# \#topic-list-thumbnails **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/topic-list-thumbnails/651.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Horizon theme and Topic Thumbnails component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizon-theme-and-topic-thumbnails-component/386764)
**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizon-theme-and-topic-thumbnails-component/386764 "2026-09-10T22:20:04Z")
Two questions… The first topic in a list, seems to have it’s thumbnail wrapped/forced to the left, and that seems to boink the size/shape of the category: Second, beyond the first topic, one layer of the thumbnail g… --- ## [Topic List Thumbnails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-thumbnails/150602)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-thumbnails/150602 "2026-08-13T11:46:40Z")
:discourse2: Summary Topic List Thumbnails allows you to show topic thumbnails in topic list views. :eyeglasses: Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Creator (blog style) Preview on Discourse Theme Creator (… --- ## [Bug Report: Reply count not working in Blog Style mode (Topic List Thumbnails component)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-report-reply-count-not-working-in-blog-style-mode-topic-list-thumbnails-component/404124)
**Author:** [@xlg256](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xlg256)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-report-reply-count-not-working-in-blog-style-mode-topic-list-thumbnails-component/404124 "2026-05-30T02:39:12Z")
Dear Discourse Team, I am using the Topic List Thumbnails theme component on my site. I noticed that when the layout is set to Blog Style mode, the reply count is not working/counting. Could you please help look into t… --- ## [Disabling thumbnails on mobile breaks mobile view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-thumbnails-on-mobile-breaks-mobile-view/397136)
**Author:** [@hipp0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hipp0)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-thumbnails-on-mobile-breaks-mobile-view/397136 "2026-02-21T19:34:38Z")
Disabling thumbnails on mobile breaks the site. It basically enlarges all the photos on mobile by unchecking the don’t display on mobile. Also a cool feature would be to have large thumbnails on mobile akin to X.com whe… --- ## [How to display content excerpts in the theme component Topic List Thumbnails if no image in a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-content-excerpts-in-the-theme-component-topic-list-thumbnails-if-no-image-in-a-topic/392571)
**Author:** [@Frankz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frankz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-content-excerpts-in-the-theme-component-topic-list-thumbnails-if-no-image-in-a-topic/392571 "2026-01-05T22:06:29Z")
Hi, I am using Topic List Thumbnails the theme component, but how to display content excerpts if there is no image in a topic? Thanks. --- ## [Exclude GIF image type from being used as thumbnails in topic lists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-gif-image-type-from-being-used-as-thumbnails-in-topic-lists/387446)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-gif-image-type-from-being-used-as-thumbnails-in-topic-lists/387446 "2025-11-03T12:07:50Z")
Hey guys We use Topic Thumbnails extensiely in our forum, but so do we GIFs. We got Feedback from users being increasingly bothered by GIFs being rendered as thumbnails, so we would like to exclude them from thumbnails. … --- ## [Thumbnail overlap tags list (Horizon Theme + Topic List Thumbnails)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnail-overlap-tags-list-horizon-theme-topic-list-thumbnails/382930)
**Author:** [@afovos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/afovos)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnail-overlap-tags-list-horizon-theme-topic-list-thumbnails/382930 "2025-09-18T11:47:45Z")
There is an issue with z-index in the Horizon Theme + Topic List Thumbnails theme component: The dropdown field of the tags select field is overlaped by thumbnails as can be seen in the screenshot below. --- ## [Thumbnail not displayed in mobile list view when Mobile OP avatar TC is enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnail-not-displayed-in-mobile-list-view-when-mobile-op-avatar-tc-is-enabled/345773)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnail-not-displayed-in-mobile-list-view-when-mobile-op-avatar-tc-is-enabled/345773 "2025-03-25T09:44:21Z")
Just encountered an issue in 3.4.3 When both theme components are enabled, the topic thumbnail specifically in list view is not displayed. Happens only on mobile view, desktop is fine. Edit: Also happens when Show both… --- ## [Thumbnails loading issue in Subcategory link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnails-loading-issue-in-subcategory-link/356436)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnails-loading-issue-in-subcategory-link/356436 "2025-03-09T03:10:08Z")
This only happens when you visit a parent category, then click one of the subcategory links. If you go to the subcategory directly from the url or from the categories page, this does not happen. If you refresh the page, … --- ## [Reply count in #theme too high](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-count-in-theme-too-high/344944)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-count-in-theme-too-high/344944 "2025-01-09T23:52:52Z")
Continuing the discussion from Only part of reply count visible in #customization:theme: Now the reply count is a little too high --- ## [Only part of reply count visible in #theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-part-of-reply-count-visible-in-theme/343929)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-part-of-reply-count-visible-in-theme/343929 "2024-12-24T13:49:25Z")
I noticed that the count of replies in the Customization \> Theme category is only partly visible --- ## [Is there a way to select a Default Image for Topic List Theme Component?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-select-a-default-image-for-topic-list-theme-component/327304)
**Author:** [@oga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-select-a-default-image-for-topic-list-theme-component/327304 "2024-09-19T21:26:23Z")
I have read all the documentation for Topic- List Theme component that I found here. My question is; is there a way to add a Default Image for topics that don’t have an image? That is, a user is creating a topic that … --- ## [When clicking Docs Thumbnail, user is redirected to regular post, not docs post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-clicking-docs-thumbnail-user-is-redirected-to-regular-post-not-docs-post/306733)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-clicking-docs-thumbnail-user-is-redirected-to-regular-post-not-docs-post/306733 "2024-06-20T11:26:55Z")
Hey guys Happening on 3.2! When I enable any thumbnail layout for Docs plugin, the thumbnail in the docs list always points to the regular topic URL, not the Docs URL. Seems like a bug. --- ## [Remove user photo next to thumbnail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-user-photo-next-to-thumbnail/312136)
**Author:** [@Master](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Master)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-user-photo-next-to-thumbnail/312136 "2024-06-14T20:14:35Z")
Hello, I am using thumbnails in the topics, however the image of the user who wrote the post or the last one who responded to the topic also appears on the left. Is there a way to remove that user’s photo from there? I… --- ## [Blog-style layout affects Tooltips](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blog-style-layout-affects-tooltips/291179)
**Author:** [@digitaldominica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/digitaldominica)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blog-style-layout-affects-tooltips/291179 "2024-06-11T20:59:17Z")
Hi the blog style from the Topic List Thumbnails theme component breaks the layout and style for the tooltip plugin. Discourse Tooltips I’ve had to manually hide the tooltip via css as a temporary solution. --- ## [Topic List Thumbnails seems to break titles on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-thumbnails-seems-to-break-titles-on-mobile/308186)
**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-thumbnails-seems-to-break-titles-on-mobile/308186 "2024-05-17T01:27:47Z")
Here is what our mobile view looks like when topic list thumbnails is enabled: --- ## [Topic List Thumbnails don't play well with Docs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-thumbnails-dont-play-well-with-docs/283253)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-thumbnails-dont-play-well-with-docs/283253 "2023-11-15T21:52:58Z")
This doesn’t seem to be playing well with the Discourse Docs plugin for me. Here’s what I see without this TC: And with it: And with docs thumbnail mode set to none it looks like this: Can anyone else repro t… --- ## [Thumbnails missing when using the Minima theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnails-missing-when-using-the-minima-theme/283243)
**Author:** [@mpaler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpaler)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnails-missing-when-using-the-minima-theme/283243 "2023-10-14T22:42:07Z")
Having a problem with this theme component, and not really sure where to begin debugging it? I’m posting here in hopes of someone having a simple solution… I’m using the Minima theme by @awesomerobot, and have this comp… --- ## [How to define a default thumbnail when a topic has no picture?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-define-a-default-thumbnail-when-a-topic-has-no-picture/283242)
**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-define-a-default-thumbnail-when-a-topic-has-no-picture/283242 "2023-10-20T17:20:57Z")
Hello, how can we setup thumbnail image default if the topic not photo? I remember that before, we insert link photo in setup dashboard. Thank you! --- ## [Can we display de categories' names in blog style?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-de-categories-names-in-blog-style/283262)
**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-display-de-categories-names-in-blog-style/283262 "2023-10-04T03:17:02Z")
In Blog-style, can you display name category-parent and category? --- ## [Excerpts runs off the side when using excerpts + thumbnails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excerpts-runs-off-the-side-when-using-excerpts-thumbnails/278723)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excerpts-runs-off-the-side-when-using-excerpts-thumbnails/278723 "2023-09-12T13:44:53Z")
Found something! On mobile the text runs a little off the side when paired with topic preview. This is an iPhone running the latest version of iOS. --- ## [Is it possible to display the thumbnails in Docs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-display-the-thumbnails-in-docs/283263)
**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-display-the-thumbnails-in-docs/283263 "2023-08-25T10:27:16Z")
How make this component effect to Discourse Docs UI Thank you, --- ## [Issues with the masonry grid](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-the-masonry-grid/283258)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-the-masonry-grid/283258 "2023-04-28T23:11:27Z")
The masonry grid seems to have become a bit glitchy recently. When you resize the window the elements overlap and don’t maintain the masonry grid. I disabled all the other CSS on my site and recorded this an example: …