Make members of a group watch a category by default

I’m not sure what the cousins you’re referring to are, but the default categories watching setting doesn’t accomplish the OP’s goal:

I don’t just mean there’s no UI like that. AFAIK, the only way to get a specific group (not all users) to “watch” (or “watch first post” or whatever) a specific category – and to have that happen after the user has been created – is by using a plugin, such as the one I use.

I’d be happy to ditch this workaround, but I don’t see this functionality in core. Or have I missed something in a recent update?

5 Likes