# Default categories display

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories-display/259130
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 23, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories-display/259130 "2023-03-23T09:52:42Z")
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### Author: ![micoHuang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@micoHuang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/micoHuang)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories-display/259130/1 "2023-03-23T09:52:42Z")

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Hello! I would like to know how to let new users/visitors to see some default categories in my own discourse, instead of requiring users to check the preferences.  
Like this :

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/1/1/a1194b09de95354d26ba5ecbdb8198f5c067f0c8.png)

Instead of :

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/7/8/7782ae4524123940be747739eebb7ab429513d32.png)

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### Author: ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories-display/259130/2 "2023-03-23T10:22:02Z")

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Hello,

You can set some default categories and tags in site settings with the following.

`default sidebar categories`  
`default sidebar tags`

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### Author: ![micoHuang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@micoHuang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/micoHuang)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories-display/259130/3 "2023-03-24T01:54:41Z")

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thanks. Your answer helped me a lot.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories-display/259130/4 "2023-04-23T01:55:12Z")

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