# 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")
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### Author: ![Andrew\_Rowe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andrew_rowe/32/445877_2.png) [@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")

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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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