# Including your site in Discourse Discover
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909
**Category:** Site Management
**Tags:** how-to, discourse-discover
**Created:** [July 4, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909 "2024-07-04T01:22:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/1 "2024-07-04T01:22:28Z")
> š This guide explains how to opt-in your Discourse community to be included in Discourse Discover, a new initiative to make Discourse communities more discoverable.
>
> š Required user level: Administrator
## What is Discourse Discover?
[Discourse Discover](https://discover.discourse.org) is a standalone site that makes it easy for anyone to find communities that use Discourse as their platform. It serves as a showcase of unique communities within the Discourse ecosystem, increasing your communityās visibility and allowing others to draw inspiration from the diversity of Discourse-powered sites.
## How to join Discourse Discover
Opting in to Discourse Discover is a straightforward process:
1. Log in to your Discourse site as an administrator.
2. Go to Admin \> Config \> Site Admin, or navigate directly to `/admin/config/site-admin`.
3. Find the āinclude in discourse discoverā setting (you can use the filter box to search for ādiscoverā).
4. Check the checkbox next to āinclude in discourse discoverā.
5. Your site will now be eligible for inclusion in Discourse Discover; sites are typically added within a few business days of submission.
## Verifying your siteās inclusion
To verify that your site is correctly configured to be included in Discourse Discover, you can check your siteās basic information JSON file:
1. Add `/site/basic-info.json` to the end of your siteās URL. For example: `https://yourdiscoursesite.com/site/basic-info.json`
2. Look for the `include_in_discourse_discover` field in the JSON response.
3. Ensure its value is set to `true`.
Example:
```json
{
"logo_url": "https://yourdiscoursesite.com/uploads/default/original/1X/logo.png",
"title": "Your Site Name",
"description": "Your site description",
"login_required": false,
"locale": "en",
"include_in_discourse_discover": true
}
```
## Benefits of joining Discourse Discover
By opting into Discourse Discover, youāre:
1. Increasing your communityās visibility to potential new members.
2. Joining a showcase of unique Discourse communities.
3. Contributing to the growth and diversity of the Discourse ecosystem.
4. Potentially drawing inspiration from other communities within the network.
## Privacy and control
When you opt in to Discourse Discover:
- Youāre allowing Discourse to feature your community on the Discover page and in Discourse marketing materials.
- You will share basic community metadata (site URL, title, and locale) with Discourse.
- The promotion of communities is at Discourseās discretion.
> Last edited by @JammyDodger 2024-08-21T13:36:23Z
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### Author:  [@Imgbi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Imgbi)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/2 "2024-07-04T08:22:14Z")
Are there any extra requirements needed for the site inclusion to be approved?
Requirements like -
- Age of the site
- The forumās activities ie how active it is
- The content visibility to non-users etc
Also, how long does it take for the inclusion requests to be approved?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/3 "2024-07-04T08:25:37Z")
We generally reserve judgment here, but as a guideline.
- Sites must be public - content must be visible to the public
- Site must be active, we donāt want to feature ghost towns it helps nobody
- Age of site does not matter that much - as long as it was around for say a month so we can assess
- Inclusion should be āwithin a few business daysā
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### Author:  [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/7 "2024-08-01T17:58:25Z")
I have opted into this since day one, and from what I can tell, my site has not been included. Is there a way for me to tell why? From what I can see, I have followed all the needed steps.
> **[My Broken Computer](https://mybrokencomputer.net)**
>
> Technology at its finest
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/8 "2024-08-02T10:09:41Z")
It looks like your site doesnāt have much recent activity, so wonāt be eligible:
> [@sam](#):
>
> Site must be active, we donāt want to feature ghost towns it helps nobody
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/9 "2025-03-05T23:53:51Z")
3 posts were split to a new topic: [Why is my site not showin up in Discourse Discover (hhf tech)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-my-site-not-showin-up-in-discourse-discover-hhf-tech/355968)
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### Author:  [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/10 "2025-03-15T17:45:17Z")
Looks like my new site got picked up, and is in the discover directory now
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### Author:  [@hhf.technology](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hhf.technology)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/11 "2025-03-21T11:23:20Z")
congratulations š
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### Author:  [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/12 "2025-04-14T17:13:33Z")
Any possibility to include new categories? look
Forum Jogos is about gaming
Segredin is about Health Mental but not set
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### Author:  [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/13 "2025-06-11T01:19:30Z")
I tried using your `.json` to build a [discovery page focused only on instances from my country](https://blog.segredin.com/descoberta.php), but apparently the Discovery instance is blocking direct requests via CORS.
So Iām here suggesting a way to share the Discover link already filtered by language/country instances to make it easier to share. I know itās a small request, but it makes a difference for me.
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### Author:  [@Jun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jun)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/14 "2025-06-11T01:33:39Z")
Hello.My site: [https://whdushu.com](https://whdushu.com)ļ¼also named č§ē¹ē¤¾åŗ. Response of basic-info.json:
> {
> ālogo\_urlā: ā[https://whdushu.com/uploads/default/original/1X/491dfb143791ba5748f0ce1bd7775056884e0253.png](https://whdushu.com/uploads/default/original/1X/491dfb143791ba5748f0ce1bd7775056884e0253.png)ā,
> ālogo\_small\_urlā: ā[https://whdushu.com/uploads/default/original/1X/491dfb143791ba5748f0ce1bd7775056884e0253.png](https://whdushu.com/uploads/default/original/1X/491dfb143791ba5748f0ce1bd7775056884e0253.png)ā,
> āapple\_touch\_icon\_urlā: ā[https://whdushu.com/uploads/default/optimized/1X/7cf034f720d5e47d163c49695ea970f456cc882c\_2\_180x180.png](https://whdushu.com/uploads/default/optimized/1X/7cf034f720d5e47d163c49695ea970f456cc882c_2_180x180.png)ā,
> āfavicon\_urlā: ā[https://whdushu.com/uploads/default/optimized/1X/7cf034f720d5e47d163c49695ea970f456cc882c\_2\_32x32.png](https://whdushu.com/uploads/default/optimized/1X/7cf034f720d5e47d163c49695ea970f456cc882c_2_32x32.png)ā,
> ātitleā: āč§ē¹ē¤¾åŗā,
> ādescriptionā: āå¬č§äøåēč§ē¹ā,
> āheader\_primary\_colorā: ā333ā,
> āheader\_background\_colorā: āfffā,
> ālogin\_requiredā: false,
> ālocaleā: āzh\_CNā,
> āinclude\_in\_discourse\_discoverā: true,
> āmobile\_logo\_urlā: ā[https://whdushu.com/uploads/default/original/1X/491dfb143791ba5748f0ce1bd7775056884e0253.png](https://whdushu.com/uploads/default/original/1X/491dfb143791ba5748f0ce1bd7775056884e0253.png)ā
> }
It canāt be searched in discovery by āč§ē¹ē¤¾åŗā.
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### Author:  [@philh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/philh)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/15 "2025-08-29T07:56:13Z")
Very pleased to see our project included. I noticed it was included when checking ranking for the site name, top position. š And kudos to @Discourse š
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### Author:  [@mononym](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mononym)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/16 "2026-06-24T11:15:39Z")
Hello. We had enabled the `include_in_discourse_discover` setting while the site was not public. Now the site is public (with some categories reserved for members but no approval required on signup). How to rejoin the pipeline to get listed in Discover ? Many thanks from [Eupalinos.eu](https://eupalinos.eu).
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### Author:  [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/18 "2026-06-25T04:20:58Z")
> [@mononym](#):
>
> Now the site is public (with some categories reserved for members but no approval required on signup). How to rejoin the pipeline to get listed in Discover ?
Done, and it looks like your site has been picked up now š
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### Author:  [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/19 "2026-06-25T04:35:27Z")
A quick question: why does Cloudflareās Super Bot Fight always block the Discover bots? For some time now, whenever I need to enable this feature in CF, I get removed from Discover because the listing bot cannot access the instanceās .json info files.
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### Author:  [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/20 "2026-07-03T07:38:16Z")
I updated my setting to be included a little over two weeks ago. Will we get any feedback if the listing is accepted or rejected?
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### Author:  [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/21 "2026-07-06T06:14:21Z")
Hey Bart, can you confirm which site this is for?
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### Author:  [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2026, 6:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/22 "2026-07-06T06:34:09Z")
Sure thing: [https://blenderartists.org](https://blenderartists.org)
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-your-site-in-discourse-discover/314909/24 "2026-07-07T22:04:56Z")
Itās approved now and showing on Discover.