# Plugin outlets using site customizations not working after 1.6 upgrade

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-outlets-using-site-customizations-not-working-after-1-6-upgrade/46440
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 25, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-outlets-using-site-customizations-not-working-after-1-6-upgrade/46440 "2016-06-25T13:29:29Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-outlets-using-site-customizations-not-working-after-1-6-upgrade/46440/2 "2016-06-25T14:43:10Z")

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> [@Ashwani\_K\_Goel](#):
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> Is there any change in this version which affects this functionality?

Yes, connectors on the post stream and on the header are gone.

> [@A tour of how the Widget (Virtual DOM) code in Discourse works](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-tour-of-how-the-widget-virtual-dom-code-in-discourse-works/40347):
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> This is out of date. See [Widgets, the Widget API and their roadmap?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/widgets-the-widget-api-and-their-roadmap/292624) The latest builds of Discourse are much faster at rendering topics thanks to our [re-written post stream](https://eviltrout.com/2016/02/25/fixing-android-performance.html). I’ve written up [our new plugin API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-versioned-api-for-client-side-plugins/40051) but so far haven’t explained how the code all fits together. The purpose of this topic is to allow Discourse developers to understand how the new code works. What’s a Virtual DOM? A Virtual DOM is a data structure that enables browsers to re-render dynamic content very quickly. The techniq…

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