# Discourse Post Voting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-post-voting/227808
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, post-voting, included-in-core
**Created:** [May 23, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-post-voting/227808 "2022-05-23T07:55:00Z")
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### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-post-voting/227808/1 "2022-05-23T07:55:00Z")

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| :discourse2: | **Summary** | **Discourse Post Voting** allows the creation of topics with votable posts. |
| 📖 | **Install Guide** | **This plugin is bundled with Discourse core**. There is no need to install the plugin separately. |

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> :discourse2: As this is an #official plugin maintained by the Discourse team, #Support, #Contribute > Bug, #Contribute > UX, and #Contribute > 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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> [❓&nbsp; **Support**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=6&body=%3E%20Before%20asking,%20did%20you%20search%20first%3F%20Press%20%F0%9F%94%8D%20at%20the%20upper%20right%20to%20search.&tags=post-voting "Ask for support on configuring and using Discourse Post Voting") [🐛&nbsp; **Bug**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=1&tags=post-voting "A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of the plugin") [👀&nbsp; **UX**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=9&tags=post-voting "Discussion about the user interface of Discourse Post Voting, and how features are presented (including language and UI elements)") [💡&nbsp; **Feature**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=2&tags=post-voting "Discussion about how existing Discourse Post Voting features can be improved or enhanced, and how proposed new features could work")

## Features

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

 ![post voting toggle](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/9/e/09e135776bf47f4652e9527acf03e116d8eaf876.png)

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:

 ![post voting filter](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/5/b/05bed4dad1ee26256938857ac9748c9a8be7d2d1.png)

## Configuration

### Site Settings

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

| Setting | Site Description |
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| 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:

 ![category settings](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/f/5/1f5ab847da0e176793251d162ad8e5f5bf2bafd8.png)

> :discourse2: **Hosted by us?** This plugin is available on our Business and Enterprise plans [Post Voting | Discourse - Civilized Discussion](https://www.discourse.org/plugins/post-voting.html)

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> ### Credits
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> This plugin is inspired by Pavilion’s fantastic work on the [Question Answer Plugin](https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-question-answer). As always, thank you for your continued contributions to the Discourse project. 🏅 🙂

> Last edited by @southpaw 2025-07-25T21:03:02Z
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