# Enabling Category Moderation
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** category-moderators
**Created:** [January 12, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756 "2025-01-12T17:48:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Turtle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Turtle)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/1 "2025-01-12T17:48:07Z")
Hey there,
I know there might be a topic about this but I couldn’t find it, and I’m pretty new to being a Discourse admin so it’s kind of hard to figure out. Basically, we need a moderator for each category with the moderator shield icon who cannot do things like suspend users and check emails but can deal with flags and do most admin actions on posts in their respective category. In site settings, I have enabled the category moderator setting but I’m not sure how to use it or what it’s actually doing. Could someone please explain how this works? Preferably step by step, as I’m fairly new to the platform?
I’m sorry if this is a duplicate post, but I promise I searched first. I also assumed the tag is used for posts like this but I might be wrong. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/2 "2025-01-12T18:04:51Z")
I think there is currently no #Documentation topic about category moderators.
You can find some information in the [announcements related to the feature](https://meta.discourse.org/tags/c/announcements/67/category-moderators).
After enabling category moderation in the site settings, you should see a new dropdown in the settings of each category.
To find the category settings, navigate to a category and click the admin wrench at the top.
Then go to the settings tab. Below the “moderation” heading, you should see the dropdown to select groups who should be able to help moderate the category.
If you haven’t yet created the groups, take a look at [Creating groups in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-groups-in-discourse/197220)
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### Author:  [@Turtle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Turtle)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/3 "2025-01-12T18:06:22Z")
Thanks so much!
I cannot believe I missed that haha.
I will work on that, thanks again. Have a good rest of your day!
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### Author:  [@Turtle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Turtle)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/4 "2025-01-12T18:22:53Z")
So it works well…
Is there any way to grant each category moderator group a modified version of the moderator shield?
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/5 "2025-01-12T23:05:03Z")
Maybe with CSS? Though, I’m not sure if there are special CSS classes for Category Moderators.
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### Author:  [@Turtle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Turtle)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/6 "2025-01-12T23:06:35Z")
Okay, let me know if you have any ideas. Right now they have regular shields but I’d like to be able to distinguish between moderators and category mods.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/7 "2025-01-12T23:16:20Z")
Changing the color of the shield of moderators should be possible. You can find the CSS code in
> [@Differentiate Admin and Moderator Shield Icons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/differentiate-admin-and-moderator-shield-icons/106114/31):
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> didn’t see it anywhere in this topic but i use CSS on my forum to make different colored shields for mods and admins for posts (if admins are members of moderator groups). in my case, mods get gold shields and admins get grey. but one can use any color in those color properties of course. common css // \* change shield color in posts differentiating admin and mod users\* // span.username { &.moderator .d-icon.d-icon-shield-alt { color: #d5b907; } &.admin .d-icon.d-icon-shield-alt { …
Maybe you could also grant a custom badge to the moderators of each category and use [Post Badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-badges/114722) to show that as an icon next to the username. Though, unlike the shield, which is only visible in the category where they are a moderator, the badge would be visible on all posts.
[Group flairs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-group-flair-on-member-avatars/82700) are also an option to highlight a group membership.
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/8 "2025-01-12T23:16:51Z")
So there _is_ a special class. In that case, you can probably use `::after` to add your own icon.
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/9 "2025-01-13T01:58:56Z")
I imagine you could likely use group flair as well with CSS to not display when not in their moderated category. Or maybe CSS to replace the mod should in their category?
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/10 "2025-01-13T06:35:50Z")
Hmm… yes, that’s a good idea. So it would appear that they are “normal” users when not in their category.
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### Author:  [@Turtle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Turtle)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/11 "2025-01-13T12:53:57Z")
Yeah, that’s what it does right now.
I did the css component and I just need the selector for the category moderators/a certain group would work as well.
But now the regular moderators have yellow and the admins have gray, and the category mods have shields only in their category- the goal is differentiate all three of them.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756/12 "2025-02-12T12:54:31Z")
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