In the past, you could override the .hbs template for and Discourse Route or Component by adding an identically named file in the templates/ directory of your theme and plugin. This was very powerful, but also came with significant maintainability issues. Therefore, we’ve been recommending against …

Removing support for "template overrides" and mobile-specific templates

RGJ (Richard - Communiteq) March 5, 2025, 8:08am 3

It’s in /assets/javascripts/discourse or in /javascripts/discourse, not in the root.

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