ondrej
March 5, 2025, 6:39pm
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There is a a way around that - its a hidden site setting you can enable if you are self hosted. If you are a Discourse customer please contact team@discourse.org . Note that the max value is 3.
max_category_nesting
This is a how-to guide about Hidden Site Settings, how to enable them, and why you might want to adjust them.
Required user level: Administrator
Important: Console access is required for some steps.
In Discourse, hidden site settings refer to configuration options that are not readily visible or accessible through the standard admin dashboard interface. These settings are part of the backend configuration that can control various advanced or potent…
Quick guide to set it from 2 (default) to 3 via the console:
cd /var/discourse/
./launcher enter app
rails c
read current value:
[1] pry(main)> SiteSetting.max_category_nesting
=> 2
write new value:
[2] pry(main)> SiteSetting.max_category_nesting = 3
=> 3
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