Hi there, I have years and years of content in my community, and I’m looking to move a whole bunch of discussions into a read-only category, creating an archived area - I’d prefer not to hide it completely so regular members can still search it for reference. All of that is easy enough. But, I wo…

I think you’d probably need a plugin for this. This came up previously, and fairly recently: [image] Is it possible to specify noindex for all topics in a specified category? Support I want to create a new category for small updates, but don’t want these topics…

Just to add, I did see this discussion from 2017, but I’m hoping things may have moved on a little since then.

[image] Mark07: regular members Does the term “members” include users who are not logged in in this case? Private categories aren’t indexed. So if you want only logged in users to see the topics you could limit the “see” permission of the category to the trust_level_0 group

Hi @Moin Thanks for reaching out. In an ideal world, viewers (anyone who isn’t logged in) would be able to see the category. However, that option is worth considering as a fall back option. Thanks again.

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) October 28, 2025, 12:43am 5

I think you’d probably need a plugin for this. This came up previously, and fairly recently:

Topic		Replies	Views
Is it possible to specify noindex for all topics in a specified category? Support	6	136	February 4, 2025
How to noindex topics within a specific category? Support	10	185	December 31, 2025
What categories are indexed by search crawlers? Support	2	491	May 13, 2022
Group-Based Category Visibility (Without Affecting SEO) Feature	1	51	March 15, 2025
No-index for categories Support	0	367	April 7, 2021

Creating a content Archive (non-indexed)

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