# Invite to a members only topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-to-a-members-only-topic/322173>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 18, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-to-a-members-only-topic/322173 "2024-08-18T19:28:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-to-a-members-only-topic/322173/5 "2024-08-18T21:17:35Z")

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hmmm 🤔 I just successfully invited a test account to my own site into a new topic in a category they have permission to.

### Step 1: Secure category and create topic

 ![Screenshot 2024-08-18 at 2.07.10 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/5/b/95b66cc402d7763949c1eed629463712fe48f6c8.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot 2024-08-18 at 2.06.48 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/9/b/99bbef4acb11ab999966213d15f9a565da52dec1.png)

### Step 2: Create and send invite

 ![Screenshot 2024-08-18 at 2.09.14 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/c/9/ac9e9de7bdc69bcc27673dad4dfe36d1e501633e.png)

### Step 3: Receive invite and setup account

 ![Screenshot 2024-08-18 at 2.10.10 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/a/9/aa97e7932b415576ec5a2fba6bf2e9bbad9d3cef.png)

### Step 4: Arrive at secure topic

 ![Screenshot 2024-08-18 at 2.12.18 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/8/1/4816ee0211a29686bd88365f1dd8c21141f942f6.png)

Perhaps I am misunderstanding what you are wanting to do?

Edit: If you want it to just be a member’s only category, then you can add trust\_level\_0 to the permissions. But you need to specify a group that also has permissions in the group field of the invite for this to work:

 ![Screenshot 2024-08-18 at 2.49.00 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/5/4/854c6be3bcdb1cb2ac2c5c665f4ece920c95f871.png)

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