diff --git a/boofilsic/settings.py b/boofilsic/settings.py
index 0ffb5411..d80add93 100644
--- a/boofilsic/settings.py
+++ b/boofilsic/settings.py
@@ -84,9 +84,13 @@ env = environ.FileAwareEnv(
     # Number of marks required for an item to be included in discover
     NEODB_MIN_MARKS_FOR_DISCOVER=(int, 1),
     # if True, only show title language with NEODB_PREFERRED_LANGUAGES
-    NEODB_FILTER_LANGUAGE_FOR_DISCOVER=(bool, False),
+    NEODB_DISCOVER_FILTER_LANGUAGE=(bool, False),
     # if True, only show items marked by local users rather than entire network
-    NEODB_FILTER_LOCAL_ONLY_FOR_DISCOVER=(bool, False),
+    NEODB_DISCOVER_SHOW_LOCAL_ONLY=(bool, False),
+    # if True, show popular public posts instead of recent ones.
+    NEODB_DISCOVER_SHOW_POPULAR_POSTS=(bool, False),
+    # update popular items every X minutes.
+    NEODB_DISCOVER_UPDATE_INTERVAL=(int, 60),
     # Disable cron jobs, * for all
     NEODB_DISABLE_CRON_JOBS=(list, []),
     # federated search peers
@@ -219,8 +223,10 @@ DISABLE_DEFAULT_RELAY = env("NEODB_DISABLE_DEFAULT_RELAY", default=DEBUG)
 
 MIN_MARKS_FOR_DISCOVER = env("NEODB_MIN_MARKS_FOR_DISCOVER")
 
-FILTER_LANGUAGE_FOR_DISCOVER = env("NEODB_FILTER_LANGUAGE_FOR_DISCOVER")
-FILTER_LOCAL_ONLY_FOR_DISCOVER = env("NEODB_FILTER_LOCAL_ONLY_FOR_DISCOVER")
+DISCOVER_UPDATE_INTERVAL = env("NEODB_DISCOVER_UPDATE_INTERVAL")
+DISCOVER_FILTER_LANGUAGE = env("NEODB_DISCOVER_FILTER_LANGUAGE")
+DISCOVER_SHOW_LOCAL_ONLY = env("NEODB_DISCOVER_SHOW_LOCAL_ONLY")
+DISCOVER_SHOW_POPULAR_POSTS = env("NEODB_DISCOVER_SHOW_POPULAR_POSTS")
 
 MASTODON_ALLOWED_SITES = env("NEODB_LOGIN_MASTODON_WHITELIST")
 
diff --git a/catalog/jobs/discover.py b/catalog/jobs/discover.py
index 8fc479b8..49e8b18a 100644
--- a/catalog/jobs/discover.py
+++ b/catalog/jobs/discover.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DAYS_FOR_TRENDS = 3
 
 @JobManager.register
 class DiscoverGenerator(BaseJob):
-    interval = timedelta(hours=1)
+    interval = timedelta(minutes=settings.DISCOVER_UPDATE_INTERVAL)
 
     def get_popular_marked_item_ids(self, category, days, exisiting_ids):
         qs = (
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ class DiscoverGenerator(BaseJob):
             .filter(created_time__gt=timezone.now() - timedelta(days=days))
             .exclude(item_id__in=exisiting_ids)
         )
-        if settings.FILTER_LOCAL_ONLY_FOR_DISCOVER:
+        if settings.DISCOVER_SHOW_LOCAL_ONLY:
             qs = qs.filter(local=True)
-        if settings.FILTER_LANGUAGE_FOR_DISCOVER:
+        if settings.DISCOVER_FILTER_LANGUAGE:
             q = None
             for loc in PREFERRED_LOCALES:
                 if q:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class DiscoverGenerator(BaseJob):
         qs = Comment.objects.filter(q_item_in_category(ItemCategory.Podcast)).filter(
             created_time__gt=timezone.now() - timedelta(days=days)
         )
-        if settings.FILTER_LOCAL_ONLY_FOR_DISCOVER:
+        if settings.DISCOVER_SHOW_LOCAL_ONLY:
             qs = qs.filter(local=True)
         return list(
             qs.annotate(p=F("item__podcastepisode__program"))
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class DiscoverGenerator(BaseJob):
 
     def run(self):
         logger.info("Discover data update start.")
-        local = settings.FILTER_LOCAL_ONLY_FOR_DISCOVER
+        local = settings.DISCOVER_SHOW_LOCAL_ONLY
         gallery_categories = [
             ItemCategory.Book,
             ItemCategory.Movie,
@@ -165,36 +165,39 @@ class DiscoverGenerator(BaseJob):
         tags = TagManager.popular_tags(days=14, local_only=local)[:40]
         excluding_identities = Takahe.get_no_discover_identities()
 
-        reviews = (
-            Review.objects.filter(visibility=0)
-            .exclude(owner_id__in=excluding_identities)
-            .order_by("-created_time")
-        )
-        if local:
-            reviews = reviews.filter(local=True)
-        post_ids = (
-            set(
-                Takahe.get_popular_posts(
-                    28, settings.MIN_MARKS_FOR_DISCOVER, excluding_identities, local
-                ).values_list("pk", flat=True)[:5]
+        if settings.NEODB_DISCOVER_SHOW_POPULAR_POSTS:
+            reviews = (
+                Review.objects.filter(visibility=0)
+                .exclude(owner_id__in=excluding_identities)
+                .order_by("-created_time")
             )
-            | set(
-                Takahe.get_popular_posts(
-                    14, settings.MIN_MARKS_FOR_DISCOVER, excluding_identities, local
-                ).values_list("pk", flat=True)[:5]
+            if local:
+                reviews = reviews.filter(local=True)
+            post_ids = (
+                set(
+                    Takahe.get_popular_posts(
+                        28, settings.MIN_MARKS_FOR_DISCOVER, excluding_identities, local
+                    ).values_list("pk", flat=True)[:5]
+                )
+                | set(
+                    Takahe.get_popular_posts(
+                        14, settings.MIN_MARKS_FOR_DISCOVER, excluding_identities, local
+                    ).values_list("pk", flat=True)[:5]
+                )
+                | set(
+                    Takahe.get_popular_posts(
+                        7, settings.MIN_MARKS_FOR_DISCOVER, excluding_identities, local
+                    ).values_list("pk", flat=True)[:10]
+                )
+                | set(
+                    Takahe.get_popular_posts(
+                        1, 0, excluding_identities, local
+                    ).values_list("pk", flat=True)[:3]
+                )
+                | set(reviews.values_list("posts", flat=True)[:5])
             )
-            | set(
-                Takahe.get_popular_posts(
-                    7, settings.MIN_MARKS_FOR_DISCOVER, excluding_identities, local
-                ).values_list("pk", flat=True)[:10]
-            )
-            | set(
-                Takahe.get_popular_posts(1, 0, excluding_identities, local).values_list(
-                    "pk", flat=True
-                )[:3]
-            )
-            | set(reviews.values_list("posts", flat=True)[:5])
-        )
+        else:
+            post_ids = []
         cache.set("public_gallery", gallery_list, timeout=None)
         cache.set("trends_links", trends, timeout=None)
         cache.set("featured_collections", collection_ids, timeout=None)
diff --git a/catalog/templates/discover.html b/catalog/templates/discover.html
index c5bcb7cf..ba52d67a 100644
--- a/catalog/templates/discover.html
+++ b/catalog/templates/discover.html
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@
               <li class="card">
                 <a href="{{ item.url }}" title="{{ item.display_title }}">
                   <img src="{{ item.cover|thumb:'normal' }}"
-                       alt="{{ item.display_title }}"
+                       alt="{{ item.title }}"
                        loading="lazy">
-                  <div class="card-title">{{ item.display_title }}</div>
+                  <div class="card-title">{{ item.title }}</div>
                 </a>
               </li>
             {% endfor %}
diff --git a/catalog/views.py b/catalog/views.py
index 5b1e9c36..61969edd 100644
--- a/catalog/views.py
+++ b/catalog/views.py
@@ -263,8 +263,13 @@ def discover(request):
         layout = request.user.preference.discover_layout
         identity = request.user.identity
         announcements = []
-        post_ids = cache.get("popular_posts", [])
-        popular_posts = Takahe.get_posts(post_ids).order_by("-published")
+        if settings.DISCOVER_SHOW_POPULAR_POSTS:
+            post_ids = cache.get("popular_posts", [])
+            popular_posts = Takahe.get_posts(post_ids).order_by("-published")
+        else:
+            popular_posts = Takahe.get_public_posts(settings.DISCOVER_SHOW_LOCAL_ONLY)[
+                :20
+            ]
     else:
         identity = None
         layout = []
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index f1a083c1..f97ab9ff 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ x-shared:
       NEODB_DISABLE_CRON_JOBS:
       NEODB_SEARCH_PEERS:
       NEODB_MIN_MARKS_FOR_DISCOVER:
-      NEODB_FILTER_LANGUAGE_FOR_DISCOVER:
-      NEODB_FILTER_LOCAL_ONLY_FOR_DISCOVER:
+      NEODB_DISCOVER_UPDATE_INTERVAL:
+      NEODB_DISCOVER_FILTER_LANGUAGE:
+      NEODB_DISCOVER_SHOW_LOCAL_ONLY:
+      NEODB_DISCOVER_SHOW_POPULAR_POSTS:
       NEODB_SENTRY_DSN:
       TAKAHE_SENTRY_DSN:
       NEODB_SENTRY_SAMPLE_RATE:
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index b708b7db..f1581899 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ if you are doing debug or development:
  - `NEODB_SITE_HEAD`
  - `NEODB_SITE_DESCRIPTION`
  - `NEODB_PREFERRED_LANGUAGES` - preferred languages when importing titles from 3rd party sites like TMDB and Steam, comma-separated list of ISO-639-1 two-letter codes, `en,zh` by default. It can includes languages with no UI translations yet, e.g. if set to `ja,en,zh`, NeoDB scraper will fetch catalog metadata in three languages if they are available from third party sites, Japanese users (= whose browser language set to ja-JP) will see English UI with Japanese metadata.
- - `NEODB_FILTER_LANGUAGE_FOR_DISCOVER` - `False` by default; when set to `True`, `/discover/` will only show items with languages match one of `NEODB_PREFERRED_LANGUAGES`.
- - `NEODB_FILTER_LOCAL_ONLY_FOR_DISCOVER` - `False` by default; when set to `True`, only show items marked by local users rather than entire network in `/discover/`
+ - `NEODB_DISCOVER_FILTER_LANGUAGE` - `False` by default; when set to `True`, `/discover/` will only show items with languages match one of `NEODB_PREFERRED_LANGUAGES`.
+ - `NEODB_DISCOVER_SHOW_LOCAL_ONLY` - `False` by default; when set to `True`, only show items marked by local users rather than entire network on `/discover/`
+ - `NEODB_DISCOVER_UPDATE_INTERVAL` - minutes between each update for popular items on `/discover/`
  - `NEODB_SITE_LINKS` - a list of title and links to show in the footer, comma separated, e.g. `Feedback=https://discord.gg/8KweCuApaK,ToS=/pages/rules/`
  - `NEODB_INVITE_ONLY` - `False` by default, set to `True` to require invite code(generated by `neodb-manage invite --create`) to register
  - `NEODB_ENABLE_LOCAL_ONLY` - `False` by default, set to `True` to allow user to post marks as "local public"
diff --git a/takahe/utils.py b/takahe/utils.py
index 5bbc5569..e27afd50 100644
--- a/takahe/utils.py
+++ b/takahe/utils.py
@@ -837,6 +837,17 @@ class Takahe:
             Identity.objects.filter(discoverable=False).values_list("pk", flat=True)
         )
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_public_posts(local_only=False):
+        qs = (
+            Post.objects.exclude(state__in=["deleted", "deleted_fanned_out"])
+            .filter(visibility__in=[0, 4])
+            .order_by("-published")
+        )
+        if local_only:
+            qs = qs.filter(local=True)
+        return qs
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_popular_posts(
         days: int = 30,