# Admin Trouble Creating a Category

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325 "2019-01-23T19:25:59Z")\
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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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