# How to extend the Discourse sidebar?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-extend-the-discourse-sidebar/301694>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** sidebar\
**Created:** [March 31, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-extend-the-discourse-sidebar/301694 "2024-03-31T00:58:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-extend-the-discourse-sidebar/301694/1 "2024-03-31T00:58:26Z")

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Are there any guides or how-tos here that show you how to extend the built-in sidebar?

For instance, to widen it slightly then show the latest 5 topics out of our news section? Or maybe show upcoming events?

It’s great that we have a sidebar but it is underutilised at the moment - would be great to to extend it and help make each Discourse forum different.

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