# Admin Trouble Creating a Category

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325 "2019-01-23T19:25:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Skye\_Cornell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/skye_cornell/32/129811_2.png) [@Skye\_Cornell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Skye_Cornell)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325/1 "2019-01-23T19:25:59Z")

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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?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/1/81a57e13a82a5711bcdaa5bdfe56ab924389d2cb.png)

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### Author: ![Johani](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/johani/32/176920_2.png) [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325/2 "2019-01-23T19:32:23Z")

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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](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-discourse-safe-mode/53504) so that you can rule out any issues caused by any themes / plugins.

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### Author: ![Skye\_Cornell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/skye_cornell/32/129811_2.png) [@Skye\_Cornell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Skye_Cornell)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325/3 "2019-01-23T19:37:04Z")

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

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### Author: ![Johani](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/johani/32/176920_2.png) [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325/4 "2019-01-23T19:41:06Z")

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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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### Author: ![Skye\_Cornell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/skye_cornell/32/129811_2.png) [@Skye\_Cornell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Skye_Cornell)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325/5 "2019-01-23T19:47:29Z")

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

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### Author: ![Johani](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/johani/32/176920_2.png) [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325/6 "2019-01-24T10:00:06Z")

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