# Default category based on group
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2015年三月1日 08:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849 "2015-03-01T08:56:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [2015年三月1日 08:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849/1 "2015-03-01T08:56:28Z")
For my courses I gather my clients on Discourse. There they can meet clients from other courses.
Each course has its ‘private’ category. And there’s a public category for all clients. The public category is now set as the default category, but it turns out some clients forget to select a category and post private stuff in the public category.
So my feature request: set a dynamic default category based on your group membership.
I realize this might be plugin territory.
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### Author:  [@kensims](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kensims)
#### Post date: [2015年三月1日 14:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849/2 "2015-03-01T14:10:06Z")
What if a user is a member of multiple groups that have different default categories?
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### Author:  [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [2015年三月1日 14:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849/3 "2015-03-01T14:39:41Z")
> [@kensims](#):
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> What if a user is a member of multiple groups that have different default categories?
There is such a thing as “Primary Group” for a Discourse User, this could be used.
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### Author:  [@kensims](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kensims)
#### Post date: [2015年三月1日 16:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849/4 "2015-03-01T16:00:05Z")
Thanks. I didn’t realize that there is a primary group.
Our (The Seasteading Institute) new Discourse forum website isn’t even opening to the user base until a week from today. Plus at this point we have no specific plans to use custom groups.
However I can foresee some future circumstances in which we might want to use custom groups with “private” categories. And in that case it might be beneficial to have a group-based default category.
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### Author:  [@henriquebastos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/henriquebastos)
#### Post date: [2016年四月28日 15:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849/5 "2016-04-28T15:44:27Z")
I have the same problem in the same context.
It would be really great that by default a new post from a user of a specific group will default to the group’s category.
It’s an usability issue, not a security one. The goal is to avoid mistakes when the user create a new topic.
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### Author:  [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [2016年四月28日 18:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849/6 "2016-04-28T18:37:40Z")
It’s still on my wish list as well.
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### Author:  [@lokendra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lokendra)
#### Post date: [2017年四月12日 15:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849/7 "2017-04-12T15:11:50Z")
HI,
I have the same problem, any solution for same ?
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [2025年十二月4日 11:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849/8 "2025-12-04T11:35:44Z")