# Plugin suggestion - Set "watching" as default for a specific category on user signup

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-suggestion-set-watching-as-default-for-a-specific-category-on-user-signup/31024>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 13, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-suggestion-set-watching-as-default-for-a-specific-category-on-user-signup/31024 "2015-07-13T17:58:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-suggestion-set-watching-as-default-for-a-specific-category-on-user-signup/31024/3 "2015-07-14T10:16:12Z")

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Can this be set recursively for a category?

What about when you’re setting up a new category? Can you set a default watching/tracking status then?

(If that’s the case then you can basically do it recursively as well, with a workaround: by creating a new category, set default to Watch, and then migrate an old category into that one).

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