Hello, Is there a way to make it so anyone who signs up for the first time (whether through the sign up process or by accepting an invite(even if it does not have the go to topic configured)) go to a specified category and have the post composer automatically open? This would reduce the friction o…

There’s no built-in way in Discourse to automatically send all first-time users (sign up or via invite) to a specific category and auto-open the composer. Workarounds: You can nudge users to your introduction area by including a composer link in: the Discobot welcome message a global banner Se…

I wonder if this is possible in a Theme Component, to overwrite: frontend/discourse/app/templates/activate-account.gjs main @action loadHomepage() { window.location.href = getURL("/"); } t…

This is possible with the custom wizard plugin [image] Custom Wizard Plugin mage Plugin pavilion Summary Forms for Discourse. This plugin lets you make rich and powerful forms for your Discourse forum. Better user onboarding, structured posting, data enrichmen…

[image] NateDhaliwal: But opening the composer automatically might be harder. Opening the composer itself isn’t the hard part - Discourse already exposes a first-class entry point for that. You can redirect users to the /new-topic endpoint with query parameters, e.g.: https://discourse.com/…

I know that, but I didn’t exclude the possibility that the OP wanted to open the reply composer, not the topic composer. That’s why I suggested the composer service which IIRC has a method to open it. If [image] NateDhaliwal: overwrite: discourse/frontend/discourse/app/templates/activate-acco…

Yes - this could be cleanly implemented as a theme component. For example, see: [image] GitHub - Ethsim12/discourse-open-composer-tc Contribute to Ethsim12/discourse-open-composer-tc development by creating an account on GitHub. The approach is: re…

How to make all users who sign up or accept in invite go to a specifed category(with post composer open)

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itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma) January 11, 2026, 8:38am 4

This is possible with the custom wizard plugin

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How to make all users who sign up or accept in invite go to a specifed category(with post composer open)

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