# \#new-feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/new-feature/504.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Bulk user deletion for staff now available](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-user-deletion-for-staff-now-available/345786)
**Author:** [@Osama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Osama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-user-deletion-for-staff-now-available/345786 "2026-08-13T15:23:08Z")
We’ve added a new administrative feature that allows staff to bulk select and delete multiple user accounts directly from the admin users list. We saw communities undergo large spam waves, so we implemented this feature … --- ## [Introducing Form Templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-form-templates/278631)
**Author:** [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-form-templates/278631 "2026-06-16T14:42:48Z")
:star: This feature is no longer experimental! Go here to learn more about the feature and how to use it in your community: Creating form templates Hello, Discourse Meta Community! We are excited to introduce a new e… --- ## [Quick replies for Discourse Chat notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-replies-for-discourse-chat-notifications/245358)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-replies-for-discourse-chat-notifications/245358 "2026-05-16T09:32:32Z")
Starting today, the Discourse Chat notification allows users to reply inline in the notification itself :tada: The UI for this is different on every OS, as it integrates into the native notification system. Smartwatch … --- ## [Introducing permanently delete post functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-permanently-delete-post-functionality/207109)
**Author:** [@nbianca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nbianca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-permanently-delete-post-functionality/207109 "2026-04-22T14:10:01Z")
When a post is deleted in Discourse, we perform a soft-delete. This means that post is still present in the database in case an administrator wants to recover it later. A soft-delete is not sufficient when the deleted po… --- ## [Shared Drafts: Allow staff to collaborate on posts before publishing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-drafts-allow-staff-to-collaborate-on-posts-before-publishing/83493)
**Author:** [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-drafts-allow-staff-to-collaborate-on-posts-before-publishing/83493 "2026-03-22T17:22:46Z")
I’ve recently merged a new feature into Discourse called Shared Drafts. The feature is meant for forums where staff members want to work on drafts together before publishing them. How to Enable Go into your site’s setti… --- ## [IMAP support for group inboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imap-support-for-group-inboxes/160588)
**Author:** [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imap-support-for-group-inboxes/160588 "2026-01-12T02:27:19Z")
:rotating\_light: We are removing support for IMAP in Discourse. See this post for details IMAP support for group inboxes - #39 by martin . :rotating\_light: We are happy to introduce an alpha version of IMAP support for… --- ## [Introducing image grids in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-image-grids-in-posts/268664)
**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-image-grids-in-posts/268664 "2026-01-10T20:04:01Z")
If you have many images in a Discourse post, you can now have them automatically arranged into a nice grid. All you need to do is wrap them in \[grid\] ... \[/grid\] tags, and the images will be neatly arranged. This is a co… --- ## [Passwordless login using passkeys](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passwordless-login-using-passkeys/285589)
**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passwordless-login-using-passkeys/285589 "2025-09-28T20:34:40Z")
Following up on Support passwordless login with Passkeys and a few weeks of internal testing, we are happy to announce that support for passkeys has now landed in Discourse. What are passkeys Passkeys are a safer, simpl… --- ## [Anonymizing Users in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymizing-users-in-discourse/86929)
**Author:** [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymizing-users-in-discourse/86929 "2024-12-11T14:13:58Z")
If you want to permanently remove a user from your community, but also preserve their contributions to Discourse, you can anonymize that user. How do I anonymize a user? At the bottom of a user’s admin page, there is an… --- ## [New Discourse Lightbox Enabled on Meta - now disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-lightbox-enabled-on-meta-now-disabled/277810)
**Author:** [@davidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidb)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-lightbox-enabled-on-meta-now-disabled/277810 "2025-07-12T01:12:22Z")
:warning: This has been disabled as of 2023-09-25T16:00:00Z (UTC) :warning: We have enabled the experimental setting enable\_experimental\_lightbox on Meta. This is part of our ongoing efforts to improve your user experien… --- ## [A new era for file uploads in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-era-for-file-uploads-in-discourse/210469)
**Author:** [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-era-for-file-uploads-in-discourse/210469 "2022-02-17T11:11:34Z")
You may have noticed over the past several months many commits related to uploads in Discourse core. This has been part of an overall effort within core to replace usages of jQuery file upload from our codebase, as part … --- ## [Share to Discourse (via Android)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-to-discourse-via-android/103729)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-to-discourse-via-android/103729 "2019-03-04T15:51:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from Chrome/Firefox extension "Share to discourse": Share to Discourse is live now on latest Discourse :tada:. Demo: To test it right away: Install or Reinstall Meta (or any Di… --- ## [Introducing Discourse Discover](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-discover/295223)
**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-discover/295223 "2024-10-15T23:09:01Z")
We’re working on a new initiative aimed at making Discourse communities more discoverable than ever. Discourse Discover is set to be a standalone site that makes it easy for anyone to find communities that trust Disc… --- ## [Bulk Award a badge to a set of users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-award-a-badge-to-a-set-of-users/138694)
**Author:** [@Roman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-award-a-badge-to-a-set-of-users/138694 "2025-03-31T11:10:06Z")
Badges are an excellent way to acknowledge someone who is doing a good job. Discourse now allows awarding a badge to a set of users. If you go to the badges section in the admin panel, you’ll notice that a new button ca… --- ## [Unicode usernames and group names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-usernames-and-group-names/117737)
**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-usernames-and-group-names/117737 "2025-02-25T12:21:39Z")
Lifting the restrictions on allowed characters in usernames is one of the oldest feature requests. Starting with Discourse 2.3.0.beta9 it’s finally possible to use Unicode characters within usernames and group names. … --- ## [Discover popular conversations in your community with Hot topic sorting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discover-popular-conversations-in-your-community-with-hot-topic-sorting/296747)
**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discover-popular-conversations-in-your-community-with-hot-topic-sorting/296747 "2024-11-28T12:05:46Z")
Keeping up with the content in active communities can be challenging. Outside of reading everything created in your community, how can you be sure that you’re reading what’s resonating most with your members? Introducin… --- ## [Improvements to group chats — add users to existing chats, easily create new groups, name your group chats](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-group-chats-add-users-to-existing-chats-easily-create-new-groups-name-your-group-chats/285076)
**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-group-chats-add-users-to-existing-chats-easily-create-new-groups-name-your-group-chats/285076 "2024-11-13T15:44:12Z")
In addition to channels and direct messages, Discourse chat supports group messages (i.e. personal chats with 3 or more members), which makes it easier for small groups to stay connected with each other. We recently intr… --- ## [Watching for chat threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-for-chat-threads/333854)
**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-for-chat-threads/333854 "2024-10-31T18:29:54Z")
We’ve made a recent improvement to allow users to Watch chat threads. This lets you keep a close eye on threaded conversations that are important to you. To Watch a thread, click or tap the bell icon in the thread heade… --- ## [Discourse now works as a PWA in iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-now-works-as-a-pwa-in-ios/146346)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-now-works-as-a-pwa-in-ios/146346 "2024-10-31T17:02:02Z")
It’s been a long time coming, but finally Discourse can be used as a pwa in iOS devices. This is now possible thanks to many changes over the years, some from Apple and lots from us. Both meta.discourse.org and review.… --- ## [New "It's illegal" reason when flagging posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-its-illegal-reason-when-flagging-posts/294866)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-its-illegal-reason-when-flagging-posts/294866 "2024-09-08T12:55:06Z")
We have added a new “It’s illegal” reason to the flagging system. When selected by a site member in the post flagging popup, a specific reason can be provided. When the report is recorded in the database it gets its own… --- ## [Share AI conversations via a public link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-ai-conversations-via-a-public-link/299290)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-ai-conversations-via-a-public-link/299290 "2024-03-15T07:16:37Z")
We recently landed a new feature that lets you share AI conversations via a link with the public! https://meta.discourse.org/discourse-ai/ai-bot/shared-ai-conversations/A5c6-oa3hPyvBCi60GdcYg Users who have access… --- ## [Introducing chat threads!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-chat-threads/270613)
**Author:** [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-chat-threads/270613 "2024-07-08T16:00:44Z")
:thread: Aaah… threads, the mystical, long-awaited feature, delivering the Promise of Structure unto us. What are they, what do they do? Threads are scoped conversations happening parallel to the main chat channel. By … --- ## [User Status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-status/240335)
**Author:** [@andrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andrei)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-status/240335 "2023-08-31T15:25:33Z")
With this announcement, we’re making publicly available a new feature that enables you to set a custom status message. After setting, that message will be shown next to your avatar on posts, in chat, on your user card et… --- ## [New feature: Opt-in to display that your site is Powered by Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-feature-opt-in-to-display-that-your-site-is-powered-by-discourse/300330)
**Author:** [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-feature-opt-in-to-display-that-your-site-is-powered-by-discourse/300330 "2024-04-09T11:50:17Z")
We’re introducing a feature that displays a ‘Powered by Discourse’ graphic, linking to discourse.org, when enabled. This graphic will be displayed at the bottom of most pages and to see it in action, you can look for i… --- ## [New Bulk Select Actions Dropdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-bulk-select-actions-dropdown/302646)
**Author:** [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-bulk-select-actions-dropdown/302646 "2024-04-05T21:49:01Z")
The bulk select topics feature is switching from the existing modal to a new dropdown for selecting which action you would like to perform on the selected topics. One of the motives for switching to this new design i… --- ## [Discourse theme components now support Wasm 🎊](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-theme-components-now-support-wasm/223574)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-theme-components-now-support-wasm/223574 "2024-03-21T19:09:25Z")
WebAssembly (Wasm) is a technology that ships in all modern browsers that lets developers ship portable binary programs. This means that developers can use almost any programming language and target the web. In the co… --- ## [Start a group chat with a Discourse group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-group-chat-with-a-discourse-group/292635)
**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-group-chat-with-a-discourse-group/292635 "2024-01-30T20:12:17Z")
You can now start a group chat with a Discourse group, making it easier to get in touch with a group of people without manually adding each member’s name! This functionality respects your community’s chat max direct … --- ## [Easier access to followed threads and better discoverability of ongoing conversations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-access-to-followed-threads-and-better-discoverability-of-ongoing-conversations/288689)
**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-access-to-followed-threads-and-better-discoverability-of-ongoing-conversations/288689 "2023-12-14T15:32:32Z")
We want to share two recent updates to chat that improve access to chat threads — both the threads that you follow (e.g., have sent messages in) and the active threads in your chat channels. These changes make it easier … --- ## [Introducing Font Awesome 5 and SVG icons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-font-awesome-5-and-svg-icons/101643)
**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-font-awesome-5-and-svg-icons/101643 "2023-12-01T16:33:42Z")
See also: We're upgrading our icons to Font Awesome 6! We will shortly merge into master a branch that upgrades Discourse to Font Awesome 5.5.0 (the free version) and switches to using SVG icons instead of an icon font.… --- ## [New in Discourse 3.2.0.beta4: polls default to public](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-in-discourse-3-2-0-beta4-polls-default-to-public/285282)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-in-discourse-3-2-0-beta4-polls-default-to-public/285282 "2023-11-20T09:39:36Z")
Discourse’s poll functionality has an option which allows users to see who else has voted. This could be activated by opening up the ‘advanced’ options in the poll creation dialog, and ticking the ‘show who voted’ button… [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/new-feature/504.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=new-feature)