ernestdefoe/topic-map

Discourse-style topic map for Flarum 2 — views, likes, links, top participants and read time under the first post, plus a Top Replies panel.

v0.2.0 2026-07-05 00:25 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.2
• flarum/core: ^2.0

Suggests

• flarum/likes: Enables the likes stat and the Top Replies panel (^2.0).
• fof/reactions: Alternative engagement source for the stat and Top Replies (^2.0).

MIT

• Ernest Defoe

• views
• summary
• flarum
• flarum-extension
• topic-map

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-07-05 00:27 UTC

README

A Flarum 2 extension. A Discourse-style topic map under the first post of busy discussions: views, likes, outbound links, top participants and estimated read time at a glance — plus a Top Replies panel that jumps you straight to the most-liked answers.

Features

• Stats bar on the first post once a discussion passes a reply threshold (admin setting): views · likes · links · participants (with avatars) · minutes-to-read.
• Top Replies — the most-liked replies with author + excerpt; click one to jump to that post. Works with flarum/likes or fof/reactions (the stat relabels itself "reactions"); hides when neither is installed.
• Links panel — the discussion's outbound links grouped by URL, tap the links stat to expand.
• View counting built in (guests count, one per browser session, visibility-checked). On forums running ernestdefoe/bespoke, Bespoke's view counter is used instead — one source of truth, never double-counted.
• Everything is computed server-side and cached; a 400-post scan cap keeps huge topics cheap.
• Fully translatable.

Installation

composer require ernestdefoe/topic-map
php flarum migrate
php flarum cache:clear

Updating

composer update ernestdefoe/topic-map
php flarum migrate
php flarum cache:clear

Links

• Packagist
• GitHub