To be clear - I have self-hosted instance installed on vps as per standard install I would like to exclude a category from appearing in the latest topic list site wide for all users, not a setting per individual users preference. Use case: I have a category which will get a least one topic added p…

i think this is the one you want [image] GitHub - discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed Contribute to discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Thank you and I can report this works perfectly in the latest page and in the topics listed on the category page as well. Thank you Lilly

please select my first reply as the solution because it is more helpful given the question in the OP

[image] Andrew_Rowe: I like that, it would be perfect for my use case Have you tried the site setting too? I’m curious to know what advantages the plugin has over the site setting.

[image] Moin: Have you tried the site setting too? I’m curious to know what advantages the plugin has over the site setting. sorry… I don’t follow, I couldn’t find such a site setting did I miss something?

[image] Moin: default_categories_muted [image]

i think the setting hides the category from categories page too. setting: [image] plugin: [image]

I can see them at the bottom [image]

[image] Moin: default_categories_muted Thank you Moin I did not know about this setting. I tested it and just as Lilly describes, the category gets removed from the list of categories. I made a test topic in the category I had set in default_categories_muted and it shows in the topic list on …

[image] Andrew_Rowe: I made a test topic in the category I had set in default_categories_muted and it shows in the topic list on both the latest page and also in the topic list on the right side next to the list of categories on the category page. Were you watching the topic because you creat…

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