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This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

Tried this on a staging copy first and it behaved exactly as described. Confident enough to roll it to production now.

Strong agree. Good defaults beat a wall of toggles every single time.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Strong agree. Good defaults beat a wall of toggles every single time.

Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

We ran into the same situation last quarter. What worked for us was starting small and only adding complexity when a real need showed up.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Tried this on a staging copy first and it behaved exactly as described. Confident enough to roll it to production now.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

This is the answer I wish I had found six months ago. Would have saved me a weekend of trial and error.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.

This is the answer I wish I had found six months ago. Would have saved me a weekend of trial and error.

Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

We ran into the same situation last quarter. What worked for us was starting small and only adding complexity when a real need showed up.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.