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.

[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…

[image] Moin: did it show in latest for a test user no I logged out and the topic is invisible as a test user the topic is invisible if I search as either, I can find the category and the topic

i think only staff can see muted categories on categories page. suppressed are viewable by non-staff in their regular place.

Just to confirm, the official response/plugin to this: [image] Suppress category from latest topics gone Support I already said we will make a plugin, expect one by the end of Jan, if you need it faster if you are our customer contact our support if…

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haydenjames (Hayden James) May 29, 2026, 5:07pm 17

Yes, it does, mute is a bit overkill".

Does this setting not exist anymore?:

“Suppress category from latest topics”

It seems that would be easier?

I found this discussion also:

and this additional plugin:

Will try this one:

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