# Display vote/like counter in main page
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [9월 11, 2014, 6:15오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915 "2014-09-11T06:15:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Pahlevi\_Fikri\_Auliya](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pahlevi_Fikri_Auliya)
#### Post date: [9월 11, 2014, 6:15오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/1 "2014-09-11T06:15:24Z")
I like the way [http://stackoverflow.com/](http://stackoverflow.com/) displays the number of votes in the front page. This way, visitors can quickly conclude which topics are worth reading and which ones aren’t. Furthermore, if the nature of discussion website is about opinions, having counter in front page could help distill which one is the best & which are not favored.
How do you think about it?
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### Author:  [@solhuebner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/solhuebner)
#### Post date: [9월 11, 2014, 9:20오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/2 "2014-09-11T09:20:19Z")
Maybe a nice idea for an plugin?
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [9월 11, 2014, 2:15오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/3 "2014-09-11T14:15:52Z")
Until very recently, likes were displayed on the front page.
See this topic for the discussion as it was being removed:
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-anyone-actually-like-the-likes-column/18397](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-anyone-actually-like-the-likes-column/18397)
You used to be able to show / hide the column with CSS, but that is no longer an option.
@sam and @eviltrout had mentioned some longer term plan to make the topic list columns more configurable in the future.
I’m having trouble finding that post, but it was mentioned here:
> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> I think @sam mentioned some longer term fancy-plan for this that would be better performance wise than shipping all the hidden data all the time.
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Yep, already covered, in a few months that will all be possible.
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [9월 11, 2014, 2:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/4 "2014-09-11T14:27:06Z")
> [@Pahlevi\_Fikri\_Auliya](#):
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> How do you think about it?
I think it’s an **excellent** idea. 🙂 👍
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### Author:  [@commonpawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commonpawn)
#### Post date: [12월 8, 2015, 5:10오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/5 "2015-12-08T17:10:15Z")
_Bump_
Any update on possibility to bring back like column or a more customizable front page?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [12월 8, 2015, 8:21오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/6 "2015-12-08T20:21:03Z")
Like column can be added quite easily with:
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/likes-columns-gone-after-upgraded/36314/4?u=sam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/likes-columns-gone-after-upgraded/36314/4)
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### Author:  [@commonpawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commonpawn)
#### Post date: [12월 9, 2015, 2:48오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/7 "2015-12-09T02:48:19Z")
Awesome, thanks.
Is it, by any chance, also easy to bring a like button out on the front overview? e.g. so you can like a thread from the front?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [12월 9, 2015, 3:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/8 "2015-12-09T03:11:25Z")
> [@commonpawn](#):
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> e.g. so you can like a thread from the front?
Liking before reading?
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### Author:  [@commonpawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commonpawn)
#### Post date: [12월 9, 2015, 3:16오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/9 "2015-12-09T03:16:56Z")
I am using discourse a bit different for a project i am working on 🙂 almost like hackernews and reddit where you can vote on a post from the front-page
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### Author:  [@commonpawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commonpawn)
#### Post date: [1월 26, 2016, 7:01오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/10 "2016-01-26T07:01:42Z")
Here is what i mean
> [@Wanted: Discourse Hacker News Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wanted-discourse-hacker-news-plugin/37620/9):
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> Update: Simplified and divided into two plugins Big thanks goes out to people who took the time to give feedback on the plugin idea. As pointed out, this can be simplified and even split up into two different plugins. What i boiled it down to are these two plugins: Link plugin Need to have features Ability to create link category where the WYSIWYG editor is replaced by a one-line link input field Link is shown and can be accessed from front page of discourse forum in thread list view In the t…
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### Author:  [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)
#### Post date: [4월 3, 2016, 4:18오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/11 "2016-04-03T04:18:00Z")
any idea how one may start to implement this? (liking before reading 😉 )
at least now that the excerpt plugin is going to be build, it may be handful to have up-voting system in the main page. ha?
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-previews/41630](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-previews/41630)
@commonpawn any luck in voting in the main page plugin?
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### Author:  [@commonpawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commonpawn)
#### Post date: [4월 3, 2016, 5:42오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/12 "2016-04-03T05:42:04Z")
No, not yet. Still think it would be a great feature. Either as a part of the ‘[Feature Voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-feature-voting/40121)’ plugin or just a simple plugin that adds a button to like the first post of a thread to the front page. Would love to get an idea of how difficult this would be to build
**Mockups**
Font page with number of votes/likes shown in left side
How it could work (in this case i imagine disguising the like button as a vote button)
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### Author:  [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)
#### Post date: [11월 18, 2023, 4:40오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/13 "2023-11-18T04:40:43Z")
이 제안에 어떻게 투표할 수 있나요?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [11월 18, 2023, 7:58오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/14 "2023-11-18T07:58:09Z")
현재 기능 요청에 대한 투표 기능은 제공되지 않습니다. 현실이 되기를 원하는 기능 제안을 보셨다면, 해당 주제에 게시글을 추가해 주세요. 가능하면 사용 사례와 왜 그 기능이 좋은지 이유를 자세히 설명해 주는 것이 좋습니다. 👍
다만 이 주제는 매우 오래되었으므로 그동안 많은 부분이 변경되었을 수 있습니다. 구체적으로 어떤 기능을 원하시는지, 그리고 아래 테마 구성 요소들이 도움이 될까요?
> [@Add Likes Column](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-likes-column/116416):
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> discourse2Summary Add Likes Column adds a dedicated column for Likes to the Latest page of your site.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/add-like-column)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-like-column](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-like-column)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component Features Samples Before: After: discourse2 Hosted by us? Theme components are available …
> [@Alternative Voting Category Style](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-voting-category-style/101532):
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> This theme component offers alternative styling for any specified categories that make use of the Discourse Voting plugin. Installation [Repository Link](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-alternative-voting-category-style) https://github.com/discourse/discourse-alternative-voting-category-style If you are unfamiliar with theme components and how to install them, check out the [theme installation guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682). And if you’d like to learn more about Discourse themes, take a look at [this guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966). Preview The overall idea is based off of [this mockup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unique-index-style-for-voting/59499/6) created by @…
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [12월 4, 2025, 11:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-vote-like-counter-in-main-page/19915/15 "2025-12-04T11:11:53Z")