# Default Composer Category component

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-composer-category-component/148048>\
**Category:** Theme component\
**Tags:** end-of-life\
**Created:** [April 15, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-composer-category-component/148048 "2020-04-15T02:01:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-composer-category-component/148048/14 "2022-09-30T18:54:41Z")

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> [@blake](#):
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> This is a very fresh change and was just merged in. General is now the default category in the composer on _NEW_ sites.

Oh! Hooray! That’s what I’d originally thought. I’m 🕺 that this is what happened.

> [@blake](#):
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> Right now it requires disabling the `allow_uncategorized_topics`, but then it will also require that the General category exists

Yeah. That is rather complicated, but I don’t see an easy way around it.

. . . wait

> [@blake](#):
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> that the hidden site setting `general_category_id` is set

Wait. Wait! Wait!!! Why is that hidden? 😕 Why not just let people choose any old category as the default from a category pulldown? Why did we call it `general_category_id` rather than `default_category_id`? It wouldn’t be a big deal to switch to this much-much-much better solution if you could just select any category as the default.

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