# How to bring in Latest topics when using category boxes

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bring-in-latest-topics-when-using-category-boxes/105679
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bring-in-latest-topics-when-using-category-boxes/105679 "2019-01-04T09:26:54Z")
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### Author: ![simonk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simonk/32/247950_2.png) [@simonk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simonk)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bring-in-latest-topics-when-using-category-boxes/105679/18 "2022-04-05T08:27:50Z")

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I haven’t done this before, so I don’t know the answer. The theme developer tutorial would definitely be a good place to start.

> [@Developing Discourse Themes & Theme Components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developer-s-guide-to-discourse-themes/93648):
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> Discourse Themes and Theme Components can be used to customize the look, feel and functionality of Discourse’s frontend. This section of the developer guides aims to provide all the reference materials you need to develop simple themes for a single site, right up to complex open-source theme components. This introduction aims to provide a map of all the tools and APIs for theme development. If you prefer a step-by-step tutorial for theme development, jump straight to: Themes vs. Theme Compon…

If you search that page for **“Mounting widgets”** , you’ll see an example of displaying a widget in a different part of the page.

This #howto topic might also be useful as an example:

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-featured-topic-list-to-your-discourse-homepage/132949](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-featured-topic-list-to-your-discourse-homepage/132949)

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