https://meta.discourse.org/latestLatest topicsenFri, 24 Jul 2026 14:57:16 +0000Feature Currently, the site setting prioritize_username_in_ux allows administrators to display full names instead of usernames in the main UI (e.g., in the post stream and user cards). However, this setting does not appear to affect the notification menu (the bell icon). In the notification menu, actions such as replies, likes, and system notifications still display the @usernameformat, even when full names are prioritized elsewhere on the site. Use Case: For communities where users are...https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-prioritize-username-in-ux-setting-to-the-notification-menu/408458Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:57:16 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408458Apply prioritize_username_in_ux setting to the notification menuSupport Hi, No matter the browser I use, I can’t access a community I made in May. I haven’t accessed it since then. I can see the community on id.discourse.com but I can’t access it by its xyz.discourse.group url. Instead I get a connection error that the URL can’t be resolved. I checked my emails and used the link from the initial set up email that I received and it still doesn’t work. So then I tried to re-create it but sure enough the community name is already taken. So I...https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-access-a-basic-group-i-created/408447Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:56:32 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408447Unable to access a basic group I createdTheme component Summary Auto-fills the title of a new topic with a configurable timestamp (default YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss) the moment the composer opens. Preview Theme Creator Repository GitHub - andysmith-ai/discourse-auto-timestamp-title · GitHub Install Guide How to install a theme or theme component New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component Automatically fills the title field of a new topic with a timestamp...https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-timestamp-title/408420Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:32:45 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408420Auto Timestamp TitleCommunity Building We have a situation where a long term volunteer is stepping down. Over several years in countless conversations they are mentioned as the person to talk to about X. I realize now that we probably should have originally created a group for this role and always mentioned the group as who to contact. My concern is that now this ex-volunteer will have to field messages regarding their old role. They may not mind telling people who they should actually contact now (perhaps a newly...https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-handle-changing-organizational-roles-re-past-mentions-on-the-forum/408418Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:54:18 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408418How to handle changing organizational roles, re. past mentions on the forumSite feedback I am very excited for the workflows feature and I anticipate using this to greatly expand the capabilities of my forum. I do think this one feature if well maintained will have a large community making automations and for that reason I think there should be a workflows category in this meta forum. Users could share or get help making workflows or make node requests. I personally would like to see some features: send message to user in chat Create/Delete categories Plugin API (more...https://meta.discourse.org/t/workflows-forum-and-feature-feedback/408415Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:39:47 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408415Workflows - Forum and feature feedbackFeature There are dividing lines all over the forum, and they each have to be re-colored individually. For example, the dividing lines separating modules in the hamburger menu. Can you add this to the color scheme editor? 3 posts - 3 participants Read full topic ...https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-dividing-lines-to-color-scheme-editor/408407Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:22:26 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408407Add dividing lines to color scheme editorBug After updating to the latest versions, users are reporting that devices running iOS 16.7 cannot upload photos. Is anyone else experiencing it? 7 posts - 5 participants Read full topic ...https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-ios-16-7-photo-upload/408404Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:54:12 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408404Issue with iOS 16.7 photo upload?Bug From post admin wrench. Try to type into combo box. Keyboard won’t remain up to allow me to specify a string to search on user (No issue on desktop nor iOS afaics) 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic ...https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-change-post-ownership-android-chrome/408402Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:22:26 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408402Cannot change Post Ownership (Android/Chrome)Announcements Emoji groups are now able to be pinned to the top of the emoji picker! And admins can import/export custom emojis in bulk. Pinned emojis Emoji groups are now able to be pinned to the top of the emoji picker! Through the site setting emoji_picker_pinned_groups via Admin > Emojis > Settings, admins can provide a list of emoji groups to move to the top of the picker. Both custom emoji groups and regular emoji groups can be pinned, so if your community really likes using flags,...https://meta.discourse.org/t/pinned-emoji-groups-and-bulk-import-export-of-custom-emojis/408280Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:05:03 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408280Pinned emoji groups and bulk import/export of custom emojisSite feedback For some reason, I no longer have the button at the bottom-right of the composer anymore on mobile? So I can no longer see previews of the post I’m writing. Is this intentional or accidental? Thanks. 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic ...https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-view-post-preview-in-mobile-composer/408352Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:49:27 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408352Cannot view post preview in mobile composer?Announcements We’ve consolidated chat notification settings into the main Notifications preferences page, where they belong. Previously, if you wanted to control how you were notified about chat messages, you had to navigate to a separate Chat preferences tab, disconnected from all your other notification controls. On top of that, push notification delivery for chat was gated by a standalone toggle (only_chat_push_notifications), making it easy to miss and confusing to reason about. That...https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-notification-settings-have-moved/408334Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:41:25 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408334Chat notification settings have movedAnnouncements In 2024 (link), we introduced AI image captions in Discourse AI. It was useful especially for accessibility and relied on people remembering to click “Caption with AI” when writing a post. We’ve now reworked image captioning so captions can be generated in the background for post images, stored separately from the post raw (the actual content that the author wrote stays as-is), and show up in where they’re useful: for screen readers, search, and image lightboxes. With this...https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-post-images-more-accessible-with-discourse-ai/408323Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:07:26 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408323Making post images more accessible with Discourse AIBug Hello [EDGE CASE] There is an issue with the translation/localization feature for Custom Sidebar Sections/Links. If a custom sidebar section or link is created while the site’s default locale setting is set to Language A (e.g., English), but the site’s default locale is later changed to Language B (e.g., Hungarian), the existing custom sidebar records do not adapt to the new default locale. As a result, the UI misinterprets the base/default input field, causing language...https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-sidebar-section-translations-break-after-changing-the-sites-default-locale/408327Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:30:33 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408327Custom sidebar section translations break after changing the site's default localeAnnouncements After some testing and refinements for Data Explorer, we are now happy to share that you can make use of Discourse AI to generate Data Explorer queries from right within the plugin. Here’s a quick run through The option to write manually, or use AI For the folks who prefer it, we’ve kept the ability to let you write your own SQL. On the /new and /edit pages, this should be available at the top right of the page for you to choose any time. Your choice here is stored on...https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-ai-generate-data-explorer-queries-with-ai/408227Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:34:03 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408227Data Explorer :handshake: AI - Generate Data Explorer queries with AISelf-hosting Hi everyone, I have “AI embeddings semantic search” enabled on my site, but whenever I try to search something, I get a 500 Internal Server Error and no results are returned. Regular search works fine when I disable that setting. Here’s what I get in the browser console: static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v4513226cdae34746b4dedf0b4dfa099e1781791509496:1 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT app.js:365 ℹ️ Discourse v2026.7.0-latest —...https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-embeddings-semantic-search-returns-500-error/408306Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:24:05 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408306AI Embeddings Semantic Search returns 500 errorSelf-hosting Hello everyone, thanks for your time. After setting Cloudflare R2 on my discourse, I can’t upload photo in creating topic, here is my setting: I confirm I use the Account API Tokens(it’s active), not User API Tokens. Permission is Object Read & Write. And I have set custom domain for the uploads bucket, it’s active: And set the CORS Policy: But I can’t upload photos after setting all above. Anyone can help to solve it? Many thanks! 5 posts - 2...https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-upload-photo-after-setting-cloudflare-r2/408303Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:09:40 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408303I can't upload photo after setting Cloudflare R2Announcements Currently to change the homepage of your Discourse site, you have to configure the site setting top menu and put your desired homepage as the first option in the list. This is a behavior that’s fairly unclear to new admins. Today we’re merging a change that adds a new default homepage site setting to make this a clearer and easier process. Existing sites won’t need to do anything, as the default for this new setting is first item in top menu which is the same functionality...https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-default-homepage-site-setting/408291Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:32:39 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408291A new "default homepage" site settingSupport Bonjour la communauté, Je souhaite la manipulation pour ajouter un utilisateur dans une conversation dèjà crée en DM ? Je vois que la possibilité de refaire un nouveau groupe en intégrant cet utilisateur mais le problème on repart à zéro dans la conversation donc je suis preneur d’une solution merci 4 posts - 3 participants Read full topic ...https://meta.discourse.org/t/comment-faire-pour-ajouter-un-utilisateur-a-une-conversation-dans-un-chat/408277Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:24:08 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408277Comment faire pour ajouter un utilisateur à une conversation dans un chatDevelopment Hello I’ve been working on a custom RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation) Speed Reader integration designed for Discourse platforms. It allows users to upload, manage, and read their e-books or documents (.pdf, .docx, .epub, .txt, .md) word-by-word at adjustable high speeds (100–900 WPM) with minimal eye fatigue. Key Features & UX Optimal Recognition Point (ORP) Alignment: Dynamic character highlighting (pivot) locked to the central visual crosshair. Smart...https://meta.discourse.org/t/showcase-rsvp-speed-reader-document-library-for-discourse/408264Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:29:01 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408264[Showcase] RSVP Speed Reader & Document Library for DiscourseAnnouncements Current Projects - July 2026 Welcome to Current Projects, a monthly newsletter about what we’re currently working on at Discourse. Your questions and feedback are welcome! Recently finished Introducing the Discourse Free Plan Discourse now has a Free plan! After months of building and testing, we launched it publicly on July 14. Anyone can now start a Discourse community for free, with core features and Discourse AI ready to use. Learn more. Wrapping up Dashboard...https://meta.discourse.org/t/current-projects-july-2026/408220Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:08:25 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408220Current Projects - July 2026Self-hosting Hello, I just tried sending a personal message to a new user and upon submitting received an internal server error message, no other info. I tried again by clicking “send message” on that user’s profile card, same thing. I’ve already managed to send personal messages to groups in that past, of that I’m sure. Where do I start looking/troubleshooting? Or anybody “guess-know” what might be going on? 11 posts - 5 participants Read full topic ...https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-server-when-trying-to-send-new-user-a-personal-message-where-to-start-ideas/408243Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:51:21 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408243Internal server when trying to send new user a personal message – where to start? ideas?Announcements The RSS Polling plugin has a fully rebuilt admin interface that makes it easier to configure feeds, validate them before they go live, and understand what’s happening with each poll. Note: On our hosting, the RSS Polling plugin is available on our Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans. What’s changed The plugin page (/admin/plugins/discourse-rss-polling) now has two tabs: Feeds and Settings. The Feeds tab shows all your configured feeds in one place. Each row displays the full...https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-admin-experience-for-rss-polling/408181Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:40:00 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408181A new admin experience for RSS PollingPlugin I’ve created a plugin that lets you add “noindex” to categories and the posts within those categories. We’ve released it under the AGPL v3, and you can find it here: GitHub - aldeapucela/discourse-categories-noindex: Plugin de Discourse: meta robots noindex en topics y páginas de categorías seleccionadas · GitHub Thank you 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic ...https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-add-noindex-to-categories-and-the-posts-within-those-categories/408232Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:23:51 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408232Plugin to add “noindex” to categories and the posts within those categoriesBug Self-hosted, 2026.1.5 (commit 2727e4d). We run a community in mailing-list mode and take replies by email. A member replied from Outlook with a fairly long post, and the copy that showed up on the site — and went back out to the list — was cut off partway through. Everything from their first numbered list onward was just gone. No error, nothing in the logs, the post simply ended mid-sentence. What threw me at first: the bullet lists earlier in the same email came through fine....https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-from-outlook-drops-everything-after-a-numbered-list/408194Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:55:01 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408194Reply-by-email from Outlook drops everything after a numbered listSupport I’ve been look at migrating from the Jan ESR to the new/upcoming Jul ESR and have noticed a small, but potentially significant, change to the tooltip for the ‘New’ tab… Previously it said: ‘topics created in the last few days’ It now says: ‘topics created or replied to in the last few days’ I know that there have been quite a few debates about Latest vs New vs Unread - I was just curious to know the reason for this change in the last 6 months. In explaining the tabs...https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-in-tooltip-of-new-tab/408157Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:23:03 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408157Change in tooltip of 'New' tabFeature The Telegram provider in the Discourse Chat Integration plugin currently sends all requests directly to https://api.telegram.org. In some countries and hosting environments, Telegram is blocked or unavailable at the network level. This prevents the integration from working, including the initial webhook setup. I propose adding a site setting that allows administrators to replace the Telegram Bot API base URL with the address of a trusted HTTPS proxy. For example, requests could be...https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-configuring-the-telegram-bot-api-base-url/408154Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:01:32 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408154Allow configuring the Telegram Bot API base URLTheme component Summary Creating a flexible Soft Gate for your community Repository GitHub - VaperinaDEV/soft-login-required: Creating a flexible Soft Gate for your community · GitHub Install Guide How to install a theme or theme component New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component What does this component do? By default, Discourse gives you two main options: leave your site open to everyone, or lock it down...https://meta.discourse.org/t/soft-login-required/408140Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:07:58 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408140Soft Login RequiredGeneral What does Discourse look like as a native app ? DemoPreview A custom built composer like no other. #StayTuned 25 posts - 6 participants Read full topic ...https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-social-mobile-desktop-client-for-communities-2/408132Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:02:43 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408132A Social Mobile & Desktop Client for Communities (2)Support 在macOS arm架构如何安装自部署？似乎没有arm架构 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic ...https://meta.discourse.org/t/macos-arm/408124Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:41:07 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408124在macOS arm架构如何安装自部署？Praise dicourse是一个很好用的社区，我很喜欢，会一直用下去 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic ...https://meta.discourse.org/t/dicourse/408118Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:26:28 +0000meta.discourse.org-topic-408118Dicourse是一个很好用的社区