# Category order by activity

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-order-by-activity/107905
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 30, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-order-by-activity/107905 "2019-01-30T10:20:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![uwe\_keim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/uwe_keim/32/326762_2.png) [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-order-by-activity/107905/1 "2019-01-30T10:20:03Z")

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In my forum ([this one](https://community.elemob.de) in German, about EVs), I’ve _not_ configured fixed category positions, so I expect them to be ordered by activity.

Now looking at the front page:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/b/db80732e6bec030ad6e00925fb5d251e75abd32b.png)

I see no recent activity for the “Community” category, but still it is the topmost category.

**My question:**

Am I misunderstanding this feature, or are there any other reasons that the “Community” category is topmost? (e.g. caching)

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### Author: ![k4rtik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/k4rtik/32/119508_2.png) [@k4rtik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/k4rtik)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-order-by-activity/107905/3 "2019-03-06T14:30:50Z")

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Facing the exact same issue!

Is there any clarification on this?

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-order-by-activity/107905/4 "2019-03-06T14:37:15Z")

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@maja can you check that “order by activity” works when using the “Category & Latest topics” layout?

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### Author: ![maja](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maja/32/129533_2.png) [@maja](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maja)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-order-by-activity/107905/6 "2019-05-10T10:51:14Z")

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Categories are ordered based on activity per:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/996e5e5dfa3faefc6e96a623db5c2d4f5cb3df81](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/996e5e5dfa3faefc6e96a623db5c2d4f5cb3df81)

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### Author: ![maja](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maja/32/129533_2.png) [@maja](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maja)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-order-by-activity/107905/7 "2019-05-10T10:51:20Z")

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