-is-not-working/148036/4). Feel free to ask for more details, if necessary; I would be able to get permission for other users/case-studies.