# 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: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-plugin/268646/97 "2026-02-27T10:36:08Z")

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> [@HamishWHC](#):
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> have a button that creates an individual topic as private

I’m afraid the performance implications would be very large, and it would be out of scope for this plugin.

EDIT

> [@HamishWHC](#):
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> but let students have the ability to mark them as private when they post them.

Use this plugin [Topic OP moderation Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-op-moderation-plugin/256222/)

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