Discourse v2026.4.0 released
- Add four new badges for Topic Voting to celebrate members when their topics receive votes from others
- Add group sync for OpenID Connect to automatically sync group memberships from OIDC provider to Discourse
- Add full app mode to Discourse's embedding system to load the complete Discourse application inside an iframe
- Add ability to view all likes and reactions on a post
- Add notifications for members when a topic is solved in Tracking or Watching status
- Add pin or un-pin multiple topics at the same time using topic bulk actions
- Add dedicated tag editing page to manage tag names, descriptions, synonyms, and translations
- Improve Topic Voting plugin with easier voting access, notification prompts, and Hot sorting
- Make category topic and reply approval settings more flexible to require approval from everyone or exclude certain groups
- Enhance Data Explorer plugin to produce charts for more types of queries
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New member badges for Topic Voting
We have added four new badges that you can turn on to celebrate members when their topics receive votes from others in the community. Apr 28, 2026 (5cef23e) Learn more → 🤝
Introducing group sync for OpenID Connect
Our OpenID Connect plugin can now automatically sync group memberships from your OIDC provider to Discourse, so you spend less time managing them manually. Apr 22, 2026 (2167034) Learn more → 💬
Embed Discourse as a full comment system on your site
We’ve added full app mode to Discourse’s embedding system which can now load the complete Discourse application inside an iframe. Visitors can reply, like, quote, and interact with topics without ever leaving your blog or website. Apr 22, 2026 (6c2d77e) Learn more → ✨
View all likes and reactions on a post
You can now view all the likes and/or reactions on a given post so you can understand what others think about its content. Apr 21, 2026 (be0d7f7) Learn more → ✨
Notifying members when a topic is solved
When a member of your community is Tracking or Watching a topic in a support category, they will receive a notification when that topic is solved. Members can opt out of this behavior if desired. Apr 21, 2026 (9384391) Learn more → ✨
Topic Voting improvements: Voting access, notification prompts, Hot sorting
We've made a number of improvements to the Topic Voting plugin to make it easier to access the vote button, stay informed about ideas you vote for, and see ideas that are trending in the community. Apr 21, 2026 (f5a29c6) Learn more → 📌
Pin or un-pin topics in bulk
You can now pin or un-pin multiple topics at the same time using topic bulk actions. Apr 21, 2026 (5aa8ff0) Learn more → ✨
Flexible category-level topic and reply approvals
We have made category topic and reply approval settings more flexible so you can require that everyone / no one except those in certain groups to get approval before posting. Apr 21, 2026 (f3914e4) Learn more → ✨
Dynamic charts in Data Explorer
The Data Explorer plugin can now produce charts for more types of queries, making it easier for you to analyze the results. Apr 21, 2026 (36424c9) Learn more → 🏷️
Dedicated tag editing page
We've added a dedicated tag editing page to make it easier to manage tag names, descriptions, synonyms, and translations. Apr 1, 2026 (5f0d95e)