# Easily create Ideas categories using the Topic Voting plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/easily-create-ideas-categories-using-the-topic-voting-plugin/399365
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** topic-voting, categories
**Created:** [April 16, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easily-create-ideas-categories-using-the-topic-voting-plugin/399365 "2026-04-16T15:02:56Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easily-create-ideas-categories-using-the-topic-voting-plugin/399365/4 "2026-08-11T06:16:58Z")

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I think it is. The category type works as a toggle for enabling the plugin in a category. To enable topic voting, you no longer use a category setting, but this category type. Removing the type disables the plugin in the category, so voting disappears.Before, you had a setting name directly referring to the name of the plugin; now it’s simpler but also less obvious what you do.

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