# Option to hide 3rd level categories on the categories homepage without losing the layout

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-hide-3rd-level-categories-on-the-categories-homepage-without-losing-the-layout/410242
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** categories
**Created:** [August 17, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-hide-3rd-level-categories-on-the-categories-homepage-without-losing-the-layout/410242 "2026-08-17T17:41:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 5

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-hide-3rd-level-categories-on-the-categories-homepage-without-losing-the-layout/410242/5 "2026-08-27T16:55:39Z")

</div>

Yes, the order will remain the same… this is essentially a supported way to override `isGrandParent`

Here’s a before/after from my test site

 ![general, home and living, furniture, resources](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/a/1/aa106f801cd07ed3eb130d1a37802e3a226400bc.png) ![general, home and living, resources](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/2/c/42c86d1099b0c61ec6fbaa0e212a249144944b76.png)

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-hide-3rd-level-categories-on-the-categories-homepage-without-losing-the-layout/410242)._