Can someone clarify the difference between these three Discourse concepts: theme-component, plugin, and pluginAPI. Especially between theme-component and plugin. If I want to customize my forum, how do I know which to build? (sorry if I missed this distinction in the intro , but I’m not seeing it t…

Theme-Component v Plugin: What's the difference

EricGT (EricGT) Juin 5, 2020, 7:47 9

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