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Summary | Discourse Post Voting allows the creation of topics with votable posts. |
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Install Guide | This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. |
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 |
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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:
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.
Last edited by @southpaw 2025-07-25T21:03:02Z
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