Here’s the plugin, and the create topic category feature, working for me:
AH, I see why now.
I kept getting confused with how the boxes remove what I had set, but did save them. However, this doesn’t apply to all the settings. They’re oddly funky. My video should explain it.
I have the issue with groups and tags. It’s probably affecting other fields as well.
Thanks guys, that’s helpful. A potential fix has been merged. Let me know how you go.
It works for the category setting, but tags still are not set or the selection of tags is just discarded once saved.
Angus, thank you for responding and taking my suggestion in a positive light. I really appreciate all the work you’ve put into this.
The issue with this particular plugin is that some of us use it with users who have just registered. If the plugin doesn’t work for days or weeks, it directly hinders access to our forum. That literally forces us to deactivate it, breaking our curated registration process.
I don’t really know how many reports there were, and it’s not my place to investigate that—you know better than anyone. My point is that, given the plugin’s importance to the site (it can literally prevent new registrations), it might be a good idea to reach out and see if anyone is willing to contribute and help maintain it.
Fortunately, there’s plenty of capacity on Meta, and there’s always someone willing to help out, especially with features as important as this one.
Best wishes.
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The issue seems fixed for the most part but I find it persists for users:
I also tried a test run and it didn’t apply any of the settings to the user. groups or tag tracking.
@Eviepayne @Lebron Another set of fixes for the additional issues you’ve reported
Many folks have over the years, which has been great 
Indeed, this has always been a joint effort.
Sometimes if some folks have relied on the plugin as a critical piece of their setup, and want to keep updating their site to the latest discourse code on a regular basis, they have made PRs to this plugin which I review and merge relatively quickly.
I’d gently suggest that if you have the capacity to overhaul your stack due to this plugin breaking, you probably have the capacity to run codex or claude once in a while to make a PR to the plugin when you notice something breaking on your site. I’m not particularly fussy. If the PR is passing CI and your agent has added tests where necessary, I’d review and probably merge it.
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Thanks again Angus, I’m currently learning and developing my first simple theme and plugin components on my own (vibe-coding); I still have a lot to learn, which is why I don’t think it’s the right time yet to get involved as you suggest.
In any case, I’ll do so when the time is right, and I’ll be happy to. In the meantime, I’d like to clarify that my humble suggestion isn’t that just anyone should be able to submit PRs, but rather that there should be someone else maintaining this plugin, given its direct relevance to user registration flow.
Best.
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I think you’re probably more ready than you think Anyway, next time you encounter an issue, give it a shot. I’ll follow up with a review quickly.
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Seems to work fine, boss. Thanks again. I’ll let you know if I encounter anymore issues. Your plugin does great work for plenty who use it and I do hope more start to contribute to it.
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Updates appear to work! Fantastic! Thank you very much for your work and attention.
I have noticed the plugin ignores the theme selected for it however.
Yes, this is a longstanding problem. I think it broke about a year (maybe two) ago.