# Force users to watch a category?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-users-to-watch-a-category/35176
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [November 2, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-users-to-watch-a-category/35176 "2015-11-02T11:34:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@bussiere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bussiere)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-users-to-watch-a-category/35176/1 "2015-11-02T11:34:54Z")
Is there a way to forces multiples users or make a bulk of user to susbscrive to a specific category ?
regards and thanks
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-users-to-watch-a-category/35176/2 "2015-11-02T14:48:07Z")
You may be looking for this plugin:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse-watch-category-mcneel](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-watch-category-mcneel)
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Closing this topic in favor of:
> [@Make members of a group watch a category by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-members-of-a-group-watch-a-category-by-default/22127):
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> We have a private category, limited to a particular opt-in group of Discourse members for our organization. Say it’s “staff” – it’s not actually, but it’s along those lines. I want to make sure that all staff receive prompt notifications of discussions in that private category. We encourage them to set their category settings to “watching” but I don’t think many of them have. Under the category’s security settings, when I say “staff can create/reply/see” I’d love it if there were a way to sa…
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-users-to-watch-a-category/35176/3 "2015-11-02T14:48:15Z")