Auditing my setup was an interesting exercise. While I have quite a bit of custom CSS for decluttering things, there’s also a fair amount of functional stuff enabled:
13 plugins by Discourse
Notable:
- Automation
- Data Explorer
- Details
- Gamification
- Spoiler Alert
- Staff Alias
- User Notes
2 third party plugins
- Betterstatus
- Dark Visitors
12 theme components
Notable:
- Category Headers
- Custom Header Links
- DiscoTOC
- Right Sidebar Blocks
- Tag Cloud
- Unanswered Filter
- User Card Directory
- Welcome Link Banner
But on the minimalist side:
26 tags – added only by staff as content warrants
6 main categories (incl. Site Feedback)
2 subcategories for specialty use
1 private category
1 theme (Foundation)
no chat (PMs suffice for the very occasional off-topic convo)
no reactions (haven’t felt the need, but open to it)
no LLMs
2 additional groups
no additional badges