# Enforcing tagging

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/enforcing-tagging/250678
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 4, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enforcing-tagging/250678 "2023-01-04T10:53:03Z")
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### Author: ![TrueG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@TrueG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TrueG)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enforcing-tagging/250678/1 "2023-01-04T10:53:03Z")

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Is there an option to enforce the users to select tags in order to write a new post?  
Currently, it is optional. However, we need this functionality.

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### Author: ![icaria36](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/icaria36/32/426431_2.png) [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enforcing-tagging/250678/2 "2023-01-04T10:57:27Z")

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You can require tags at the category level. Go to the category settings and find `Minimum number of tags required in a topic`. There is also an entire section for Tags in the category settings for more detailed rquirements.

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### Author: ![TrueG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@TrueG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TrueG)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enforcing-tagging/250678/3 "2023-01-04T11:11:34Z")

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Thanks for the comment!  
However, it seems that there is no such option `"minimum number of tags required in a topic"` on our dashboard. Do we have to ask Discourse to enable the option?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/a/3/9a3337936d12c6a2e0145c865faed4c435c26887.png)

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enforcing-tagging/250678/4 "2023-01-04T11:14:37Z")

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Hello and welcome @TrueG 🙂

You can find that particular option on the Settings tab:

 ![Untitled](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/1/6/8168b979aed264ba18d1820ac4f6ef2bba1780b6.png)

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### Author: ![TrueG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@TrueG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TrueG)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enforcing-tagging/250678/6 "2023-01-04T11:20:08Z")

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Perfect! Thak you for the help 🙂

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enforcing-tagging/250678/10 "2023-01-20T09:38:31Z")

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We had a look at this and we thought that it was a little counter-intuitive to have that one tag setting not on the Tags tab so have moved it over. 🥳

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/19789](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/19789)

From now on you can find that setting here: 👍

 ![minimum number of tags required in a topic](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/0/3/70360343fd340f211b77f2f10400a331dd3b5ca7.png)

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enforcing-tagging/250678/11 "2023-02-19T09:38:56Z")

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