# \#cakeday **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/cakeday/236.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Discourse Cakeday](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cakeday/38447)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cakeday/38447 "2026-04-07T10:33:29Z")
:discourse2: Summary Discourse Cakeday decorates user avatars with a celebratory emoji on the anniversary of their joining day, and (optionally) on their birthday too. :cake: :birthday: :open\_book: Install… --- ## [Cakeday plugin disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cakeday-plugin-disabled/389830)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cakeday-plugin-disabled/389830 "2025-12-01T17:37:50Z")
I’m just curious: are there specific reasons why the cakeday plugin has been deactivated here? --- ## [How do I remove the Anniversaries option from the burger menu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-the-anniversaries-option-from-the-burger-menu/389758)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-the-anniversaries-option-from-the-burger-menu/389758 "2025-11-27T18:51:45Z")
Discourse 3.6.0.beta3-latest (3183a95823). A new Anniversaries option has appeared in my menu: I cannot remove it because it does not appear in the list custom list :pensive\_face: --- ## [Cakeday](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cakeday/387100)
**Author:** [@soraiden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/soraiden)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cakeday/387100 "2025-10-29T20:14:58Z")
Is the Cakeday plugin still alive and kickin’? For some reason, I seem to have lost sight of it on my forum. :birthday\_cake: --- ## [Discourse Birthdays & Anniversaries Today (Banner)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-birthdays-anniversaries-today-banner/337435)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-birthdays-anniversaries-today-banner/337435 "2025-09-10T04:04:11Z")
:information\_source: Summary Adds a banner to the site to show the anniversaries and birthdays today. :eyeglasses: Preview Theme Creator :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository GitHub - NateDhaliwal/Discourse-Birth… --- ## [Birthday cake emoji displayed on profile when its not your birthday](https://meta.discourse.org/t/birthday-cake-emoji-displayed-on-profile-when-its-not-your-birthday/299023)
**Author:** [@zfhrp7](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zfhrp7)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/birthday-cake-emoji-displayed-on-profile-when-its-not-your-birthday/299023 "2025-06-17T04:56:29Z")
Anniversarry/birthday cakes remains when I move to mypage from a birthday-user page. repro: go to birthday user summary page such as https://meta.discourse.org/u/BIRTHDAY\_USER/summary move to my own summary page wi… --- ## [A hidden profile's birthday is still listed in Cakeday's birthdays list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-hidden-profiles-birthday-is-still-listed-in-cakedays-birthdays-list/353861)
**Author:** [@a\_lilian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/a_lilian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-hidden-profiles-birthday-is-still-listed-in-cakedays-birthdays-list/353861 "2025-02-24T14:59:06Z")
Hello, When a user hides their profile by toggling Hide my public profile in Preferences, their birthday (if they’ve entered one) is still listed in cakeday/birthdays/all. I think most users would expect their birthday … --- ## [More than 48 anniversaries?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-than-48-anniversaries/294195)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-than-48-anniversaries/294195 "2024-03-30T10:14:52Z")
I cannot see more than 48 anniversaries when looking at /cakeday/anniversaries/today. It is the same with other timespans and birthdays. I expected more to be loaded when I scrolled down, but that did not happen. Is tha… --- ## [Show Cakeday dates on the Calendar plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-cakeday-dates-on-the-calendar-plugin/285043)
**Author:** [@JamesTheClarke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesTheClarke)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-cakeday-dates-on-the-calendar-plugin/285043 "2023-11-10T06:57:02Z")
Would it be possible to make Cakeday plugin birthdays and anniversaries appear on the Calendar plugin? --- ## [Cakeday crashes at api call on unauthenticated users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cakeday-crashes-at-api-call-on-unauthenticated-users/280000)
**Author:** [@MTRNord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MTRNord)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cakeday-crashes-at-api-call-on-unauthenticated-users/280000 "2023-09-26T13:26:29Z")
Hi, I am getting this error currently if I activate cakeday and the user isn’t logged in: Message NoMethodError (undefined method user\_option' for nil:NilClass) (eval):86:in \_fast\_attributes’ app/seriali… --- ## [Send automatic Birthday PM/post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-automatic-birthday-pm-post/275924)
**Author:** [@barto\_95](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barto_95)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-automatic-birthday-pm-post/275924 "2023-08-27T16:19:37Z")
It’s possible to use this plugins to create news subject for birthday of user on your day ? --- ## [How to automatically create a post in a category when there's a birthday?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-automatically-create-a-post-in-a-category-when-theres-a-birthday/268634)
**Author:** [@Shirly\_Nowak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shirly_Nowak)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2023, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-automatically-create-a-post-in-a-category-when-theres-a-birthday/268634 "2023-06-19T09:49:42Z")
Hi everyone! I am using this plugin in my community and I would like to know if, by any chance, the could be a possibility of creating automatic posts in a certain category when it’s someones bday. That way I can avoid … --- ## [Only show anniversaries and not birthdays?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-show-anniversaries-and-not-birthdays/261849)
**Author:** [@Samantha\_O](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Samantha_O)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-show-anniversaries-and-not-birthdays/261849 "2023-02-21T17:16:48Z")
Is there a way to only use the Anniversary component, and remove the birthday component of this plugin? Thinking of this from the perspective of PII, as to why we want to remove the birthday half of the equation. --- ## [Error with Cakeday on Stable - no sitesettings.navigation\_menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-with-cakeday-on-stable-no-sitesettings-navigation-menu/250790)
**Author:** [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-with-cakeday-on-stable-no-sitesettings-navigation-menu/250790 "2023-01-06T13:29:40Z")
Cakeday seems to be incompatible with the recently updated Discourse 2.8.14 and causes a white screen if (siteSettings.navigation\_menu !== "legacy") { if (cakedayEnabled) { api.addCommunitySectionLink(… --- ## [Error 500 when opening Cakeday URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-500-when-opening-cakeday-url/261848)
**Author:** [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-500-when-opening-cakeday-url/261848 "2023-01-01T19:41:00Z")
Hello, on two self-hosted Discourse installations I get an error 500 when opening the cakeday url: :( Server-Fehler während des Ladens \[/cakeday/anniversaries?timezone\_offset=-60&filter=today\](https://www.sidemount-for… --- ## [Replace link icon with cake](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-link-icon-with-cake/241195)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-link-icon-with-cake/241195 "2022-10-06T22:34:23Z")
On the sidebar, the Cakeday icon is just a link. It can probably be replaced with a cake. --- ## [Better date selector for birthday](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-date-selector-for-birthday/87809)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-date-selector-for-birthday/87809 "2022-09-26T05:35:09Z")
We can do better than this dual action drop-down: A standard calendar drop-down should do the trick here, no? I don’t know why we refrain from asking for birth year, but I guess it’s often unnecessary. --- ## [Is there a cakeday/birthday list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-cakeday-birthday-list/261847)
**Author:** [@albert\_vu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albert_vu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-cakeday-birthday-list/261847 "2022-09-08T06:31:12Z")
Hi there, Just wondering if there was any way to pull up a list of members who are celebrating cakeday similar to Data Explorer? Or better yet, a separate page with a list of members celebrating their cakedays similar … --- ## [Cakeday plugin: Ability to add birthday on signup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cakeday-plugin-ability-to-add-birthday-on-signup/180632)
**Author:** [@chrispanag](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrispanag)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cakeday-plugin-ability-to-add-birthday-on-signup/180632 "2021-02-21T22:09:42Z")
As of now, the ability to add a birthday on the cakeday plugin is only available through editing the user’s profile. I think it would improve the discoverability/usability of this feature if the field was also available… --- ## [Problem with the cakeday plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-the-cakeday-plugin/136968)
**Author:** [@andre.mendes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andre.mendes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-the-cakeday-plugin/136968 "2023-10-22T10:00:12Z")
Hey guys, I have a problem with the cakeday plugin, I’m a brazilian guy and I’m doing an application with discourse and when I use cakeday appear some random number next to de date, something like: 24 66 December I do… --- ## [Changing URLs and titles of Cakeday pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-urls-and-titles-of-cakeday-pages/137044)
**Author:** [@shaleedt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaleedt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-urls-and-titles-of-cakeday-pages/137044 "2019-12-26T00:05:57Z")
How cn i change the name of the Title heading for cake day plugin. Currently when i open up the feature, the title states, “Cakedayanniversariestoday”. I would like to change it to something like “Member Anniverasruies” … --- ## [User Preferences | Date of Birth](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-preferences-date-of-birth/59615)
**Author:** [@Vladimir\_Atanov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vladimir_Atanov)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-preferences-date-of-birth/59615 "2017-03-21T14:06:34Z")
Hi there! Within this forum we have ability to manage date\_of\_birth. But in this view app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/preferences.hbs we don’t have this ability. Could you explain how to add date\_of\_birth…