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  Hot Topics

  Hot Topics automatically detects and highlights the most active threads on your forum using a smart
  About this resource

  

  
  Hot Topics - Highlight Trending Discussions Automatically (XF 2.3+)
  
  Hot Topics automatically detects and highlights the most active threads on your forum using a smart activity scoring system based on replies, views, and recency.
  
  It helps members discover trending discussions and keeps your community feeling active and engaging.
  
  

  Core Features

  • Smart activity scoring based on replies, view velocity, and recency
  • "Hot" badge shown next to trending threads
  • "Popular Now" sidebar widget to display trending threads

  Customisation Options

  • Choose badge display mode (icon, text, or both)
  • Use any XenForo icon (fire, bolt, trend, etc.)
  • Set custom badge text or use the default
  • Configure activity score threshold
  • Adjust activity time window
  • Exclude specific forums
  • Set per-widget thread limit and filters

  Advanced Settings

  • Adjustable reply weight
  • Adjustable view weight
  • Adjustable recency weight
  • Configurable widget cache duration

  Benefits

  • Highlights your most active discussions automatically
  • Increases visibility and engagement
  • Encourages member participation
  • Lightweight and efficient
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• License Terms
  
  By purchasing this resource, you are granted a license to use it on one (1) site, for as long as your license remains valid. You are not purchasing ownership of the underlying code.
  
  How your license works
  

  • Your license is checked automatically in the background. This never affects your site's visitors.
  • As long as your license is valid, this resource keeps working normally — even if our license server is briefly unreachable, a temporary network issue will never disable it.
  • Your license is bound to your site's domain the first time it's used.

  
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  What's included
  Updates and support for the period stated on this resource's page (see the Version tab for the current release).
  
  What's not allowed
  

  • Sharing your license with others, or using it on more than one site at a time
  • Removing or bypassing the license check in the code