# Exclude category from latest
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 5, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209 "2026-05-05T14:31:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/1 "2026-05-05T14:31:34Z")
To be clear - I have self-hosted instance installed on vps as per [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true)
I would like to exclude a category from appearing in the latest topic list site wide for all users, not a setting per individual users preference.
Use case: I have a category which will get a least one topic added per day. Only the most recent topic will be of any interest to any user. These daily post will clutter the topic list and cause more relevant (to the forum itself) or important topics to be pushed down the topic list and out of the view of casual users.
I have found an old topic related to this subject
> [@Suppress category from latest topics gone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-category-from-latest-topics-gone/133894):
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> Hi Discourse Team, with one of a recent upgrade it seems the category setting Suppress category from latest topics Is missing and I can’t find in the release notes, that this was intentional? Here is the latest information I’ve found from @jomaxro[https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-category-from-latest/86023/4?u=b-iggy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-category-from-latest/86023/4) This was a very important setting for me. Can you please verify? Thanks
I have found this plugin by communiteq from 7 years ago, does it still work?
> **[GitHub - communiteq/discourse-suppress-category-from-latest](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-suppress-category-from-latest)**
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> Contribute to communiteq/discourse-suppress-category-from-latest development by creating an account on GitHub.
In a perfect world my ultimate version of such a feature would show only the most recent topic from a category of my choosing in the latest topic list
Did I miss something obvious?
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/2 "2026-05-05T14:37:42Z")
i think this is the one you want
> **[GitHub - discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed)**
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> Contribute to discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed development by creating an account on GitHub.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/3 "2026-05-05T14:46:31Z")
I think here on Meta #News and Events > Forum summaries is muted by default\[1\], which hides the topics for everyone who hasn’t changed this in their preferences or changed the tracking status of the individual topics. Visitors can see the topics by visiting the category, but the topics are not visible in latest
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1. by the `default_categories_muted` site setting
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/4 "2026-05-05T14:52:58Z")
> [@Moin](#):
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> Visitors can see the topics by visiting the category, but the topics are not visible in latest
I like that, it would be perfect for my use case
If a user wants to see all the topics they can look in the category
Thanks Lilly, I will try your solution and if it works, I will mark your reply as the solution
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/5 "2026-05-05T16:55:15Z")
Sorry for super dumb question, usually it is right in front of my face but how do I use this plugin? I went to category setting, tapped advance settings can’t find anything
Went to Admin\> plugins
It’s installed
Learn more link leads to github with readme as follows
# **discourse-categories-suppressed**
Suppress categories from latest topics page.
like I said, usually it is right in front of me and I’m blind 🙄
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/6 "2026-05-05T16:56:15Z")
search all site settings for “suppress”
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/7 "2026-05-05T17:09:46Z")
Thank you and I can report this works perfectly in the latest page and in the topics listed on the category page as well.
Thank you Lilly
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/8 "2026-05-05T17:12:54Z")
please select my first reply as the solution because it is more helpful given the question in the OP
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/9 "2026-05-05T17:16:02Z")
> [@Andrew\_Rowe](#):
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> I like that, it would be perfect for my use case
Have you tried the site setting too? I’m curious to know what advantages the plugin has over the site setting.
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/10 "2026-05-05T17:20:22Z")
> [@Moin](#):
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> Have you tried the site setting too? I’m curious to know what advantages the plugin has over the site setting.
sorry… I don’t follow, I couldn’t find such a site setting
did I miss something?
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/11 "2026-05-05T17:23:41Z")
> [@Moin](#):
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> `default_categories_muted`
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/12 "2026-05-05T17:23:49Z")
i think the setting hides the category from categories page too.
setting:
plugin:
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/13 "2026-05-05T17:25:25Z")
I can see them at the bottom
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/14 "2026-05-05T19:29:10Z")
> [@Moin](#):
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> default\_categories\_muted
Thank you Moin I did not know about this setting. I tested it and just as Lilly describes, the category gets removed from the list of categories. I made a test topic in the category I had set in default\_categories\_muted and it shows in the topic list on both the latest page and also in the topic list on the right side next to the list of categories on the category page.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/15 "2026-05-05T19:38:01Z")
> [@Andrew\_Rowe](#):
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> I made a test topic in the category I had set in default\_categories\_muted and it shows in the topic list on both the latest page and also in the topic list on the right side next to the list of categories on the category page.
Were you watching the topic because you created it? Or did it show in latest for a test user - even though the category was muted for them? I cannot reproduce that.
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/16 "2026-05-05T20:14:36Z")
> [@Moin](#):
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> did it show in latest for a test user
no
I logged out and the topic is invisible
as a test user the topic is invisible
if I search as either, I can find the category and the topic
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### Author:  [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/17 "2026-05-29T17:07:25Z")
> [@Lilly](#):
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> i think the setting hides the category from categories page too.
Yes, it does, mute is a bit overkill".
Does this setting not exist anymore?:
“ **Suppress category from latest topics** ”
It seems that would be easier?
I found this discussion also:
> [@Suppress category from latest topics gone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-category-from-latest-topics-gone/133894/101):
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> Thank you so much for stepping in so quickly, @RGJ! I feel a bit silly now to say on [https://community.hiveeyes.org/](https://community.hiveeyes.org/), even after activating the plugin within settings, we don’t see the option at the place within the category settings where it was before: Did we miss something here or might there be something wrong with our instance of Discourse? We are running 2.4.0.beta8.
and this additional plugin:
> **[GitHub - communiteq/discourse-suppress-category-from-latest](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-suppress-category-from-latest)**
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> Contribute to communiteq/discourse-suppress-category-from-latest development by creating an account on GitHub.
Will try this one:
> **[GitHub - discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed)**
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> Contribute to discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed development by creating an account on GitHub.
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/18 "2026-05-29T17:08:30Z")
i think only staff can see muted categories on categories page. suppressed are viewable by non-staff in their regular place.
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### Author:  [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/19 "2026-05-29T17:11:15Z")
Just to confirm, the official response/plugin to this:
> [@Suppress category from latest topics gone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-category-from-latest-topics-gone/133894/94):
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> I already said we will make a plugin, expect one by the end of Jan, if you need it faster if you are our customer contact our support if you are not feel free to open a #marketplace topic I do not expect us to ship an anti user feature in core, just cause I speak French it does not make me a second class user, I should be allowed to see French in my home page
Is this one yes?
> **[GitHub - discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed)**
>
> Contribute to discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed development by creating an account on GitHub.
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/20 "2026-05-29T17:14:06Z")
I used the one Lilly linked here
> [@Exclude category from latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/2):
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> i think this is the one you want
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