# Create sub-topics?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-sub-topics/161946
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [August 24, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-sub-topics/161946 "2020-08-24T21:28:47Z")
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### Author: ![JQ331](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-sub-topics/161946/5 "2022-01-03T19:39:36Z")

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The only way I could see to do it was using topic custom fields. For example, the subtopic could have a custom field linking back to the main topic. Then you can do a search for all topics with that main topic as the custom field value. I don’t yet have a fully implemented plugin, but I was able to get it basically working in development using code like I mentioned here: [Retrieve Topics based on custom field? - #12 by JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retrieve-topics-based-on-custom-field/199879/12)

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