# Hashtags are getting a #makeover

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hashtags-are-getting-a-makeover/248866
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** new-feature, hashtag-autocomplete
**Created:** [December 14, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hashtags-are-getting-a-makeover/248866 "2022-12-14T00:25:00Z")
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### Author: ![martin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/martin/32/491371_2.png) [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hashtags-are-getting-a-makeover/248866/22 "2023-06-07T03:09:33Z")

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An update here – we’ve now made this the default for all sites, after making some changes around how the hashtags are cooked. We now also show colours for the icons including the original subcategory styling 🌈 :

#Support #Contribute > Feature #general::channel #announcements:blog

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/21788>
>
> Followup to:
> 
> \* 7c975481597c46ba1064b37f8f4627da82c5b689
> \* 0b3cf83e3c7d03c2dc…d54f86de60efe32f385a44
> \* eae47d82e22189646ce1b29ea2f3b5b2f8b64312
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> This commit enables the no-longer-experimental hashtag autocomplete changes
> for all sites. It is now at a point where it is ready to be promoted
> to the only way, and following this commit all old hashtag code
> will be deleted
> 
> c.f. https://meta.discourse.org/t/hashtags-are-getting-a-makeover/248866

Soon the old code referencing the previous hashtag system will be deleted as well.

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