# Weekly Summary

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-summary/291947
**Category:** Forum summaries
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-summary/291947 "2024-01-17T13:39:45Z")
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### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-summary/291947/71 "2025-05-04T21:03:10Z")

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This week on [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org)…

## Key Stats

- **New posts** : 600

- **New topics** : 85

- **Top users** :

- **Top [@team](https://meta.discourse.org/groups/team?silent=true) contributors**:

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## Interesting Topics

### Announcements

- **Meta has a new Community Manager!**  
@HAWK shared that @tobiaseigen will formally lead community management, prompting congratulations and a reminder to flag issues to moderators. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363874/1?silent=true) • [congrats](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363874/2?silent=true)

- **3.5.0beta3: Full admin search, better font selection, more robust site search, category personalization, and easier configuration management**  
@hugh introduced a unified admin search modal (Ctrl+/) and new category icons, along with myriad plugin improvements. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/362894/1?silent=true) • [plugin details](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/362894/3?silent=true)

- **OpenAI image generation and editing now supported in Discourse AI**  
@sam announced support for the gpt-image-1 API, enabling image creation/editing via a “Designer” persona and two new tools. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363930/1?silent=true) • [examples](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363930/1?silent=true#post-2)

- **3.4.3: Bug fix and UX release**  
@hugh rolled out the stable 3.4.3 release with security fixes and enhancements to discourse-activity-pub and discourse-ai. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/362895/1?silent=true) • [changelog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/362895/1?silent=true#post-2)

### Theme component

- **AI Post Analyzer for Chat**  
@Don unveiled a theme component adding an AI-analysis button to posts; discussions ranged from naming to Chatbot integration. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364355/1?silent=true) • [naming debate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364355/4?silent=true)

### Installation

- **How do I even install Discourse?**  
@Vixi’s Bitnami container issues led to guidance from @Lilly and @merefield on unsupported setups, reverse proxies, and proper `app.yml` usage. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364137/1?silent=true) • [solution](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364137/22?silent=true)

### Support

- **After the update, Chinese management interface is bad**  
@co_choa saw garbled Simplified Chinese in the admin UI; @sam suggested a rebuild and @kris.kotlarek traced it to Cloudflare WAF blocking `aaa` in the path. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363862/1?silent=true) • [debug steps](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363862/8?silent=true)

- **Reply Permissions?**  
@danvanmoll discovered subcategories don’t inherit parent permissions; @ondrej pointed out each must be configured individually. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364068/1?silent=true)

- **Renaming a bookmark does not work**  
@patrickemin noted mobile/desktop bookmark renames don’t appear in notifications; @Lilly explained the UI hides the button until an email is entered. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364152/1?silent=true)

- **Something missing from Discobot tutorial?**  
@tknospdr couldn’t see the completion certificate iframe; @awesomerobot guided iframe inspection and HTTPS enforcement to restore it. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364387/1?silent=true) • [iframe check](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364387/6?silent=true)

- **No option to send invite emails**  
@benjamincfarmer lost the “send email” button on the Invites page; @Lilly confirmed it only appears after a valid email is entered. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364416/1?silent=true)

- **Automatic translation, how to disable?**  
@patrickemin saw French translations despite English prefs; @Falco explained the locale header selector and `locale` cookie override. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364165/1?silent=true)

- **Dark mode logo doesn’t work**  
@tknospdr’s dark-mode logo failed to display under NPM; after `force https`, both light and dark logos appeared correctly. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364468/1?silent=true)

### Dev

- **How to use a bulk import script (e.g., vbulletin.rb)**  
@pfaffman tackled a multi-million post import, mapping `/var/run/postgresql` in `web_only.yml` and debugging MySQL credential errors. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364289/1?silent=true)

- **Is a theme component or plugin best for external API calls?**  
@noahl asked whether to use a plugin or theme component for certification ID validation; @merefield recommended private user fields and a plugin if needed. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364145/1?silent=true)

- **New plugin outlet for topic timers?**  
@jordan-vidrine requested a new plugin outlet around timers; @david welcomed a PR and asked where it should live in the HTML. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363833/2?silent=true)

### Feature

- **Streamline Tag Intersections**  
@mcmixed proposed easier multi-tag filtering in the topic list; @merefield is brewing a plugin, and @mcwumbly pointed to `/filter` and an experimental theme. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364695/3?silent=true)

- **Expand automation scheduling options**  
@ganncamp wanted [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) automations to pause on weekends; @sam agreed and suggested similar AI report scheduling controls. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364166/1?silent=true)

- **Permit setting all posts and comments to wikis**  
@jahan_gagan asked for a site-wide wiki toggle; community discovered category-specific “Make new topics wikis by default” as a workaround. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364412/1?silent=true)

### UX

- **Compact and AI Expanded**  
@DonBot couldn’t find compact vs. extended AI summary toggles; @awesomerobot explained the conflict with Topic List Excerpts and updated the docs. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363864/1?silent=true)

- **Truncated pinned topic title breaks the layout in “split view”**  
@anderer demoed a layout glitch when a long locked, pinned title is truncated; @awesomerobot shipped a fix in the review-queue code. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363926/1?silent=true)

### Plugin

- **Locations Plugin 🌍**  
@dsims noticed `location_topic_status` remains despite icon removal; community traced the original commit and suggested deprecating the setting. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/69742/1173?silent=true)

- **“Onebox Assistant”, crawl for those previews reliably!**  
@tumbano reported YouTube oneboxes no longer render; @merefield traced it to an external provider issue for @tumbano to escalate upstream. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/107405/168?silent=true)

### Site feedback

- **Meta tag cleanup: delete unused ones, delete misspelled ones, add icons and move to correct tag groups?**  
@NateDhaliwal audited offbeat tags; @Lilly and @tobiaseigen noted private-category usage and committed to tidying up the public `/tags` page. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364105/1?silent=true)

### Marketplace

- **[100$] Setting up a Non-Profit discourse platform**  
@d3r3k5u offered a $100 bounty for form-to-post conversion, structured questions, auto-posts, badges, and DM restrictions; responses pointed to plugins and PM strategies. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364322/1?silent=true)

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## Activity by the [@team](https://meta.discourse.org/groups/team?silent=true) Group

- **@HAWK** announced our new Community Manager in [363874/1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363874/1?silent=true) and engaged with the community in [post 2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363874/2?silent=true).

- **@sam** drove AI & automation discussions in [AI Post Analyzer for Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364355/11?silent=true) and championed scheduling controls in [Expand automation scheduling options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364166/4?silent=true).

- **@Lilly** provided installation expertise in [364137/3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364137/3?silent=true) and restored invite emailing functionality in [364416/3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364416/3?silent=true).

- **@awesomerobot** refined AI summary UI in [363864/5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363864/5?silent=true) and weighed in on tag federation in [363970/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363970/2?silent=true).

- **@hugh** showcased the new admin search in [362894/1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/362894/1?silent=true) and detailed the 3.4.3 release in [362895/1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/362895/1?silent=true).

- **@mcwumbly** shared the April milestone roadmap in [361263/29](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/361263/29?silent=true).

- **@nat** resolved category cache poisoning for Chinese locales in [363663/7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363663/7?silent=true).

- **@supermathie** demonstrated GitHub line permalinks in [364303/3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364303/3?silent=true).

- **@tgxworld** highlighted plugin improvements for ActivityPub in [362894/3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/362894/3?silent=true).

- **@joffreyjaffeux** patched the emoji picker’s CDN path issue in [363404/7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/363404/7?silent=true).

Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again next week! 🙂

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