# Allow to limit assign plugin to certain categories

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-limit-assign-plugin-to-certain-categories/394580
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** assign
**Created:** [28 januari 2026 om 19:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-limit-assign-plugin-to-certain-categories/394580 "2026-01-28T19:43:29Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [28 januari 2026 om 21:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-limit-assign-plugin-to-certain-categories/394580/4 "2026-01-28T21:41:51Z")

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> [@Steradiant](#):
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> we also have larger public parts of our discourse instance, where we do not want to use this feature and particular would not like to confuse people with it

We have a similar setup with mixed private and public content on this site, and we manage assigns using the `Assign allowed on groups` setting and adding a group with only our team members to it. When you do that people in other groups can’t see assigns at all.

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