# Category Groups **URL:** \ **Category:** Theme component\ **Tags:** official, category-groups\ **Created:** [August 18, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-groups/200874 "2021-08-18T18:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 52
**Author:** ![gormus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gormus/32/428592_2.png) [@gormus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gormus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-groups/200874/52 "2025-04-15T12:13:56Z")
I have this use case, where we have many categories, and sub-categories that are enabled, and they make the landing page very crowded, hard to find what interests the user. Because of this, we want to customize the Category Groups landing page in a way that it is more targeted for the users in specific interest areas (via the user-groups). So, I propose adding a **visibility** option for each category group. If any defined, the category group would be made visible only to those user-groups enabled in its settings. ![The image shows an updated settings page displaying "Category Groups" with an option to edit category settings, including group headings, slugs, visibility options, and a button to save changes. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/1/d/f1d7c7bd63161dca1094717abfe646e77eae2c9a.png) I so created a pull-request to demonstrate what I mean by all this. Please let me know what you think of this option. Would you use it? Does it apply to your Discourse site? [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-category-groups-component/pull/51](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-category-groups-component/pull/51) _p.s. This proposed new option should not be considered as alternative access-control. It simply controls what category groups will be visible for the logged-in user based on their group memberships. The existing permissions will still be in affect._ --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-groups/200874)._