Discourse Reactions does not support non-regular free icons(far- prefix is added to like icon)

Moin · March 26, 2026, 10:06am

I think this was fixed in

github.com/discourse/discourse

FEATURE: Add `icon` type site setting (#38779)

main ← feature/icon-picker-ss

merged 12:57AM - 24 Mar 26 UTC

martin-brennan

+45 -2

This new setting type will use an IconPicker component instead of requiring the… admin to type in a FontAwesome icon name. This will make it easier for admins to select icons and reduce errors from typos. The `discourse_reactions_like_icon` setting in reactions will be the first to use this. <img width="911" height="411" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2bbadfe6-8318-4e09-b05e-00de6b7e266f" />

There is now a check if there is a regular icon with a fallback to the solid version

github.com/discourse/discourse

plugins/discourse-reactions/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/discourse-reactions-reaction-button.gjs

224ac3145


      
            return icon;
          }
          
          get unlikedIcon() {
            const icon = this.siteSettings.discourse_reactions_like_icon;
            // Map "heart" to the d-unliked alias to follow core replacement pattern
            if (icon === "heart") {
              return "d-unliked";
            }
          
            // Not all icons have a far- version, so we need to check if it exists.
            if (isExistingIconId(`far-${icon}`)) {
              return `far-${icon}`;
            }
          
            return icon;
          }
          
          get title() {
            if (!this.currentUser) {
              return i18n("discourse_reactions.main_reaction.unauthenticated");

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Discourse Reactions does not support non-regular free icons(far- prefix is added to like icon)

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