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## [Plugin: Monthly automated community report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-monthly-automated-community-report/60742)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-monthly-automated-community-report/60742 "2019-03-26T00:00:54Z")

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What if every month, we could all be reminded of what we did as a community over the last 30 days. :heart\_exclamation: This type of content has historically been curated manually by community managers: Monthly update …

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## [Multiple communities on discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-communities-on-discourse/209392)

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**Author:** [@Roni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roni)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-communities-on-discourse/209392 "2023-05-10T04:56:43Z")

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Hi, I’ve been trying to learn if, and how, it is possible to run a few related but separated communities on discourse and can’t find the information I’m looking for. We are considering moving our host to Discourse but a…

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## [Using discourse for family or small group communication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-for-family-or-small-group-communication/84107)

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**Author:** [@bhishmaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bhishmaraj)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 6:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-for-family-or-small-group-communication/84107 "2018-03-30T06:24:36Z")

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Hey guys I’ve been lurking in discourse meta and reddit for a while and I really liked both of them . We have a WhatsApp group for our family and extended family (~ 50 members) , usually only a few of the elders are act…

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## [Dealing with highly contentious discussions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-highly-contentious-discussions/62887)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-highly-contentious-discussions/62887 "2022-05-09T04:33:52Z")

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There’s excellent moderation advice in this article, which is ostensibly about moderating challenging offline political discussions .. .. but I think this advice can also apply to online discussions: A topic will…

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## [Distrust: Discourse as an OpenID Connect provider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/distrust-discourse-as-an-openid-connect-provider/195385)

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**Author:** [@theSuess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/theSuess)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/distrust-discourse-as-an-openid-connect-provider/195385 "2025-09-01T03:35:15Z")

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If you ever wanted to use Discourse as your authentication provider - now you can! Over the last week I’ve written a small service which can be used to act as an OpenID connect/OAuth provider with discourse as a backend…

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## [Moving posts to a new or existing topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-to-a-new-or-existing-topic/136733)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-to-a-new-or-existing-topic/136733 "2019-12-20T19:40:25Z")

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:bookmark: This guide explains how to move posts to a new or existing topic, or to a new or existing personal message in Discourse. This feature helps keep discussions on topic and allows for moving public discussions t…

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## [Is it possible to make tags mandatory?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-make-tags-mandatory/137360)

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**Author:** [@harmstra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/harmstra)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-make-tags-mandatory/137360 "2020-10-14T12:01:15Z")

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I’ve implemented some tag groups as described here https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-category-restrictions-tag-groups-relationships/48260 I’d like to have the Brand and Model tags mandetory, is this possible?

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## [Onebox default og:type](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-default-og-type/52553)

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**Author:** [@Aymane\_Shuichi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aymane_Shuichi)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-default-og-type/52553 "2016-11-07T21:42:00Z")

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Hi ! I started recently playing with the Onebox gem to see why it wouldn’t Onebox my site: https://www.avito.ma. I am no ruby developer but I understood that based on the URI , Onebox chooses what engine to use. I als…

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## [Category bundles, aka category intersections](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-bundles-aka-category-intersections/35278)

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**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-bundles-aka-category-intersections/35278 "2017-05-19T16:13:08Z")

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Hi all, so I know you have this great category structure and put a lot of thought into it. And I love it. I’d love one additional feature here to group categories in a way that the groups could be collapsible hiding th…

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## [Any chance pre-filled topic via URL will eventually support tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-chance-pre-filled-topic-via-url-will-eventually-support-tags/36254)

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**Author:** [@burke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/burke)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-chance-pre-filled-topic-via-url-will-eventually-support-tags/36254 "2016-06-06T02:33:20Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Compose a new pre-filled topic via URL: Creating topics via URL is awesome! Just what the doctor ordered… but, we’d really like to be able to include &tags=foo,bar,baz in the URL. I reali…

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## [Create tags outside of new post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-tags-outside-of-new-post/159662)

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**Author:** [@balboah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balboah)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-tags-outside-of-new-post/159662 "2025-12-16T17:16:36Z")

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Are you able to create tags without also creating a new post / tagging a post? Since synonyms list seems to require the synonym to also be a tag, this would be useful.

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## [Is 1GB RAM enough for both WordPress and Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-1gb-ram-enough-for-both-wordpress-and-discourse/58141)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-1gb-ram-enough-for-both-wordpress-and-discourse/58141 "2017-03-03T01:09:28Z")

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I noticed a couple of warnings when rebuilding my container: WARNING: The TCP backlog setting of 511 cannot be enforced because /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn is set to the lower value of 128. WARNING overcommit\_memory i…

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## [Password reset email should send IP info](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-reset-email-should-send-ip-info/67492)

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**Author:** [@pain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pain)\
**Replies:** 45\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-reset-email-should-send-ip-info/67492 "2018-02-27T04:51:37Z")

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is there a way to make it so that when a user requests a password reset, it sends the ip in the email as well?

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## [Easy way to make front page category columns?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-way-to-make-front-page-category-columns/67196)

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**Author:** [@Bri\_Castellini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bri_Castellini)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-way-to-make-front-page-category-columns/67196 "2017-08-03T18:11:42Z")

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I’m the Community Director for an indie web series forum and we’ve got categories like “ask the community” and “job postings” which, as you can imagine, are pretty dissimilar. Right now our front page is just the latest …

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## [Option to move accepted answer to the top](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-move-accepted-answer-to-the-top/58386)

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**Author:** [@stantyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stantyan)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-move-accepted-answer-to-the-top/58386 "2017-03-08T20:12:57Z")

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Hi @sam, thank you for such an amazing plugin. I’m interested, would it be possible to move the post that is marked as “Solved” up to the top right after OP post, without touching the core of the Discourse? I mean with …

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## [Categories: public vs. logged in only vs. restricted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-public-vs-logged-in-only-vs-restricted/156308)

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**Author:** [@tomtjes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomtjes)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-public-vs-logged-in-only-vs-restricted/156308 "2023-01-01T18:26:43Z")

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Is there a way to distinguish between categories visible to logged in users only and categories visible to certain groups? At the moment, I use CSS to hide the lock icon in front of all categories that are visible to lo…

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## [Is there any AI at the core of standard Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-ai-at-the-core-of-standard-discourse/266386)

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**Author:** [@agemo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agemo)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-ai-at-the-core-of-standard-discourse/266386 "2023-05-31T21:48:02Z")

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The throwing of caution to the wind wild abandon integration into everything and anything of chatGPT is beyond a cause for immense concern. There is a question that as an admin it is important to know being is there an…

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## [Ports blocked (Hetzner cloud server)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ports-blocked-hetzner-cloud-server/225146)

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**Author:** [@Paketbote](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paketbote)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ports-blocked-hetzner-cloud-server/225146 "2022-04-26T19:36:57Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to install Discourse on a cloud server from Hetzner but when running ./discourse-setup I get the message that ports are blocked (domain.de is obviously not the real domain): WARNING: Port 443 of computer…

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## [Unofficial Discourse GraphQL API Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unofficial-discourse-graphql-api-plugin/158955)

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**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unofficial-discourse-graphql-api-plugin/158955 "2021-06-30T01:34:09Z")

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discourse-graphql - GitHub - tgxworld/discourse-graphql · GitHub Hi all, I’ll like to share the discourse-graphql plugin which I’ve been working on recently as a personal project. The plugin is still a work in progress a…

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## [Wordpress posts are now unlisted from latest update of forum and plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-posts-are-now-unlisted-from-latest-update-of-forum-and-plugin/291055)

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**Author:** [@RobertBrockie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobertBrockie)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-posts-are-now-unlisted-from-latest-update-of-forum-and-plugin/291055 "2024-03-12T07:12:15Z")

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Just updated the software, now it seems that topics created via Wordpress are unlisted.

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## [Anonymous posting -- but retaining original user permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting-but-retaining-original-user-permissions/47247)

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**Author:** [@jpalermo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jpalermo)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting-but-retaining-original-user-permissions/47247 "2021-12-02T01:58:27Z")

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Hello; we are hosting a live chat in our Discourse community on the topic of making a career switch, and we’d like to enable our members to have the option of participating anonymously to protect their privacy given the …

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## [Notification counts are inconsistent and wrong](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-counts-are-inconsistent-and-wrong/151092)

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**Author:** [@aaronpk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aaronpk)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-counts-are-inconsistent-and-wrong/151092 "2022-08-21T09:22:29Z")

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I am running a week-old very small forum, just updated to the current version, and I am still seeing this very strange behavior. The notification counts (New, etc) do not appear to correspond to any real counts, and chan…

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## [“Is this post something else or spam?”](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-post-something-else-or-spam/398686)

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**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-post-something-else-or-spam/398686 "2026-03-19T05:12:19Z")

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When reviewing a report, this is the question I am asked “Is this post something else or spam?” This is not a Yes/No question. What does Yes or No even mean in the context of this question? I suggest this is reworde…

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## [Oneboxing google drive videos does not work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-google-drive-videos-does-not-work/36896)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-google-drive-videos-does-not-work/36896 "2022-12-17T04:20:44Z")

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We make active use of google drive in my organization, and would like to encourage sharing of screencasts and webinar recordings using google drive via discourse. I just attempted this and it does not onebox properly. A…

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## [Category image upload stops at 0%](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-image-upload-stops-at-0/215079)

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**Author:** [@kbsy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kbsy)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-image-upload-stops-at-0/215079 "2022-01-21T23:45:25Z")

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The upload of category images gets stuck at 0%. The same image uploaded inside a topic works fine. I uploaded some category images last week. The only thing I changed since then was updating to 2.8.0.beta11 (cbf99f48d8) …

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## [Limit # topic posts / user / month](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-topic-posts-user-month/139269)

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**Author:** [@zeroexcuses](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zeroexcuses)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-topic-posts-user-month/139269 "2023-12-18T20:23:40Z")

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This is a followup to Limit # of posts / month - #2 by sam , in realizing that the original question had little to do with patreon and more with discourse in general. I would like to be able to limit the # of new posts …

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## [\[FTE\] GitHub Operations Manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fte-github-operations-manager/188742)

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**Author:** [@ettaboyle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ettaboyle)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fte-github-operations-manager/188742 "2021-05-04T06:27:18Z")

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Hi Community Folks! We just opened a role for a Community Operations Manager at @GitHub! :tada: Come join our amazing team and help build the future for our global community of developers now 65+ million strong! The pos…

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## [Reply as new topic - keyboard problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-new-topic-keyboard-problem/15807)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-new-topic-keyboard-problem/15807 "2014-08-29T23:24:47Z")

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“Reply as new topic” is only visible on mouseover. Although you can access it by keyboard, if you happen to know it comes after the “like” button in a post, that does require a degree of clairvoyance which it’s probably …

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## [Links to tags not working in final post unless autocompleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-not-working-in-final-post-unless-autocompleted/69884)

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**Author:** [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-not-working-in-final-post-unless-autocompleted/69884 "2017-10-03T06:37:07Z")

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If you add a # and select a relevant tag, the word is automatically converted to a link for the relevant tag in the Preview Pane, but this link is not appearing in the final ‘baked’ post in the forum See here - code ent…

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## [Praise for Fast Edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/praise-for-fast-edit/277634)

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**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/praise-for-fast-edit/277634 "2021-09-28T17:45:58Z")

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This is the topic to add your praise for the fabulous Fast Edit feature. :raised\_hands: :slight\_smile: If you think it’s made a difference and you want to let everyone know, then this is the topic for you! And if you …

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## [Make Pending option from Topic Actions wrench](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pending-option-from-topic-actions-wrench/178601)

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**Author:** [@ked](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ked)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pending-option-from-topic-actions-wrench/178601 "2021-03-21T23:30:46Z")

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I’m interested in having an additional option placed within the Topic Actions “wrench”. Specifically, the option to change the Topic’s Status to Pending (Make Pending let’s say). The primary use case would be when a To…

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## [ALL CAPS in topic titles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-caps-in-topic-titles/143262)

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**Author:** [@absi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/absi)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-caps-in-topic-titles/143262 "2020-03-05T15:48:15Z")

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Is there a way to stop people posting topic titles with ALL CAPS?

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## [How do I stop someone from spamming "Trending Search Terms"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-stop-someone-from-spamming-trending-search-terms/110706)

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**Author:** [@snakeninny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snakeninny)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-stop-someone-from-spamming-trending-search-terms/110706 "2026-02-26T14:56:28Z")

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I don’t know why they’re doing this and what do they want. Any ideas? Thanks!

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## [When are users notified via email?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-are-users-notified-via-email/140824)

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**Author:** [@Openmind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Openmind)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-are-users-notified-via-email/140824 "2020-11-11T17:40:47Z")

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Please forgive me if I’m asking a question that might have been answered in another thread. It has been answered partially but I’d like to make sure I understand this correctly. As far as I know, users are notified via e…

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## [Lots of Spam New User Registrations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lots-of-spam-new-user-registrations/38925)

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**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lots-of-spam-new-user-registrations/38925 "2020-04-07T22:15:08Z")

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The past few days I’ve been getting a ton of spam “signups” (but strangely no spam from these accounts yet). They seem to all have unique IP addresses which is strange (correction - many have unique addresses, some have…

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## [Keyword based auto spam ban?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyword-based-auto-spam-ban/23764)

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**Author:** [@bootstraponline](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bootstraponline)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyword-based-auto-spam-ban/23764 "2020-03-04T12:16:44Z")

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I’m having an issue with a discount kitchen spammer. They keep changing the ip and email address however the content of the message is always the same. Is there some way to just instant ban them if they link to the spam …

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## [Browser too old message when "compatibility mode" is forced in IE 11](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-too-old-message-when-compatibility-mode-is-forced-in-ie-11/65536)

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**Author:** [@wesochuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wesochuck)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-too-old-message-when-compatibility-mode-is-forced-in-ie-11/65536 "2017-11-20T09:42:44Z")

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My users are getting the following in IE 11 (Discourse version v1.9.0.beta2 +218) on Windows 10: I don’t see this on meta or https://try.discourse.org/ in IE 11 on the same browser, so I thought that maybe a plugin i…

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## [Emails for rtl languages have ltr direction](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-for-rtl-languages-have-ltr-direction/41972)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-for-rtl-languages-have-ltr-direction/41972 "2017-06-17T14:56:55Z")

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all the invitation and digest and notification emails are ltr for Persian, and in a bad form as a result. Is there any way to fix this?

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## [Webhooks fail to run, webhooks settings page returns 404](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhooks-fail-to-run-webhooks-settings-page-returns-404/282561)

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**Author:** [@hello-smile6](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hello-smile6)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhooks-fail-to-run-webhooks-settings-page-returns-404/282561 "2023-10-18T02:50:41Z")

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For some reason, a forum I help run recently stopped executing webhooks and started returning 404 for /admin/api/web\_hooks. Is there some way to fix it?

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## [Hot reload for plugin development?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hot-reload-for-plugin-development/186218)

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**Author:** [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hot-reload-for-plugin-development/186218 "2021-10-23T22:39:17Z")

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Hi All. Apologies if this has been addressed (I didn’t find it): Developing a discourse plugin on my local machine tends to be pretty slow. Each reload of my locally running app (to view code changes) takes over 5 secon…

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## [Cannot use zoom for lightbox images on phones](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-zoom-for-lightbox-images-on-phones/19646)

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**Author:** [@lucas\_maximus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lucas_maximus)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-zoom-for-lightbox-images-on-phones/19646 "2022-08-08T13:56:52Z")

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If a image is resized to smaller dimensions in discourse I cannot zoom the image either when it is in the lightbox or in the actual thread. This makes viewing larger images that have been linked difficult without browsi…

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## [Slow tags query when alphabetical sort is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-tags-query-when-alphabetical-sort-is-disabled/78133)

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**Author:** [@SimonWu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SimonWu)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-tags-query-when-alphabetical-sort-is-disabled/78133 "2018-10-17T17:49:03Z")

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Hi, I found a slow query during the test. SELECT COUNT(topics.id) AS count\_topics\_id, tags.id, tags.name AS tags\_id\_tags\_name FROM "tags" LEFT JOIN topic\_tags ON tags.id = topic\_tags.tag\_id LEFT JOIN topics ON topics.…

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## [Latest rebuild broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-rebuild-broken/134962)

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**Author:** [@zsero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zsero)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-rebuild-broken/134962 "2019-12-27T15:21:52Z")

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I have a long running system, never had any problems before. I always upgrade using a full rebuild, never using the built-in upgrade. I recently did an apt-get upgrade, docker upgrade to 19.03.5 and tried a rebuild but …

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## [Customize the 404 page ("Oops! That page doesn't exist or is private")](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-the-404-page-oops-that-page-doesnt-exist-or-is-private/68017)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-the-404-page-oops-that-page-doesnt-exist-or-is-private/68017 "2017-08-14T14:31:52Z")

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Before: After (categories on the right): Or categories on the left: page width increased buttons and google search are always visible categories aligned on the right (or left) topics title cut if too long adde…

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## [Assign new users to a group automatically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-new-users-to-a-group-automatically/70374)

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**Author:** [@Ultim8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ultim8)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-new-users-to-a-group-automatically/70374 "2017-09-24T21:17:50Z")

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Hey everyone, just signed up here but been using Discourse for a while now with a community that has just surpassed 400 users. As the topic title suggests, we’re hoping there is a way to automatically add new users to a…

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## [Imported users not receiving verification emails due to massive Sidekiq backlog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-users-not-receiving-verification-emails-due-to-massive-sidekiq-backlog/31650)

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**Author:** [@will\_io](https://meta.discourse.org/u/will_io)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-users-not-receiving-verification-emails-due-to-massive-sidekiq-backlog/31650 "2016-02-21T07:37:56Z")

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I just launched my forum after importing from vBulletin. The user flow leading up to the error: Imported user enters old username and password \> successful login \> verification email sent to user \> USER NEVER GETS THE …

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## [Self-Hosting Sentiment and Emotion for DiscourseAI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosting-sentiment-and-emotion-for-discourseai/334451)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosting-sentiment-and-emotion-for-discourseai/334451 "2026-08-12T02:29:54Z")

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The Discourse AI plugin has support for requesting emotion/sentiment classification of new posts, which is stored in the database and can be used in reports and admin dashboards. Discourse AI supports two types of class…

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## [Discourse session cookies (400 Request Header Or Cookie Too Large)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-session-cookies-400-request-header-or-cookie-too-large/137245)

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**Author:** [@maltfield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maltfield)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-session-cookies-400-request-header-or-cookie-too-large/137245 "2022-10-20T23:14:15Z")

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Why does Discourse have such large cookies? Is there a reason for it? Is there a way to decrease their size? I was poking around in the Discourse admin dashboard, and I suddenly got a 400 Bad Request error back from /si…

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## [Minimum participation requirement as a prerequisite to join a forum- feasible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-participation-requirement-as-a-prerequisite-to-join-a-forum-feasible/79119)

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**Author:** [@ckshen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckshen)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-participation-requirement-as-a-prerequisite-to-join-a-forum-feasible/79119 "2018-02-14T21:43:59Z")

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I run a dining forum, which is split by major metropolitan areas in the US. I am entertaining the idea of turning my local board from a public forum into a closed forum where participants can join only if they commit to…

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## [Why offer Private Messaging?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-offer-private-messaging/1539)

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**Author:** [@singpolyma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/singpolyma)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-offer-private-messaging/1539 "2013-02-14T15:33:42Z")

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Why? Isn’t this a misfeature that’s come in from existing webforum software?

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