# \#follow **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/follow/305.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Banned members cannot be Unfollowed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banned-members-cannot-be-unfollowed/304256)
**Author:** [@WorldIsMine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WorldIsMine)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banned-members-cannot-be-unfollowed/304256 "2026-03-30T15:53:57Z")
I think I found a tiny bug. Banned members cannot be unfollowed. --- ## [Discourse Follow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-follow/110579)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-follow/110579 "2026-03-30T12:17:04Z")
IMPORTANT WARNING: This plugin may affect whether laws that regulate social media apply to your forum. Consult legal for advice. :discourse2: Summary Discourse Follow allows users to follow other users, list… --- ## [Minor UX misalign when plugin involved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-ux-misalign-when-plugin-involved/393957)
**Author:** [@small-lovely-cat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/small-lovely-cat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-ux-misalign-when-plugin-involved/393957 "2026-01-21T07:08:17Z")
This misalign involves two officially maintained plugins: category-experts and follow. Notification button misalign When in PC view, and I endorsed a person, the “Normal” button failed to align, and Endorsed in x catego… --- ## [An option to populate topics by the users we follow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-option-to-populate-topics-by-the-users-we-follow/369026)
**Author:** [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-option-to-populate-topics-by-the-users-we-follow/369026 "2025-06-05T15:16:19Z")
Just a request: There should be an option to see topics made by the specific users I follow using the Follow Plug-in. This could make the homepage much more dynamic. Would that be possible anyhow? --- ## [Follow groups instead of individual users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-groups-instead-of-individual-users/319539)
**Author:** [@MakisH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MakisH)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-groups-instead-of-individual-users/319539 "2024-07-31T19:08:38Z")
I already (just now) discovered the Discourse Follow plugin: Discourse Follow However, I understand that this is only for following specific users, one by one. Is there a way to follow a group? Use case: There are two … --- ## [Follow plugin preventing rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-plugin-preventing-rebuild/313980)
**Author:** [@user14893](https://meta.discourse.org/u/user14893)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-plugin-preventing-rebuild/313980 "2024-06-29T09:55:21Z")
After updating Discourse to the latest version, we found that during the build process, the build only succeeds when the following plugin is commented out. We suspect this is due to a database migration issue caused by … --- ## [Follow requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-requests/310247)
**Author:** [@wellbing-go](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wellbing-go)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-requests/310247 "2024-06-02T14:56:43Z")
I now have discourse follow plugin for my forum. I think maybe there is something that could be improved with the plugin. Silenced/suspended user could still get followed, and this is weird. One user in our forum wis… --- ## [Is the Follow plugin available on the Discourse Business Plan?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-follow-plugin-available-on-the-discourse-business-plan/304261)
**Author:** [@StefanoCecere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/StefanoCecere)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-follow-plugin-available-on-the-discourse-business-plan/304261 "2024-04-17T10:37:20Z")
isn’t this Follow plugin available in the Business Plan? is it only for self-hosted Discourse? --- ## [Using Follow API to intergrate with existing site feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-follow-api-to-intergrate-with-existing-site-feature/304260)
**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-follow-api-to-intergrate-with-existing-site-feature/304260 "2024-03-27T15:59:16Z")
I already have “following” set up on my site (using WordPress and Ultimate Member), is there an API for this so I can integrate the two? --- ## [Followers' grid has been shifted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/followers-grid-has-been-shifted/284186)
**Author:** [@Goorman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Goorman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/followers-grid-has-been-shifted/284186 "2023-11-02T08:36:01Z")
Good morning, Not so many times ago, I found a bug that ties with the followers’ sections. Now it looks just like a list, but back then it was presented in a grid row. I have no idea what happened. Maybe some CSS styles… --- ## [Layout of Followers/Following is now single column after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/layout-of-followers-following-is-now-single-column-after-update/304258)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/layout-of-followers-following-is-now-single-column-after-update/304258 "2023-10-17T10:19:36Z")
The layout of the following/followers list has changed from multi to single column for us since we updated from 3.1.0beta5 to 3.2.0beta1: --- ## [Follow button not showing up?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-button-not-showing-up/277522)
**Author:** [@DGForum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DGForum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-button-not-showing-up/277522 "2023-09-01T17:34:16Z")
The plugin doesn’t seem to work please. It went the whole mile, but doesn’t show the Follow Button under the Message Button. We set the Trust Levels to 4 for now, and it’s obviously enabled, but not working? Thank-you… --- ## [No hyperlink for new follower](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-hyperlink-for-new-follower/271038)
**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-hyperlink-for-new-follower/271038 "2023-08-29T10:26:12Z")
I assume this is a bug and not a default behavior. When you get a notification for someone who followed you their username isn’t clickable. I even tried to run a script and something seems to be in the original script t… --- ## [Follow request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-request/270767)
**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-request/270767 "2023-07-06T17:03:45Z")
Has a follow request feature ever been considered? (couldn’t find any while searching) So the idea is that not everyone could be notified about my activity just by following, but for me to agree to only certain users to… --- ## [Follow statistics duplicated on user profile when gamification is enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-statistics-duplicated-on-user-profile-when-gamification-is-enabled/267509)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-statistics-duplicated-on-user-profile-when-gamification-is-enabled/267509 "2023-06-07T11:11:22Z")
When the gamification plugin is enabled, the “Follow” statistics are shown twice on the expanded user summary at /my/summary This is happening because the component copies its content to a second place. This is normal… --- ## [Improve the Follow Feed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-the-follow-feed/263222)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-the-follow-feed/263222 "2023-04-28T23:39:33Z")
In its current implementation I feel the Follow feed is very limited, as it only shows all the replies from the users you have followed. What I would propose is being able to see a feed of topics the followed users have … --- ## [User stream item templates needs some update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-stream-item-templates-needs-some-update/253476)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-stream-item-templates-needs-some-update/253476 "2023-03-23T15:28:47Z")
Hello, I noticed on these plugins the user-stream-item templates need some update (maybe there are other plugins too)… to fit to the core changes. Discourse Follow plugin https://github.com/discourse/discourse-follow/… --- ## [Follow page nav not compatible with new user nav](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-page-nav-not-compatible-with-new-user-nav/256804)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-page-nav-not-compatible-with-new-user-nav/256804 "2023-03-02T21:53:47Z")
Hello, There was a change to make follow page navigation compatible with the redesigned user navigation. https://github.com/discourse/discourse-follow/pull/69 It seems to it uses the redesigned\_user\_page\_nav\_enabled s… --- ## [Ability to @mention followers or notify followers in replies (with rate limits)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-mention-followers-or-notify-followers-in-replies-with-rate-limits/249356)
**Author:** [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-mention-followers-or-notify-followers-in-replies-with-rate-limits/249356 "2022-12-19T11:47:27Z")
Context So before there was the follow plugin (and still ongoing!), the users on our forum have been using the existing core features in similar ways to a “follow” feature. using a personal tag on topics, to let others… --- ## [Add Follow feed to top navigation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-follow-feed-to-top-navigation/246812)
**Author:** [@Farcaster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Farcaster)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-follow-feed-to-top-navigation/246812 "2022-11-26T21:48:07Z")
Heya. Just getting started building a Discourse site, so very new. Is there a way to add the follow feed to the main category page? I’d like it to be just to the right of Latest and Top. --- ## [Showing activity from followed users in the sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-activity-from-followed-users-in-the-sidebar/240229)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-activity-from-followed-users-in-the-sidebar/240229 "2022-09-27T21:05:46Z")
Some folks who user Discourse Follow are interested in being able to get to feeds for individual users more easily from their sidebar. How might we do that? ▶ discussion in chat I think it’s unlikely we’ll tackle this b… --- ## [ArgumentError (unknown group) When Follow Plugin is Enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/argumenterror-unknown-group-when-follow-plugin-is-enabled/229682)
**Author:** [@CJtheSiteWizard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CJtheSiteWizard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/argumenterror-unknown-group-when-follow-plugin-is-enabled/229682 "2022-06-11T18:34:03Z")
Hey all, hoping someone can help steer me in the right direction for resolving this issue? It might be a bug, but obviously there are many other Discourse forums without any issue using the Follow feature so I’m pretty s… --- ## ["push-notifications/following\_replied.png" is not present in the asset pipeline](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notifications-following-replied-png-is-not-present-in-the-asset-pipeline/229375)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notifications-following-replied-png-is-not-present-in-the-asset-pipeline/229375 "2022-06-07T23:00:56Z")
Hello, I have an issue in /logs with push notification. Job exception: The asset "push-notifications/following\_replied.png" is not present in the asset pipeline. ▶ backtrace Discourse version: 05212f6cc3 Thank you! …