# Private category **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category/71836 **Category:** Support **Created:** [October 11, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category/71836 "2017-10-11T13:45:13Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david) #### Post date: [October 11, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category/71836/4 "2017-10-11T19:00:24Z")
If 100% privacy is not be required, you may be interested in this plugin: > [@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… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category/71836)._