In v5, the Topic Feed Widget shows the name/avatar of the person starting the thread, even if the thread is replied by others.

Would there be a way to display the name/avatar of the latest contributing person instead?

 

In v5, the Topic Feed Widget shows the name/avatar of the person starting the thread, even if the thread is replied by others.

Would there be a way to display the name/avatar of the latest contributing person instead?

It will require custom coding to change it. It looks like to me that you want to display the posters instead. Why not use the Posts widget for that?

 

It will require custom coding to change it. It looks like to me that you want to display the posters instead. Why not use the Posts widget for that?

I see. We foremost want to promote the topics rather than than indiivudal posts, when a topic is active (gains lots of post), the Post widget would then fill up with content only from that topic (less engagement in the other less hot topics).

We solve this in an easy way, using both widgets. But I think my question above would be a great additional setting in the Topics Widget :)

Feel free to post that within the suggestions forum, however indeed that would require custom coding at present

You can create the block in the ACP and then modify the template there... then use that new block in the Page Editor.

This will display the username and date of the most recent replier, but it won't change the avatar.

.ipsData--mini-grid.ipsData--topic-feed-widget{
    --i-data--show-last-author: ;
    --i-data--show-last-reply: initial;
}

.ipsData--mini-grid.ipsData--topic-feed-widget .ipsData__meta{
    display: none;
}

Having unique settings for each widget, such as a dropdown of "Show topic starter" or "Show most recent replier" could be a solution for the future. But for the moment, hopefully the above solutions help :)