# \#email-templates

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## [Email with update available has invalid link to release notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-with-update-available-has-invalid-link-to-release-notes/403389)

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**Author:** [@fhe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fhe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-with-update-available-has-invalid-link-to-release-notes/403389 "2026-05-22T15:09:52Z")

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It’s missing the v before the version number and results in a 404. See what’s new in the release notes links to https://releases.discourse.org/changelog/2026.5.0-latest.1 instead of https://releases.discourse.org/…

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## [Subcategory display options in email templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-display-options-in-email-templates/398772)

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**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-display-options-in-email-templates/398772 "2026-03-18T12:39:11Z")

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It would be useful to have an option to show just the subcategory name, if available, instead of “Category/Subcategory” as is the case now.

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## [Issue with Email Templates: Paste Disabled & No Create Permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-email-templates-paste-disabled-no-create-permissions/385816)

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**Author:** [@Akhil\_George](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Akhil_George)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-email-templates-paste-disabled-no-create-permissions/385816 "2025-10-25T19:39:53Z")

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I’m hitting a roadblock with the email templates. The paste function is disabled, which means I can’t add paste our existing templates. I also don’t see the options to create new templates

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## [Add language dropdown to email templates interface](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-language-dropdown-to-email-templates-interface/385140)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-language-dropdown-to-email-templates-interface/385140 "2025-10-09T16:23:20Z")

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You can customize site texts and theme translations without changing your user locale. Both interfaces offer a dropdown to select the language. But the interface for editing templates does not offer a way to select…

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## [Duplicated email templates with wrong contents](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicated-email-templates-with-wrong-contents/384028)

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**Author:** [@Thanatermesis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thanatermesis)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicated-email-templates-with-wrong-contents/384028 "2025-10-08T14:56:24Z")

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Is normal that I have duplicated templates in the email settings? This bug was found because the confirmation link of adding a second email allways returned a 404, then we found that many entries in the templates of ema…

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## [Viewing email templates in wysiwyg composer causes an error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-email-templates-in-wysiwyg-composer-causes-an-error/380984)

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**Author:** [@xkhalid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xkhalid)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-email-templates-in-wysiwyg-composer-causes-an-error/380984 "2025-09-24T04:28:48Z")

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Also when I navigate to : admin/email/templates/system\_messages.reviewables\_reminder I get this message :

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## [Quick language selection when editing templates, etc](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-language-selection-when-editing-templates-etc/42590)

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**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-language-selection-when-editing-templates-etc/42590 "2016-04-15T04:58:12Z")

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When editing texts, templates, etc. (example: /admin/customize/email\_templates) you edit the texts in the language you have set your profile to. But on Discourse instances with multiple languages, it’s would be nice to h…