# Embedding an external widget in Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-an-external-widget-in-discourse/273492>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 1, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-an-external-widget-in-discourse/273492 "2023-08-01T14:26:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![cokestroke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cokestroke/32/242007_2.png) [@cokestroke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cokestroke)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-an-external-widget-in-discourse/273492/6 "2023-08-22T08:34:56Z")

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I managed to do it by

- creating a new component and activating it for the current theme

- going the the Edit CSS/HTML button and pasting the script in the head region

- Important part was to add the Atlassian URL loading the script to the Content Security Policy script src in the Settings .

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