From 7119c2d1bf71dff5253320c6c7aaf0210592e04d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JoshuaNam <jnam2@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 04:18:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add admin setting to enable/disable anonymous posting
 (#9)

---
 install/data/defaults.json                     | 1 +
 public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/post.json | 4 +++-
 public/language/en-US/admin/settings/post.json | 4 +++-
 src/views/admin/settings/post.tpl              | 6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install/data/defaults.json b/install/data/defaults.json
index 2f733961ea..e26bbe856d 100644
--- a/install/data/defaults.json
+++ b/install/data/defaults.json
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
     "hideEmail": 0,
     "showFullnameAsDisplayName": 0,
     "allowGuestHandles": 0,
+    "allowAnonymousPosts": 0,
     "guestsIncrementTopicViews": 1,
     "allowGuestReplyNotifications": 1,
     "incrementTopicViewsInterval": 60,
diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/post.json b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/post.json
index e000f6b10b..bd0c71eafc 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/post.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/post.json
@@ -60,5 +60,7 @@
 	"backlinks.help": "If a post references another topic, a link back to the post will be inserted into the referenced topic at that point in time.",
 	"ip-tracking": "IP Tracking",
 	"ip-tracking.each-post": "Track IP Address for each post",
-	"enable-post-history": "Enable Post History"
+	"enable-post-history": "Enable Post History",
+	"allow-anonymous-posts": "Allow anonymous posting",
+	"allow-anonymous-posts-help": "When enabled, users will see a \"Post anonymously\" checkbox in the composer. Anonymous posts hide the author's identity."
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/language/en-US/admin/settings/post.json b/public/language/en-US/admin/settings/post.json
index b6324c68bf..39286d95b0 100644
--- a/public/language/en-US/admin/settings/post.json
+++ b/public/language/en-US/admin/settings/post.json
@@ -60,5 +60,7 @@
 	"backlinks.help": "If a post references another topic, a link back to the post will be inserted into the referenced topic at that point in time.",
 	"ip-tracking": "IP Tracking",
 	"ip-tracking.each-post": "Track IP Address for each post",
-	"enable-post-history": "Enable Post History"
+	"enable-post-history": "Enable Post History",
+	"allow-anonymous-posts": "Allow anonymous posting",
+	"allow-anonymous-posts-help": "When enabled, users will see a \"Post anonymously\" checkbox in the composer. Anonymous posts hide the author's identity."
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/views/admin/settings/post.tpl b/src/views/admin/settings/post.tpl
index d361597946..5167e9707d 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/settings/post.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/settings/post.tpl
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@
 						[[admin/settings/post:restrictions.stale-help]]
 					</p>
 				</div>
+
+				<div class="form-check form-switch mb-3">
+					<input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" id="allowAnonymousPosts" data-field="allowAnonymousPosts">
+					<label for="allowAnonymousPosts" class="form-check-label">[[admin/settings/post:allow-anonymous-posts]]</label>
+					<p class="form-text">[[admin/settings/post:allow-anonymous-posts-help]]</p>
+				</div>
 			</div>
 
 			<hr/>