# Private Topics Plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-plugin/268646
**Category:** Plugin
**Created:** [June 16, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-plugin/268646 "2023-06-16T16:17:53Z")
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### Author: ![sjjh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@sjjh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjjh)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-plugin/268646/28 "2024-01-14T10:58:54Z")

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Thanks for the plugin @RGJ, it seems to fulfil [my needed feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-write-to-a-category-without-having-read-view-rights/). 🙂 Two issues I came across while testing it:

1. If I “open up” an existing category **A** (so far only accessible for group **A** ) by activating within the security settings the “enable private topics” checkbox and adding rights for another group **B** to be able to post their private topics, it seems, that all existing topics by other users of group **A** can be viewed by members of group **B**. So it seems, that the _private topic_ feature only works for topics created _after_ enabling of the plugin, but not for existing topics, created _before_ enabling the plugin. Can someone confirm this?  
My expected/wished working would be that also existing topics stay/get hidden for users of group **B** (as it works for new topics). Otherwise I’m not sure how to migrate.
2. While testing, I noticed that after having created a topic by a user belonging to group **A** (owner of the category), that for a user of group **B** the counter `New (1)` in the category view was shown. As the topic was (correctly) hidden to the user, this notification by the counter seems to be a bug and might irritate users.

discourse `3.2.0.beta5-dev (cef6aca6e5)`  
plugin `1.5.3 (709df2c)`

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