Discourse Post Voting

[techAPJ (Arpit Jalan)]

	Summary	Discourse Post Voting allows the creation of topics with votable posts.
	Repository Link	https://github.com/discourse/discourse-post-voting
	Install Guide	How to install plugins in Discourse

As this is an official plugin maintained by the Discourse team, support, bug, ux, and 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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Features

To create a new topic with votable posts open the menu in the top left of the composer and select ‘Toggle Post Voting’:

With the topic in Post Voting mode, there’s a filter to sort answers by votes or by activity. Here’s an example of one in action:

Configuration

Site Settings

Once installed, the plugin is enabled by default and the available admin settings are:

Setting	Site Description
post voting enabled	Enable Post Voting Plugin
post voting undo vote action window	Number of minutes users are allowed to undo votes in Post Voting topics (enter 0 for no limit)
post voting comment limit per post	Number of comments allowed on each post
post voting enable likes on answers	Enable like button on replies on Post Voting topics
min trust to flag posts voting comments	Minimum trust level to flag a post voting comment

Category-specific Settings

There are two category settings available. Use the wrench on the category page and access settings to see these:

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Credits

This plugin is inspired by Pavilion’s fantastic work on the Question Answer Plugin. As always, thank you for your continued contributions to the Discourse project.

[Nebthtet]

Is it possible to add the mechanic to an existing topic?

[JammyDodger]

I’m afraid it isn’t, though there is an open feature request for it if you like to add your voice to it:

Add the option to change a topic to Post Voting format by admin/staff

We have added the Q&A format to our Discourse account but it is pretty hidden right now and it has been challenging to get the community to use it for their questions. Is it possible to slow admins to change a message to Q&A format after it is posted? That way we can start educating the community members about this option. It can be similar to the option for switching topics to personal messages and vice versa. [image]

[Nebthtet]

Thank you very much, I joined that topic per your advice.

[Catija]

I am a bit of a Q&A fanatic, so I’m excited to see this new post format available in Discourse and tickled by how… familiar… it seems! I have some questions about the functionality and how customizable it is. Much of this may be answered in the plugin package but I figure it might be helpful to have here, too…

1. Is there education built in for the plugin that teaches users about the feature, how/when to use it, etc? I love @discobot - maybe there’s a tutorial/onboarding module for Q&A?
2. You say admins can set the default within a category to Q&A - if they do, are topics required to be Q&A or do they just default to it?
   • If it’s a default, is there an option to require it? Can Q&A be disabled by category, too?
3. If a category is set to default to Q&A, is this something that’s apparent to users? I see that the post creation button will say it’s a Q&A but I can imagine a seasoned user’s first interaction with the newly-added feature might lead them to overlook the text without something drawing attention to the post type before it’s submitted.

Thanks for making this cool feature official!

[allrobot (all sky)]

Why does the discourse-post-voting don’t support Issues?

I really like this plugin.

Does the topic post have a voting function?

Do you have an example website? I hope to access your discourse page. @Nebthtet @techAPJ

[nat (Natalie T)]

Issues can be reported here in meta.

@allrobot

Does the topic post have a voting function?

You might be looking for Discourse Topic Voting.

[nat (Natalie T)]

@Catija

You say admins can set the default within a category to Q&A - if they do, are topics required to be Q&A or do they just default to it?

• If it’s a default, is there an option to require it? Can Q&A be disabled by category, too?

Yes, OP needs an update, these are the current options in category settings

@Catija

• If a category is set to default to Q&A, is this something that’s apparent to users?

The user will see a different button in the composer. You can change the button text via text customization.