# Only register users can see more
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [9 januari 2017 om 17:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424 "2017-01-09T17:47:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)
#### Post date: [9 januari 2017 om 17:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/1 "2017-01-09T17:47:10Z")
Hello,
At this moment i have a completely closed forum. I like to make it more open.
Everyone can see all the topic titles, but only registered users can see the whole topic and replies.
And if it is possible only users thats post in a certain topic( introduce yourself) first can reply on all topics
Please let me know if this is possible.
Kind regards,
Patrick
---
### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [9 januari 2017 om 23:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/2 "2017-01-09T23:51:23Z")
Category permissions are post, reply, read.
There’s not a way to let people see titles but not the posts.
You can configure a category so that people can post, but not reply, but you can’t configure it such that they can post, but reply only after posting (unless, perhaps you created a badge that was awarded when people posted and then that badge was used to assign people to a group).
I think that what you want is to allow people to read without registration, but require them to get an account to be able to post. Sure you’ll be “giving away” your valuable posts for free, but many people won’t want to register until they know that there is enough content to make it worth their time.
---
### Author:  [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)
#### Post date: [16 maart 2017 om 18:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/3 "2017-03-16T18:41:55Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
>
> I think that what you want is to allow people to read without registration, but require them to get an account to be able to post. Sure you’ll be “giving away” your valuable posts for free, but many people won’t want to register until they know that there is enough content to make it worth their time.
Yes, thats what i want. I want to tease them a little bit 😉
---
### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [16 maart 2017 om 20:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/4 "2017-03-16T20:58:14Z")
Actually, that’s the default. Just turn off the “make them log in” setting.
---
### Author:  [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)
#### Post date: [16 maart 2017 om 21:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/5 "2017-03-16T21:20:37Z")
sorry, i want them only to see the first post of each topic and not the whole topic.
---
### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [16 maart 2017 om 21:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/6 "2017-03-16T21:25:18Z")
Oh. Sorry. I missed that. That’d require a plugin. Or be impossible.
Discourse encourages people to register with messages about how it’ll remember what they’ve read and such. In my experience, even being able to “like” stuff that I’ve seen is impetus to log in. I will almost never log in to a site where I can’t see anything.
---
### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [16 maart 2017 om 21:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/7 "2017-03-16T21:28:11Z")
Easiest way is to use CSS, I believe there is an example somewhere on this forum, but you would do something like
```plaintext
.anon .post-stream .topic-post:not(:first-child) { display:none; }
.anon .post-stream .small-action { display:none; }
```
---
### Author:  [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)
#### Post date: [16 maart 2017 om 21:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/9 "2017-03-16T21:35:49Z")
no problem.
We have a Private Community for experienced store owners. All members are required to own or work for a 5 or 6 figure store to join.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [15 mei 2019 om 06:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/10 "2019-05-15T06:54:01Z")
---
### Author:  [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)
#### Post date: [18 juli 2019 om 18:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/11 "2019-07-18T18:21:04Z")
Is this still not possible ?
---
### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [18 juli 2019 om 18:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/12 "2019-07-18T18:57:28Z")
This is not on our roadmap, and frankly, I think it [never](http://overmind.ro/DK/EE.html) [will](http://rustyrazorblade.com/post/2007/experts-exchange-should-be-removed-from-google-search-results/).
You can put a proposal+budget on #Marketplace for a custom plugin.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [10 januari 2023 om 13:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/13 "2023-01-10T13:59:50Z")
---
### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [10 januari 2023 om 14:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/14 "2023-01-10T14:38:35Z")
I think this is possible now with something like [Guest Gate Theme Component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guest-gate-theme-component/225107)?
---
### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [10 januari 2023 om 14:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/15 "2023-01-10T14:38:45Z")
You have two options to achieve this now:
> [@Discourse Category Lockdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advertise-activity-in-a-private-category-discourse-category-lockdown/70649):
>
> This plugin allows you to restrict access to topic pages in a category. Topic titles will still show up in topic lists, search, user activity & digest emails. This is a great way to advertise the activity in a “members-only” category, which may charge for access. It IS NOT designed to keep the contents of the category 100% private - if someone is determined enough they will be able to piece together the content from search results. Each category has a couple of new settings in the Security tab…
and
> [@Category Previews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-previews/155296/7):
>
> Hmm, I’m not getting the same behavior. I just tried running through the demo steps and everything appears to be working properly: Just to be clear, the demo on our theme-creator site is just a demonstration of a use-case. You will need to install it on your own site using the installation steps at the end of the OP.
The first will show the categories and their topics, but access to the topics is still restricted.
The latter lets you show the private categories alongside those a user can normally access, but they cannot see topics or their contents.
If you’re a hosted customer I would recommend the latter as it’s a theme component and a straightforward install. If not then consider the plugin, but only if the topic titles in your private categories aren’t sensitive.
---
### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [10 januari 2023 om 14:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-register-users-can-see-more/55424/16 "2023-01-10T14:51:57Z")