How to List All of the Plugin Outlets in Discourse

Here’s a quick script for finding all the current plugin outlets in Discourse forum software. There might be better ways, but after searching for a while I figured it would be quicker to write a script.

2023 UPDATE: The command below doesn’t work any more, but you can view the plugin outlet locations here. Also check out the discussions here and here.

I cloned the latest version of the Discourse repo and then ran this quick command in that directory:

rg '\{\{plugin-outlet name=' -N -I --color never \
    | sed -r 's/\s*\{\{plugin-outlet name="([-a-z]+)".*/\1/' \
    | rg -v '!' \
    | sort \
    | uniq

Note: the command uses ripgrep instead of grep but grep should work too, if you give it the correct flags.

Here’s the list of plugin outlets in the current version of Discourse:

1. about-after-admins
2. about-after-description
3. about-after-moderators
4. above-footer
5. above-main-container
6. above-review-filters
7. above-site-header
8. above-static
9. above-user-preferences
10. above-user-profile
11. admin-below-plugins-index
12. admin-customize-themes-list-item
13. admin-customize-themes-show-top
14. admin-dashboard-bottom
15. admin-dashboard-general-bottom
16. admin-dashboard-general-top
17. admin-dashboard-moderation-bottom
18. admin-dashboard-moderation-top
19. admin-dashboard-security-bottom
20. admin-dashboard-security-top
21. admin-dashboard-top
22. admin-menu
23. admin-user-details
24. admin-users-list-icon
25. admin-users-list-nav-after
26. advanced-search-options-above
27. advanced-search-options-below
28. after-d-editor
29. after-reviewable-flagged-post-body
30. after-reviewable-post-user
31. after-topic-footer-buttons
32. after-topic-footer-main-buttons
33. after-topic-list
34. after-user-details
35. after-user-info
36. after-user-name
37. before-backup-list
38. before-composer-toggles
39. before-create-topic-button
40. before-group-container
41. before-groups-index-container
42. before-topic-list
43. before-topic-progress
44. below-badges-title
45. below-categories-only
46. below-footer
47. below-site-header
48. below-static
49. bread-crumbs-right
50. category-custom-security
51. category-custom-settings
52. category-email-in
53. category-heading
54. category-list-above-each-category
55. category-navigation
56. category-title-before
57. composer-action-after
58. composer-after-save-or-cancel
59. composer-fields
60. composer-fields-below
61. composer-open
62. create-account-after-modal-footer
63. create-account-before-modal-body
64. discovery-above
65. discovery-below
66. discovery-list-container-top
67. downloader
68. editor-preview
69. edit-topic
70. evil-trout
71. full-page-search-below-search-info
72. full-page-search-category
73. group-activity-bottom
74. group-details-after
75. group-edit
76. group-email-in
77. group-index-box-after
78. group-reports-nav-item
79. groups-form-membership-below-automatic
80. login-after-modal-footer
81. login-before-modal-body
82. post-revisions
83. quote-button-after
84. quote-share-buttons-after
85. revision-user-details-after
86. topic-above-footer-buttons
87. topic-above-posts
88. topic-above-post-stream
89. topic-above-suggested
90. topic-category
91. topic-footer-main-buttons-before-create
92. topic-title
93. top-notices
94. upload-actions
95. user-card-after-metadata
96. user-card-after-username
97. user-card-avatar-flair
98. user-card-before-badges
99. user-card-location-and-website
100. user-card-metadata
101. user-card-post-names
102. user-custom-controls
103. user-custom-preferences
104. user-location-and-website
105. user-main-nav
106. user-messages-nav
107. user-post-names
108. user-preferences-account
109. user-preferences-apps
110. user-preferences-categories
111. user-preferences-desktop-notifications
112. user-preferences-emails
113. user-preferences-emails-pref-email-settings
114. user-preferences-interface
115. user-preferences-interface-top
116. user-preferences-nav
117. user-preferences-nav-under-interface
118. user-preferences-notifications
119. user-preferences-profile
120. user-profile-avatar-flair
121. user-profile-controls
122. user-profile-primary
123. user-profile-public-fields
124. user-profile-secondary
125. users-top
126. user-stream-item-header
127. user-summary-stat
128. web-hook-fields

The list was generated in February, 2021. If you want a more current list of Discourse plugin outlets, clone the repo and use the command.

To learn how to use plugin outlets, see the Developer’s Guide to Discourse Themes and/or the Beginners Guide to Creating Discourse Plugins series.