# Is there a way to auto tag new posts in a category?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-auto-tag-new-posts-in-a-category/187793>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 22, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-auto-tag-new-posts-in-a-category/187793 "2021-04-22T16:47:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![jarrettgreen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jarrettgreen/32/217949_2.png) [@jarrettgreen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jarrettgreen)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-auto-tag-new-posts-in-a-category/187793/1 "2021-04-22T16:47:06Z")

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I’ve set up a “Bugs” topic, and I use tags to help me keep track of if I’ve reviewed them, confirmed them, fixed them, etc. etc. If I could have all new topics posted to that category tagged with ‘unconfirmed’ or something, that would be awesome. I poke around in settings and also on these threads but couldn’t find anything.

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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-auto-tag-new-posts-in-a-category/187793/2 "2021-04-22T17:00:11Z")

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I have a [broken plugin](https://github.com/pfaffman/discourse-topic-default-tag) that at one time allowed you to add a default tag to a category and have new topics be created with that tag. I’d probably do that differently now and think it’d take an hour or two to do it again, perhaps a bit more time with proper specs.

BUT, If you trust people to tag stuff and they can see the tags then you could create a tag group and require that a tag be included.

You could also use the assign plugin to assign stuff that you deemed a bug.

Here, a bug becomes a bug if a staff member ❤s it.