# I need someone who can install a voting plugin
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 4, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779 "2020-01-04T22:21:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@jobro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jobro)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/1 "2020-01-04T22:21:24Z")
The main thing I am looking for is a plugin to allow users to vote on topics within the categories that I have. My forum is based on ideas, and I want the best ideas(the ones with the most votes) to be shown first.
After that, I want you to just make sure everything on the site is in good working order before I start getting a decent amount of users.
Thank you
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/2 "2020-01-04T22:36:39Z")
The official one is here:
> [@Discourse Topic Voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-voting/40121):
>
> discourse2Summary Discourse Topic Voting gives the ability to vote on topics in a specified category.[[1]](#footnote-173202-1)open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Features To enable it, edit any category, look on the settings tab for the “Allow users to vote on topics in this category” checkbox: Once enabled, a “Votes” item is available in the top menu. The topics in that category can be voted on w…
Just add it to your `app.yml` in `~/var/discourse/containers` with say `nano app.yml` and rebuild as per
> [@Install plugins on a self-hosted site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/19157):
>
> warning This guide assumes that you have a self-hosted standard installation. We only support the standard method of install here, so these instructions assume you have a [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true). warning This guide only applies to self-hosted Discourse instances. If you are using a managed hosting service, the available plugins are controlled by your hosting provider. For example, on our hosting [these specific plugins](https://www.discourse.org/plugins) are available by hosting tier. information_source As of mid-2025, [many p…](https://meta.discourse.org/t/373574)
```plaintext
## Plugins go here
## see https://meta.discourse.org/t/19157 for details
hooks:
after_code:
- exec:
cd: $home/plugins
cmd:
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-voting
```
(don’t remove the existing git clone commands, just add this to the list on its own line)
return to `~/var/discourse` and issue:
```plaintext
./launcher rebuild app
```
🎉
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### Author:  [@jobro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jobro)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/3 "2020-01-05T02:22:29Z")
Thank you robert. I am pretty dumb when it comes to this stuff. Is there a github link that I can use?
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/4 "2020-01-05T03:45:40Z")
Here [GitHub - discourse/discourse-topic-voting: Adds the ability for voting on a topic within a specified category in Discourse. · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-voting)
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### Author:  [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/5 "2020-01-05T03:48:53Z")
FYI, merefield provided the GitHub link for the plug-in in the app.yml code he provided:
```plaintext
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-voting
```
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/6 "2020-01-05T04:11:14Z")
If you don’t want to do it yourself as described above and have a budget, see [Contact Us - Literate Computing](https://www.literatecomputing.com/contact/) and I’ll help.
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### Author:  [@jobro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jobro)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/7 "2020-01-05T18:39:24Z")
I would love to do it myself, but I’m not really sure that to do.
This is the message that I got when I tried to use that link.
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/8 "2020-01-05T18:45:02Z")
This is not how plugin installation works.
You’ll have to SSH into your server and follow the instructions provided here
> [@Install plugins on a self-hosted site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157):
>
> warning This guide assumes that you have a self-hosted standard installation. We only support the standard method of install here, so these instructions assume you have a [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true). warning This guide only applies to self-hosted Discourse instances. If you are using a managed hosting service, the available plugins are controlled by your hosting provider. For example, on our hosting [these specific plugins](https://www.discourse.org/plugins) are available by hosting tier. information_source As of mid-2025, [many p…](https://meta.discourse.org/t/373574)
Just add this repo to the app.yml file:
> [@Remah](#):
>
> ```plaintext
> - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-voting
>
> ```
Then performing a rebuild should get that plugin installed.
If You really can’t figure it out, I can install it for you. Feel free to email me on [bhanu@orng.co](mailto:bhanu@orng.co)
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/9 "2020-01-05T18:46:33Z")
It’s not a theme component. That interface is unsuitable for plugin installation. There is no web based UI for plugin installation. You have to do everything from the Linux command line. You need to use a terminal to log on via ssh:
[https://www.howtogeek.com/311287/how-to-connect-to-an-ssh-server-from-windows-macos-or-linux/](https://www.howtogeek.com/311287/how-to-connect-to-an-ssh-server-from-windows-macos-or-linux/)
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### Author:  [@jobro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jobro)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/10 "2020-01-06T00:15:16Z")
Honestly, it would probably be way better if I just hired someone to do this. I need a discourse developer.
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### Author:  [@sau226](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sau226)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/11 "2020-01-06T02:32:34Z")
Most of the community here has previously advised you that this is a task that can be DIYed easily.
That said, if you really want to hire someone, make a new post in #Marketplace
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### Author:  [@jobro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jobro)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/12 "2020-01-14T18:21:56Z")
How do I SSH into my sever? Thats the only part I’m held up on.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/13 "2020-01-14T19:39:42Z")
I included a link above to explain how
> [@I need someone who can install a voting plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/9):
>
> It’s not a theme component. That interface is unsuitable for plugin installation. There is no web based UI for plugin installation. You have to do everything from the Linux command line. You need to use a terminal to log on via ssh:
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### Author:  [@jobro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jobro)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/14 "2020-01-15T17:38:08Z")
Is there some way to figure out what the server IP is?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/15 "2020-01-15T17:51:50Z")
> [@jobro](#):
>
> How do I SSH into my sever? Thats the only part I’m held up on.
How did you install Discourse? If you did a [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true), you would have needed to ssh to the server.
> [@jobro](#):
>
> Is there some way to figure out what the server IP is?
It should be the same as the hostname’s IP. Something like
```
ssh root@your.server.name
```
should work. If it doesn’t then you’ll need to get help from whoever set up your server. Or, if you used something like bitnami you can ask for help from them.
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### Author:  [@jobro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jobro)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/16 "2020-01-16T17:15:14Z")
I’m hosting with [Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting)
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/17 "2020-01-16T17:48:23Z")
> [@jobro](#):
>
> I’m hosting with [[Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting)]([https://communiteq.com](https://communiteq.com))
Then you need to ask them to install the plugin. No one else can help you.
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/18 "2020-01-17T06:44:36Z")
If you’re on the Professional plan or higher, you can help yourself by going to Plugins in our control panel. That will allow you to install / remove the 20 most common plugins.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-someone-who-can-install-a-voting-plugin/137779/19 "2020-02-16T06:44:37Z")
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