# Simple Unread List

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-unread-list/70013>\
**Category:** Plugin\
**Tags:** deprecated\
**Created:** [September 14, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-unread-list/70013 "2017-09-14T01:54:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-unread-list/70013/1 "2017-09-14T01:54:02Z")

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> ⚠ **DEPRECATED:** the ‘unseen’ view can now be added to the top\_menu setting in discourse core without this plugin. See the [release notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-8-0-beta5-pm-improvements-unseen-view-allow-uploaded-avatar-by-trust-level-and-more/202357) for more information

### ~~Repository: [https://github.com/davidtaylorhq/discourse-simple-unread](https://github.com/davidtaylorhq/discourse-simple-unread)~~

This plugin adds another way of listing topics: the “Unseen” tab. It combines what you’d see under New and Unread, or to put it another way, it’s the same as Latest except it hides the topics you have fully read.

It has the same live-update functionality as the built-in pages:

 ![46](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/f/cf8d51a32a7cc071ab066c49840587c4ac669e08.png)

> **How is this different from the existing new/unread tabs?**
>
> > [@](#):
> >
> > **The existing “New” tab** displays:
> > 
> > - Topics in any category **created** in the time frame you specify in your `Consider topics new when` setting, that you have not yet opened
> > 
> > **The existing “Unread” tab** displays:
> > 
> > - New replies, to topics you have already viewed at least once, and are tracking. Even if you are tracking a category, the topic will not show up in “Unread” unless you have opened it at least once.
> > 
> > If an old topic in a category you are tracking has new replies, but you have never opened it, it will not display in either list. For us, that means that the “Latest” tab is the only reliable option. For more discussion on this limitation, check out [Spooky tracking happenings 👻 - #8 by david](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spooky-tracking-happenings-ghost/61255/8)
> > 
> > **This plugin’s “Unseen” tab** displays topics matching BOTH criteria:
> > 
> > - Has replies since you first logged into the forum
> > - You have not read the last post

“Unseen” is not a great title, but it needed to be something different to “Unread”. On my forum, we have renamed the existing “Unread” page to “Tracked”, and then renamed “Unseen” to “Unread”.

## Installation

First install this plugin as any other: add one line to your app.yml:

```plaintext
hooks:
  after_code:
    - exec:
        cd: $home/plugins
        cmd:
          - git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git
          - git clone https://github.com/davidtaylorhq/discourse-simple-unread.git

```

Then rebuild the container:

```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
sudo ./launcher rebuild app

```

The plugin is enabled using the `simple_unread_enabled` site setting.

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