I’ve got Discourse, Docker manager, and Who’s Online. I only update Discourse via the command line, but I’m curious about /admin/update anyway. Why are two plugins there and not others? Who’s Online appears separately at /admin/plugins (Docker manager doesn’t). Thanks.

[image] Jonathan5: Why are two plugins there and not others? Which other plugins did you expect there? Did you install more plugins on your forum by adding them to your app.yml ? You cannot update the plugins included in core separately from core, so those won’t appear there

Docker manager is the one that allows /admin/update page, it is a web bridge between the server and your hosted discourse Instance. [docker-manager-update] Maybe someone on the team or a more experienced user can correct me if I’m wrong, I understand that technically that is their function and be…

I think I installed Who’s online before it got bundled, so maybe it’s still in app.yml. I’ll check tonight. Might Docker manager be in the same boat? I don’t remember installing that, though.

[image] Moin: Why do you think Who’s online is bundled? I don’t think it is. I don’t know why I thought Who’s Online is bundled, but I now know that it is not: included-in-core [image] Jonathan5: Why are two plugins there and not others? The short answer seems to be that plugins insta…

What should appear on /admin/update page?

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Moin September 18, 2026, 2:29pm 5

Why do you think Who’s online is bundled? I don’t think it is.

The Docker manager plugin is part of a self hosted install by default. It prvides the admin/update page.

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What should appear on /admin/update page?

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