# Add a sub-category to a sub-category
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sub-category-to-a-sub-category/178855
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 8, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sub-category-to-a-sub-category/178855 "2021-02-08T07:43:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Yves\_Lauzin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yves_Lauzin)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sub-category-to-a-sub-category/178855/1 "2021-02-08T07:43:47Z")
Hello,
Is there a way to add a sub-cat to a sub-cat ?
I mean a sub-cat with a ‘parent’ sub-category ?
It seems it’s not possible ?
thank you for help.
Yves
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sub-category-to-a-sub-category/178855/2 "2021-02-08T08:46:15Z")
Hello!
AFAIK, there are only categories and subcategories. Sub-subcategories do not exist. Tags might be the best solution for that.
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### Author:  [@Yves\_Lauzin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yves_Lauzin)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sub-category-to-a-sub-category/178855/3 "2021-02-08T11:13:59Z")
Thank you , what do you mean with ‘tags’ ?
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### Author:  [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sub-category-to-a-sub-category/178855/4 "2021-02-08T12:00:34Z")
Try this: [Sub-sub-categories - #7 by Michael\_Uray](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-sub-categories/139309/7)
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sub-category-to-a-sub-category/178855/5 "2021-02-08T12:18:30Z")
> [@Admin guide to tags in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-comprehensive-guide-to-discourse-tags/121041):
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> bookmark This guide explains how Discourse tags work, how to configure tag settings, and how to manage tags across your site. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Managing tags in Discourse Tags in Discourse provide a powerful way to organize and filter content beyond categories. This guide covers everything administrators need to know about configuring and managing tags. Summary Configure tag settings in your admin panel Create, manage, and bulk modify tags Set up …
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### Author:  [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sub-category-to-a-sub-category/178855/6 "2021-02-09T02:50:03Z")
Generally speaking sub-sub-categories are not a recommended organizational structure. Tags are almost always the better option when you need additional classification beyond the single sub-category level. With that set, sub-sub-categories do exist and can be enabled using the steps in this post:
> [@Sub-sub-categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-sub-categories/139309/7):
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> Quick guide to set it from 2 (default) to 3 via the console: cd /var/discourse/ ./launcher enter app rails c read current value: [1] pry(main)\> SiteSetting.max\_category\_nesting =\> 2 write new value: [2] pry(main)\> SiteSetting.max\_category\_nesting = 3 =\> 3
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### Author:  [@Cozdabuch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cozdabuch)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sub-category-to-a-sub-category/178855/7 "2022-04-21T16:56:14Z")
Taylor, in some cases (multiple business working groups within the same discourse instance) sub-subcategory capability would be much more preferable to tags.
There is a main common space, but each work group gets a category that has subs. With some subs, an extra sub is needed forcing a sub into a new master category which is inconvenient for managing/sorting the site’s structure..