# \#onebox **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/onebox/31.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Appearance of a onebox in the edit history](https://meta.discourse.org/t/appearance-of-a-onebox-in-the-edit-history/412207)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/appearance-of-a-onebox-in-the-edit-history/412207 "2026-09-14T08:13:22Z")
The onebox in the edit history needs a little too much space for my taste. Link to post --- ## [\`fetch\_response\` rejects HTTP 202 breaking IMDB oneboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fetch-response-rejects-http-202-breaking-imdb-oneboxes/407725)
**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fetch-response-rejects-http-202-breaking-imdb-oneboxes/407725 "2026-07-28T16:43:13Z")
IMDB currently returns HTTP 202 Accepted instead of 200 OK (likely due to anti-bot measures or asynchronous request handling). The current implementation is too strict since it only considers 200 a successful response an… --- ## [Include date and time (and maybe location and description) in Oneboxes for Events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-date-and-time-and-maybe-location-and-description-in-oneboxes-for-events/381681)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 5:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-date-and-time-and-maybe-location-and-description-in-oneboxes-for-events/381681 "2026-07-24T05:03:18Z")
At present, the Oneboxes for events are a bit meh. Basically, they are no different to regular topic Oneboxes, and don’t include the date, time, description, etc etc (unless put into the Topic Title as a workaround). He… --- ## [Emails failing to send, images not working, onebox issues and other strange things after updating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-failing-to-send-images-not-working-onebox-issues-and-other-strange-things-after-updating/407169)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-failing-to-send-images-not-working-onebox-issues-and-other-strange-things-after-updating/407169 "2026-07-09T14:20:20Z")
I update our Discourse once a week so we’re never too far behind and this morning I updated to 2026.7.0-latest +182 GitHub Everything seemed ok but we’re seeing some odd issues in the last hour or two with images not … --- ## [Discourse Bilibili Onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bilibili-onebox/389149)
**Author:** [@scavin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scavin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bilibili-onebox/389149 "2026-06-29T09:56:21Z")
:information\_source: Summary Discourse Bilibili Onebox is a plugin that allows Discourse communities to directly play Bilibili videos and live streams. :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link GitHub - scavin/dis… --- ## [Configuring and troubleshooting oneboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-and-troubleshooting-oneboxes/239715)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-and-troubleshooting-oneboxes/239715 "2026-06-26T21:49:14Z")
:bookmark: This guide explains how to configure and troubleshoot oneboxes in Discourse. It covers admin settings, how oneboxes work, and steps to resolve common issues. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Admini… --- ## [Oneboxed text localization issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxed-text-localization-issue/395766)
**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxed-text-localization-issue/395766 "2026-06-05T17:28:26Z")
I’ve seen several instances of titles being localized inappropriately, and there have been topics opened for that, but in this reply is the first time I’ve noticed it in oneboxed text: --- ## [Links to Mediawiki image pages (HTML) break in oneboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-mediawiki-image-pages-html-break-in-oneboxes/401771)
**Author:** [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-mediawiki-image-pages-html-break-in-oneboxes/401771 "2026-04-29T05:07:18Z")
This is a problem created by Mediawiki’s bad URL structure, but it happens occasionally on my sites. The URL of an HTML page for an image on Wikipedia works: If I paste this URL below without backticks, it will create … --- ## [How to translate reading time in preview links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-reading-time-in-preview-links/400164)
**Author:** [@discojan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/discojan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-reading-time-in-preview-links/400164 "2026-04-09T19:19:00Z")
When you share a link and a preview is generated. I can’t find this string “mins” when searching on Crowdin Enterprise --- ## [Impossible to prevent x.com oneboxes (and they're broken)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-prevent-x-com-oneboxes-and-theyre-broken/397516)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-prevent-x-com-oneboxes-and-theyre-broken/397516 "2026-03-25T13:33:44Z")
Add x.com and twitter.com to the blocked\_onebox\_domains site setting Create a new post Enter a link to x.com on its own line See how you do get a (broken) onebox Whether the onebox is broken or not does not depend o… --- ## [Attempting to get a youtube onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/essai-davoir-une-onebox-de-youtube/398998)
**Author:** [@gilles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gilles)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/essai-davoir-une-onebox-de-youtube/398998 "2026-03-22T18:15:27Z")
Sorry, I'm encountering another issue with my plugin that communicates with an API. I retrieve various information that I insert into a topic based on a search. My problem is that I receive my YouTube video link... --- ## [Bilibili Inline Player: a no-rebuild Discourse theme component, with setup guide and comparison to the existing plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bilibili-inline-player-a-no-rebuild-discourse-theme-component-with-setup-guide-and-comparison-to-the-existing-plugin/398438)
**Author:** [@hel\_Sinki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hel_Sinki)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bilibili-inline-player-a-no-rebuild-discourse-theme-component-with-setup-guide-and-comparison-to-the-existing-plugin/398438 "2026-03-14T11:30:36Z")
分享自用 Bilibili 內嵌播放主題組件： https://github.com/ieduer/discourse-bilibili-inline-player 和現有 插件路線不完全一樣。部署方式： • discourse-bilibili-onebox 是服務端插件，按插件方式安裝，需要 rebuild。需要更穩妥的推薦這個。 • discourse-bilibili-inline-player 是主題組件，安裝更… --- ## [Why Can't Discourse Retrieve OpenGraph Data?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-discourse-retrieve-opengraph-data/398149)
**Author:** [@wlandgraf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wlandgraf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-discourse-retrieve-opengraph-data/398149 "2026-03-11T14:27:02Z")
When writing in topics in our Discourse site, when pasting some links, Discourse cannot retrieve OpenGraph (OneBox) information. We get an error like this (see also in screenshot): \>Sorry, we were unable to generate a p… --- ## [Google Sheet Preview: is there any way?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-sheet-preview-is-there-any-way/391504)
**Author:** [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-sheet-preview-is-there-any-way/391504 "2026-03-08T07:18:00Z")
I found a couple of old (nearly 10 years?) topics about Google Sheets previews, or lack thereof. Is there any way to have that work today? Here’s why I’m asking. In our community, we track important information in a Go… --- ## [404 on onebox URLs - trying with X.com links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-on-onebox-urls-trying-with-x-com-links/394614)
**Author:** [@stance455](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stance455)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-on-onebox-urls-trying-with-x-com-links/394614 "2026-01-29T16:52:38Z")
I can’t figure out for the life of me why X.com URLs don’t show the onebox anymore. I tried changing the forum’s DNS so it’s not routed through Cloudflare (yes, I waited over 6 hours after the change) and still see a 404… --- ## [Inline-onebox doesn't use SiteSetting.onebox\_user\_agent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-onebox-doesnt-use-sitesetting-onebox-user-agent/365105)
**Author:** [@osmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osmith)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-onebox-doesnt-use-sitesetting-onebox-user-agent/365105 "2026-01-28T09:16:50Z")
Hello, we have recently deployed Anubis on our server to protect against resource-intense AI crawlers. It sends a static page with title “Making sure you’re not a bot!” to requests sent with browser-like user agents, do… --- ## [Onebox images with bad aspect when oEmbed specifies dimentions for rich HTML embeds](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-images-with-bad-aspect-when-oembed-specifies-dimentions-for-rich-html-embeds/277098)
**Author:** [@jrivettcsa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrivettcsa)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-images-with-bad-aspect-when-oembed-specifies-dimentions-for-rich-html-embeds/277098 "2026-01-21T10:16:31Z")
I’ve tried this with page links from a couple of different Wordpress sites, and the effect is the same: Both sites definitely have valid OG tags. Image sources are square. We’re not specifying image dimensions in the… --- ## [Recent changes to Onebox embedding for my site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recent-changes-to-onebox-embedding-for-my-site/393606)
**Author:** [@riknoll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riknoll)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recent-changes-to-onebox-embedding-for-my-site/393606 "2026-01-16T18:05:11Z")
Hello there! On our forum, we’ve seen some recent changes to how links to sites on our domain (makecode.com) are embedded by onebox. Previously, you got a little minimal preview like this: However, we’re now seeing … --- ## [Discourse escaping & in Onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-escaping-in-onebox/377587)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-escaping-in-onebox/377587 "2026-01-16T10:45:10Z")
Not sure if this is a regression but a user reported this today. \ Oneboxing as: The Name & Location Library. --- ## [Mp4 links not showing the player](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mp4-links-not-showing-the-player/291160)
**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mp4-links-not-showing-the-player/291160 "2025-12-21T13:29:34Z")
I noticed this happening since a bit of time but thought it was going to be some temporary issue. I see that it’s still happening on our installation, and I have no idea why. There is no particular setting change in our… --- ## [Topic Tags SEO meta description stopped working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-tags-seo-meta-description-stopped-working/367683)
**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-tags-seo-meta-description-stopped-working/367683 "2025-12-18T13:43:17Z")
Following on from other post which is closed The topic tag meta description has stopped working, basically when I update the topics description it doesn’t update the meta description. Old ones are working fine new… --- ## [Improve oneboxing for anchored links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-oneboxing-for-anchored-links/240699)
**Author:** [@adrelanos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adrelanos)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-oneboxing-for-anchored-links/240699 "2025-12-10T20:26:35Z")
For example when the topic was constructible polygon I post a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructible\_polygon then the oneboxing looks nice and very useful. In above case, the onebox has a lot of value. H… --- ## [YouTube URIs fail to render thumbnails when oneboxed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-uris-fail-to-render-thumbnails-when-oneboxed/387673)
**Author:** [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-uris-fail-to-render-thumbnails-when-oneboxed/387673 "2025-11-12T05:19:52Z")
I’ve confirmed that: https://youtube.com/shorts/Cs3sTnLO6EE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs3sTnLO6EE&lc=Ugyi1VtrCVd2POTc82N4AaABAg#:~:text=A%20Screencast%20Of%20LinkedIn%20Persona%20Verification%20Failure …be… --- ## [CodePen embed no longer working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/codepen-embed-no-longer-working/386399)
**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/codepen-embed-no-longer-working/386399 "2025-11-03T22:53:38Z")
CodePen in the Three.js forum is no longer working: What config setting could have changed that disables CodePen embeds? --- ## [Link preview when tags are missing is misleading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-preview-when-tags-are-missing-is-misleading/304416)
**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-preview-when-tags-are-missing-is-misleading/304416 "2025-10-16T18:24:58Z")
There I was just the other day, re-editing and the preview was looking great: But upon saving my edit, well… “Hey, bogus, man.” That sharp looking link preview you see in the right half of the screen was no more!… --- ## [Youtube issues after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-issues-after-update/382237)
**Author:** [@Carleas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carleas)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-issues-after-update/382237 "2025-10-14T23:31:56Z")
I updated my site today (from\_version: c6782e8434f404f30de8cba054dfeac004663981), and since then have been having issues with youtube embedding. The first issue I noticed is that youtu.be links weren’t generating a oneb… --- ## [How to fix SSL wrong version number?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fix-ssl-wrong-version-number/385239)
**Author:** [@MoRanYue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MoRanYue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fix-ssl-wrong-version-number/385239 "2025-10-14T19:32:56Z")
I found that my Discourse cannot generate OneBox for any websites except YouTube, when checking out the log, I saw this error thrown: Failed to onebox https://bilibili.com SSL\_connect returned=1 errno=0 peeraddr=192.168… --- ## [Video Publication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publication-de-video/381006)
**Author:** [@SRBAG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SRBAG)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publication-de-video/381006 "2025-09-04T20:04:34Z")
Hello, I can't post a Twitter video on my forum. I've included a screenshot to help you understand my problem. Do you know how to get a preview of the tweet or video? --- ## [Twitter/X links not unfurling correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-x-links-not-unfurling-correctly/380754)
**Author:** [@WolfpackFan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WolfpackFan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-x-links-not-unfurling-correctly/380754 "2025-08-29T04:55:57Z")
When I post a direct twitter/x link in my forum it is not correctly unfurling. When I post the exact same link here on the discourse forum it is working. My installed version: 3.6.0.beta1-dev (7c34595144) Correctly Un… --- ## [Improve the user onebox in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-the-user-onebox-in-discourse/76087)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-the-user-onebox-in-discourse/76087 "2025-08-26T17:12:15Z")
User onebox is a bit thin on data per: We should improve it so it has some more data from the user card. [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/onebox/31.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=onebox)