To be clear - I have self-hosted instance installed on vps as per standard install 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 p…

i think this is the one you want [afbeelding] GitHub - discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed Contribute to discourse/discourse-categories-suppressed development by creating an account on GitHub.

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 visibl…

[afbeelding] Moin: 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 wi…

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 [image] It’s installed Learn more link leads to github with readme as follows discourse-categories…

search all site settings for “suppress” [IMG0079]

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

please select my first reply as the solution because it is more helpful given the question in the OP

[afbeelding] Andrew_Rowe: 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.

[afbeelding] Moin: 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?

[afbeelding] Moin: default_categories_muted [image]

i think the setting hides the category from categories page too. setting: [image] plugin: [image]

Exclude category from latest

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Lilly (Lillian ) 5 mei 2026 om 14:37 2

i think this is the one you want

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Exclude category from latest

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