Admin Trouble Creating a Category

I recently created a discourse forum and am an admin on that forum.

The only option I see is to add “topics.” I’ve watched several videos and read help posts in this community which point out a little menu icon next to “+ New Topic” but I am not finding that on my site.

Am I blind?

Based on your screenshot, it doesn’t look like the account you’re using is an admin account. Just to be sure, please visit

your.site.com/about

and check if your account is listed under “Our Admins”

If your account is listed as an admin on that page. Try

your.site.com/safe-mode

to enter safe-mode so that you can rule out any issues caused by any themes / plugins.

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You were right. I am just a moderator. So moderators can’t add categories?

By default, no. Moderators can only create new categories if the

moderators_create_categories

setting has been enabled on your site by an admin.

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Thank you for your help! This was driving me insane.

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