# Add setting to include/exclude OP when adding Expert highlighting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-include-exclude-op-when-adding-expert-highlighting/268169
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** category-experts
**Created:** [June 13, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-include-exclude-op-when-adding-expert-highlighting/268169 "2023-06-13T03:05:15Z")
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### Author: ![jordan-violet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordan-violet/32/281428_2.png) [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-include-exclude-op-when-adding-expert-highlighting/268169/1 "2023-06-13T03:05:15Z")

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This is a great plugin, and something that has aided our community quite well! Something that isn’t quite right, in my opinion, is that if the original poster of a new topic of listed a user group under the category experts, then the topic gets the custom tag of “Expert response” when in reality it isn’t a response.

It would be much better if this plugin avoided the original poster of the topic when evaluating if there was actually an expert response to the topic.

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### Author: ![markvanlan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/markvanlan/32/160087_2.png) [@markvanlan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markvanlan)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-include-exclude-op-when-adding-expert-highlighting/268169/2 "2023-06-13T13:32:51Z")

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Yeah I hear you. Although I think if we changed the behavior to what you want, someone will likely post the exact opposite thing about the first post not being evaluated.

We should have a new site setting for the plugin `first post can be considered expert post` or something similar. I can’t promise a timeframe for when this will be worked on, but we’ll talk about it!

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### Author: ![jordan-violet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordan-violet/32/281428_2.png) [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-include-exclude-op-when-adding-expert-highlighting/268169/3 "2023-06-13T13:44:44Z")

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> [@markvanlan](#):
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> Yeah I hear you. Although I think if we changed the behavior to what you want, someone will likely post the exact opposite thing about the first post not being evaluated.

![Marvel Balance GIF](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/e/7/6e74a7c40f3edf5b3795fef8fe861c09c009da35.webp)

But really, yeah a configuration option to toggle that would be a great addition.