Show Original Poster Avatars

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The discussion revolves around the Show Original Poster Avatars theme component, an official Discourse tool that displays the original poster’s avatar in the mobile topic list instead of the latest reply’s avatar. The component is hosted on GitHub and can be installed via the Discourse Theme Creator. The post includes a preview, installation instructions, and links to support, bug reporting, and feature requests on Meta. Users have tested the component, with one confirming it resolved their issue. The component is designed to improve UX by making it easier to identify the original poster in mobile views.

:discourse2: Summary Show Original Poster Avatars is a simple theme component that shows the profile picture of the original poster (OP) on the mobile topic list, rather than the latest reply.
:eyeglasses: Preview Preview on Discourse Creator (mobile only)
:hammer_and_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-mobile-op-avatar-component
:open_book: New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes

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Features

Created as a component by common request, but worth keeping in mind that this behaviour isn’t the default because the profile picture shown next to a topic will rarely change and could make your site look somewhat stale (in contrast, ‘last poster’ updates often).


:discourse2: Hosted by us? Theme components are available to use on our Standard, Business, and Enterprise plans.

Last edited by @JammyDodger 2024-06-15T12:22:40Z

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As you can see, after applying this component, the categories and tags are attached. Report this error.

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Thank you! This resolved my issue.

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