Is there a way to require the selection of a Category that is not “Uncategorized” before allowing someone to post? Too many posts go into Uncategorized and a lot of time is spent re-categorizing posts because some people just don’t bother.

There is! Disabling the uncategorized category will require users to choose a category before they can start typing. To do so, go to site settings and uncheck allow uncategorized topics. Users will see the following when trying to post: [image]

Thanks for the quick answer! Does this option still allow people to choose “Uncategorized” as the category before posting? If so, is there a way to prevent that so all posts are categorized?

[image] Monty: Does this option still allow people to choose “Uncategorized” as the category before posting? No it does not. If the site setting allow uncategorized topics is disabled, uncategorized is no longer an option for users or staff to select.

Great, that’s perfect, thanks!

We also now have the default composer category admin setting, where you can set an existing one to be automatically filled in when the composer opens. :partying_face: [default composer category]

Requiring a Category Before Posting

Product Support

jomaxro (Joshua Rosenfeld) June 12, 2019, 9:17pm 4

No it does not. If the site setting allow uncategorized topics is disabled, uncategorized is no longer an option for users or staff to select.

Topic		Replies	Views
Require a category for every post Feature	12	3399	June 29, 2016
"Allow uncategorized topics" set to false should nudge users to select a category Feature	8	2560	April 18, 2016
Users can create topic without selecting a category even when "allow uncategorized topics" unchecked Product Support	7	556	October 10, 2023
Type Before Selecting Category Product Support	1	422	November 3, 2020
"You must choose a category" not showing for Admins Feature	7	1678	October 20, 2015

Requiring a Category Before Posting

Related topics