# Post Score - Display engagement metrics on posts
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-score-display-engagement-metrics-on-posts/406779
**Category:** Theme component
**Created:** [July 3, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-score-display-engagement-metrics-on-posts/406779 "2026-07-03T17:06:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-score-display-engagement-metrics-on-posts/406779/1 "2026-07-03T17:06:57Z")
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| βΉ | **Summary** | Display engagement metrics on posts |
| π | **Preview** | [Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Don/post-score) |
| π | **Repository** | [GitHub - VaperinaDEV/post-score: Post Score - Display engagement metrics on posts Β· GitHub](https://github.com/VaperinaDEV/post-score/) |
| β€ | **Found it useful?** | [\> ./support --coffee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/don) |
| β | **Install Guide** | [How to install a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682) |
| π | **New to Discourse Themes?** | [Beginnerβs guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) |
Install this theme component
Hello π
Iβd like to share a new theme component I built called **Post Score**.
While Discourse tracks engagement in the background, regular users donβt see this. On **most** social platforms, only pure view counts are visible, but **these donβt** always reflect actual activity β a topic might be opened by accident, or reloads might artificially inflate the numbers.
This theme component introduces a visual **Post Score** indicator in the top right corner of public posts (visible when the score is greater than 0) to highlight true community engagement.
### π‘ How it works
The component surfaces the underlying post activity/score based on multiple weighted interaction signals, such as:
- β€ **Reactions / Likes**
- π¬ **Replies** generated by the specific post
- π **Incoming Links** (internal/external references)
- π **Bookmarks**
- π **Reads** (actual reading time vs. accidental clicks)
Instead of just looking at raw, inflated view statistics, users get an immediate, transparent look at the actual value and community impact of a post.
### π Features
- **Visual indicator:** Subtly displays the engagement score in the post stream.
- **Real-time updates:** The score updates dynamically to reflect ongoing engagement.
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-score-display-engagement-metrics-on-posts/406779/2 "2026-07-04T03:10:43Z")
Perhaps you should include the settings of the component here as well. Nice component!
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### Author:  [@nicolsdennis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nicolsdennis)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-score-display-engagement-metrics-on-posts/406779/3 "2026-07-04T10:49:43Z")
Great work Iβve thought of making this in same as I utilize post score in my app engine.
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### Author:  [@Paracelsus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paracelsus)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-score-display-engagement-metrics-on-posts/406779/4 "2026-07-08T14:10:56Z")
Very nice component! π
I do find it a little intrusive, though, and it adds a bit too much visual noise to posts. A few possible improvements could be:
- letting each user choose whether they want to see it
- keeping it hidden unless you hover, for example via the post link in the top-right corner, or alternatively inside the three-dot menu together with the other post options
- allowing the admin to set a threshold for when it appears, for example only on posts with a score above 1000; it might also be nice to let admins customize the color or icon, since π₯, β€οΈβπ₯, or β‘ could fit posts with a very high score