# How do you set Topic Views

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-set-topic-views/228002
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-set-topic-views/228002 "2022-05-24T18:24:29Z")
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### Author: ![natasha\_selvidge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natasha_selvidge/32/235894_2.png) [@natasha\_selvidge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/natasha_selvidge)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-set-topic-views/228002/1 "2022-05-24T18:24:30Z")

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I would like to update my topic views in my plugin, so when a user opens a modal of the topic it will update a the view count the same way it already counts them. (The topic view counts are reset once per 8 hours per IP).  
Is is possible to update views this way?