I can’t seem to find a way to disable the text overlay and search bar on the banner for a new site I’m working on. The banner art does not allow for placement of any objects on it. How do I remove those items?

There are no settings to remove the search bar from the Welcome Banner, so you’d likely be better off disabling it entirely and implementing a custom banner in the below-site-header plugin outlet. There’s some documentation on how to use plugin outlets here: Using Plugin Outlet Connectors from a The…

Also take a look at [image] Creating a banner to display at the top of your site Site Management bookmark This guide explains different methods to create and customize banners on your Discourse site, from simple dismissible banners to more advanced options. p…

Oh man, I thought we were on to something. But none of those options give my just my banner graphic without anything overlaid on it at the top of my homepage. I wouldn’t think this would be that hard to do. The Welcome Banner is the proper placement, it just needs to have checkboxes so you can dis…

Thanks, that worked a treat. I tried asking AI about CSS to do that but alas, it’s not that smart yet.

How to disable the text and search bar overlay on the welcome banner?

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awesomerobot (Kris) October 8, 2026, 2:27pm 5

You can add a little CSS to your theme to hide all the content within the welcome banner

.welcome-banner .welcome-banner__wrap > * {
  visibility: hidden; 
}

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How to disable the text and search bar overlay on the welcome banner?

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