# How do I show a topic description in category view?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-show-a-topic-description-in-category-view/115405>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [April 18, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-show-a-topic-description-in-category-view/115405 "2019-04-18T13:56:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 5

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-show-a-topic-description-in-category-view/115405/5 "2019-04-18T14:49:46Z")

</div>

This topic is pinned:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/f/1ff47b0d54a178bedea6818e2e3afaf419671576.png)

This topic is unpinned (for you) because it’s been read:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/c/0ce0aaf3bba7cc216cc18547b7cfdeabae158411.png)

We assume that if someone made it to the bottom of that topic they’ve seen it, so the description is no longer necessary on the topic list (and it becomes unpinned). You can disable this functionality by disabling the following settings (admin \> settings):

`automatically unpin topics`

`default topics automatic unpin`

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-show-a-topic-description-in-category-view/115405)._