# Toggle Whisper šŸ‘ **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616 **Category:** Theme component **Tags:** whispers **Created:** [March 2, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616 "2021-03-02T14:36:17Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 2
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [May 31, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/28 "2023-05-31T10:05:22Z")
Sorted. This is now with the original author who can take this forward. ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [May 31, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/29 "2023-05-31T10:08:48Z")
Thanks for sorting that out. šŸ™ šŸ™‚ ---
### Author: ![fzngagan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fzngagan/32/259349_2.png) [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan) #### Post date: [June 7, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/30 "2023-06-07T12:03:26Z")
@ganncamp Iā€™ve fixed the immediate issue. Thereā€™s one caveat though. Currently the Discourse backend only supports staff users to be able to switch a postā€™s `post_type` so I have made the šŸ‘ toggle icon to to appear if a user is in `whispers_allowed_groups` and also a staff member. Do let us know your thoughts on this. ---
### Author: ![fzngagan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fzngagan/32/259349_2.png) [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan) #### Post date: [June 7, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/31 "2023-06-07T12:13:11Z")
I appreciate the effort. I came up with came up with a solution which reduces the complexity a bit. Also thanks for pointing out the actual cause. ---
### Author: ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp) #### Post date: [June 7, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/32 "2023-06-07T12:29:32Z")
> [@fzngagan](#): > > Currently the Discourse backend only supports staff users to be able to switch a postā€™s `post_type` so I have made the šŸ‘ toggle icon to to appear if a user is in `whispers_allowed_groups` and also a staff member. Thatā€™s fine for us; only staff can see whispers. Andā€¦ Iā€™m not seeing this on my instance yetā€¦? ---
### Author: ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp) #### Post date: [June 7, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/35 "2023-06-07T13:46:44Z")
And now it works! Thanks! ---
### Author: ![Fma965](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fma965/32/259795_2.png) [@Fma965](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fma965) #### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/36 "2025-01-11T13:12:44Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/4X/4/c/d/4cd424b6abc706c5510cfb2ce72d8ed583932e29_2_690x52.png) Breaking change on new version of discourse ---
### Author: ![Lhc\_fl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lhc_fl/32/268115_2.png) [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl) #### Post date: [January 20, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/39 "2025-01-20T15:24:52Z")
I recently ran into the same problem as well, so I rewrote the component and made a PR. [Pull requests Ā· fzngagan/discourse-toggle-whisper](https://github.com/fzngagan/discourse-toggle-whisper/pull/4) @fzngagan Can you take a look at it? ---
### Author: ![fzngagan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fzngagan/32/259349_2.png) [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan) #### Post date: [January 21, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/40 "2025-01-21T12:31:54Z")
Just tested it and it works like a charm. The code looks nice too. Thanks so much for this, it save me a bunch of work. Merged šŸŽ‰ ---
### Author: ![Fma965](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fma965/32/259795_2.png) [@Fma965](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fma965) #### Post date: [January 21, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/41 "2025-01-21T17:30:59Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/e/5/7e5ecb87a13edb335c68686aca73670520ecc31c.png) It does have some issues though, when not logged in. it causes much more than just 1 error also. ---
### Author: ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine) #### Post date: [January 21, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/42 "2025-01-21T18:27:06Z")
I made a quick PR to fix the issue šŸ‘ (@fzngagan) [https://github.com/fzngagan/discourse-toggle-whisper/pull/5](https://github.com/fzngagan/discourse-toggle-whisper/pull/5) ---
### Author: ![Fma965](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fma965/32/259795_2.png) [@Fma965](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fma965) #### Post date: [January 21, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/43 "2025-01-21T19:59:47Z")
Nice one! i love codingā€¦ a simple ? and the problem is solved šŸ˜‚ ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/0/6/6066c590e6b4563eae08ee42ca8b11d1940fe1c8.png) ---
### Author: ![jrgong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong) #### Post date: [March 21, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/44 "2025-03-21T11:56:04Z")
The toggle whisper icon is not appearing on our site anymore, we are running on 3.4.1. Anyone else having same issue? ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [May 29, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/45 "2025-05-29T09:00:36Z")
@fzngagan heads up on a 404 link here: ![Screenshot 2025-05-29 at 09.59.57](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/4/0/140f6c7963e5632e425076c15cc017e62d35558a.png) ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [May 29, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/46 "2025-05-29T09:26:45Z")
> [@fzngagan](#): > > This is useful especially for forums where a lot of conversations happen in whisper and a staff user ends up posting something and later wants to hide or show the post to non-staff users. Thereā€™s a potential leak here whereby some users can still visibly see the whispered posts. Steps to replicate: 1. Without whispering, reply direct to _or_ quote a user in a post/reply 2. Change the post to a whisper 3. The @mentioned / @quoted user can still visibly see the whispered post ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [May 29, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/47 "2025-05-29T09:52:27Z")
I donā€™t think I can repro that? My step by step just to see if Iā€™m doing a :derp: - Test\_One creates post by directly replying to Test\_Two - Also throws in a quote of Test\_Three and an @mention of Test\_Four - As admin, toggle that post into a whisper The only people who can see the whisper are Admin and Test\_One ~~(which is expected, as you can see your own whisper posts even after you can no longer create whispers)~~ [this has since been fixed [see below](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/51)] Is it a page refresh thing? ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [May 29, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/48 "2025-05-29T10:26:38Z")
Iā€™ll check with my colleague who reported the issue to confirm, but: > [@JammyDodger](#): > > Test\_One creates post by directly replying to Test\_Two Is Test\_One an admin? šŸ¤” ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [May 29, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/49 "2025-05-29T10:38:51Z")
> [@Richie](#): > > Is Test\_One an admin? šŸ¤” No, just a normal non-staff user. Does it need to be an admin and/or mod? **ETA:** re-running the test using an admin to create the direct reply (with quote + mention) seems to be offering similar results. There is a ux oddity in that each of these test users got a notification for the respective things, and when followed the post was no longer there for them to see. Thereā€™s also another ux one for the expandable ā€˜x repliesā€™ box where the count includes the whisper, but doesnā€™t show it when expanded. ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [May 29, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/50 "2025-05-29T11:12:36Z")
> [@JammyDodger](#): > > Does it need to be an admin and/or mod? Unsure, weā€™ll do some more testing and report back, thanks šŸ˜ƒ ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [June 25, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616/51 "2025-06-25T15:13:35Z")
> [@JammyDodger](#): > > (which is expected, as you can see your own whisper posts even after you can no longer create whispers) This is now no longer the case šŸŽ‰ > [@Users can see their own posts when those posts are whispers, even if they do not have enough privileges to use whispers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-see-their-own-posts-when-those-posts-are-whispers-even-if-they-do-not-have-enough-privileges-to-use-whispers/272478/7): > > This has been fixed as part of [SECURITY: Don't display user's old whispers if not in allowed group Ā· discourse/discourse@0b1dd04 Ā· GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0b1dd0455014a3f23bc9bc3a81f8aa22f7816a9d). [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616.md?page=1) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-whisper/181616.md?page=3)