Documentation

Hosted Customers Documentation and guides for people who run Discourse-hosted sites (Index) Using Discourse Topics showing how to Discourse by reading and writing content, and navigating Discourse sites. (Index) Contributing Guides on how to contribute to the Discourse open-source project. (Index) Site Management Documentation covering the configuration, moderation, and ongoing management of your Discourse community - useful for site owners, administrators, and moderators. (Index) Integrations Documentation about connecting Discourse with other platforms and services. (Index) Self-Hosting Documentation and guides for people who self-host their Discourse sites. (Index) Migrating to Discourse Guides and advice on how to migrate your forum to Discourse. (Index) Developer Guides Documentation about extending Discourse with plugins, themes, and theme components, working with the core code, and using the Discourse API. (Index)

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Administrative Bulk Operations Self-Hosting configuring , reference	7	13643	August 19, 2024
Configure an S3 compatible object storage provider for uploads Self-Hosting configuring , reference , how-to , cdn	260	42899	October 28, 2025
Backup discourse from the command line Self-Hosting how-to , backups	5	11577	October 28, 2025
Embed Discourse comments on another website via Javascript Integrations embedding , how-to	123	299477	October 27, 2025
Content Localization - Manual and Automatic with Discourse AI Site Management ai , content-localization	42	1256	October 27, 2025
Discourse AI - Helper Site Management ai , ai-helper , how-to	16	3246	January 5, 2025
Setting up spam detection in your community Site Management ai , how-to , moderation , automation	11	1702	January 30, 2025
Discourse AI - Large Language Model (LLM) settings page Site Management ai , how-to	19	2236	September 6, 2025
Setting up NSFW detection in your community Site Management moderation , automation , how-to , ai	0	685	October 10, 2024
Setting up toxicity detection in your community Site Management automation , ai , how-to , moderation	0	825	August 7, 2024
Discourse AI - Spam detection Site Management moderation , spam , how-to , ai	22	2255	September 25, 2025
Set up file and image uploads to S3 Self-Hosting configuring , how-to	35	119030	October 25, 2025
Discourse AI - Sentiment Site Management ai , content , ai-sentiment , how-to	14	5217	October 24, 2025
Theme modifiers: A brief introduction Developer Guides theme-guides	20	4317	October 24, 2025
Watched Words Reference Guide Site Management reference , watched-words , content	9	4865	October 22, 2025
Editing and creating wiki posts Using Discourse reference , wiki-posts	2	67746	October 21, 2025
How Discourse ID works Site Management discourse-id	16	722	October 20, 2025
Designing for Different Devices (Viewport Size, Touch/Hover, etc.) Developer Guides	9	252	October 17, 2025
Understanding Discourse release channels Site Management explanation	4	1565	October 17, 2025
Troubleshoot email on a new Discourse install Self-Hosting configuring , email , how-to	35	178628	October 16, 2025
Move your Discourse Instance to a Different Server Self-Hosting how-to , migrations	10	292448	October 16, 2025
Creating and using invites Using Discourse how-to , invites	3	2996	October 16, 2025
Configure custom emoji Site Management how-to , emoji , customization	15	18921	October 16, 2025
Admin dashboard report reference guide Site Management reference , dashboard-reports , sql-query , reporting	31	6853	September 23, 2025
Managing IP request rate limits in Discourse Self-Hosting	0	39	October 14, 2025
Discourse AI - Embeddings Site Management ai , ai-search , related-topics	24	5966	October 15, 2025
Create, download, and restore a backup of your Discourse database Self-Hosting how-to , backups	16	22619	October 14, 2025
Use Caddy instead of NGNIX as your reverse proxy Self-Hosting how-to	18	7994	October 13, 2025
Tips for Preventing Spam Site Management explanation , moderation , spam	12	4329	October 12, 2025
Customizing specific system email templates Site Management email , how-to	6	12098	February 19, 2025