# Feature allowing a Private Category to be seen, but topics remain hidden

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-allowing-a-private-category-to-be-seen-but-topics-remain-hidden/21429>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [10월 22, 2014, 6:34오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-allowing-a-private-category-to-be-seen-but-topics-remain-hidden/21429 "2014-10-22T18:34:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![rilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rilla/32/121738_2.png) [@rilla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rilla)\
**Post date:** [6월 5, 2016, 11:52오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-allowing-a-private-category-to-be-seen-but-topics-remain-hidden/21429/8 "2016-06-05T11:52:22Z")

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I’ve put together a plugin that addresses this in case someone is still interested. It’s probably full of ugly hacks but it does the job for the time being. Comments and PRs are super-welcome.

[https://github.com/rilla/discourse-show-private-categories](https://github.com/rilla/discourse-show-private-categories)

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