# Make a "locked" category visible (on the list of choices) to non-members?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-locked-category-visible-on-the-list-of-choices-to-non-members/54276>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 15, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-locked-category-visible-on-the-list-of-choices-to-non-members/54276 "2016-12-15T00:45:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-locked-category-visible-on-the-list-of-choices-to-non-members/54276/3 "2016-12-15T05:32:41Z")

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> [@bholst](#):
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> I want the category to show on the list, but I don’t want them to be able to view the contents. Is that even possible at this point?

Nope, I am afraid this is not possible, it would require a non-trivial custom plugin.

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