# Topic List Previews (legacy)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-previews-legacy/101646
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** deprecated
**Created:** [November 9, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-previews-legacy/101646 "2018-11-09T03:56:38Z")
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### 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: [November 9, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-previews-legacy/101646/1 "2018-11-09T03:56:38Z")

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**This is now a Theme Component, the plugin is deprecated**

**The new Topic is [Topic List Previews Theme Component - theme - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-previews-theme-component/209973/1)**

![GitHub-Mark-32px](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/b/4b73ac2cbd6c29de21f193d44fc8b24f505c20b5.jpeg) [**Repository** : get the code here](https://github.com/merefield/discourse-topic-list-previews-theme)

See further here: [Pavilion](https://thepavilion.io/t/which-one-to-install-plugin-or-tc/3996?u=merefield)

![sandbox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/7/57275d5e37ad4bc799c8cf4ea8c2644d448b8960.png) **Examples** : check out the list further down.

[🙋‍♀️ Request a feature](https://thepavilion.io/w/feature-request)

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👨‍💻 Maintainers: @merefield

## Overview

Topic List Previews allows you to:

- Add images, excerpts, buttons and topic stats to topic list items; and

- Change the layout and style of topic list items

- Add ‘Featured’ topics above topic lists and topics.

- Add User Wall to User’s activity page (aka ‘Portfolio’ Feature).

These settings can be applied to all or selected topic lists on a site-wide or category-specific basis.

This flexible feature-set allows you create a variety of different topic list styles, including

**Basic Style**

> **Relevant settings**
>
> - topic list thumbnail
> - topic list excerpt
> - topic list action

 ![27%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/0/302ad968dd997f1e8b6d23aa56137731e0c3462c.jpeg)

**Pinterest (Masonry) Style aka ‘tiles’**

> **Relevant settings**
>
> - topic list tiles
> - topic list thumbnail
> - topic list excerpt
> - topic list action
> - topic list thumbnail width
> - topic list thumbnail height

 ![Screenshot%20at%20Nov%2009%2014-11-37](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/1/51260414a9051dc6365dee5a191687ce36a6466a.png)

**Featured Images**

> **Relevant settings**
>
> - topic list featured images tag
> - topic list featured images count
> - topic list featured width
> - topic list featured height
> - topic list featured title
> - topic list featured excerpt
> - topic list featured order

 ![33%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/a/7a9b5213765bac6dfe49e48861065fa81c4fbccb.jpeg)

The main and Discovery settings are in Settings → Plugins. The Category equivalent are in each Category’s Settings.

## Examples in the Wild 🌱

- [Nature Photographers Network](https://community.naturephotographers.network/), who also use “Featured Topics”.

- [Real-Time VFX](https://realtimevfx.com/), who use thumbnails and excerpts.

- [SE23.life](https://se23.life/), who use thumbnails with some custom css.

## More info:

Much more info available at: [Pavilion](https://thepavilion.io/c/knowledge/discourse/tlp/115)

## Contributors 🙌

Many folks have contributed to the development of this plugin through both feedback and direct development work. In particular:

- @angus is the original author

- @pmusaraj who has contributed various pieces of code

- And a whole lot of users who have given great feedback, in particular @Johani, @Pad_Pors, @bartv, @_vincent, @keith1, @ChrisBeach and @ckshen.

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