# "Required" category of a tag not showing up under "category ..." dropdown

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-category-of-a-tag-not-showing-up-under-category-dropdown/313410>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** tag-banners\
**Created:** [June 24, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-category-of-a-tag-not-showing-up-under-category-dropdown/313410 "2024-06-24T17:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ncaming215](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ncaming215/32/205701_2.png) [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-category-of-a-tag-not-showing-up-under-category-dropdown/313410/1 "2024-06-24T17:05:02Z")

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Alright, so I’m at my wit’s end. At this point, I’m really hoping I’m missing the obvious.

Setup: I have multiple categories, and each category has a required Tag group. Easy enough, right? You’d think.

Problem: When creating a new topic from the homepage, all category options surface in the composer—as expected. Beautiful! But when you click into a tag (i.e. navigate to /tag/tag-name), and attempt to compose a new post from that page, all categories surface— **except, ironically, the category that has set that particular tag among its requirements.**

This has perplexed me. I thought maybe it was a muting issue, but I’ve disabled that, along with all plug-ins, and the problem persists.

Send Helps.  
Admin screenshot:

 ![Screenshot 2024-06-24 at 12.56.48 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/8/7/187194c278534bd3c3be0fc61e4e4c23ee5127ae.png)

Nope:

 ![Screenshot 2024-06-24 at 12.57.08 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/a/b/8abb40a4f252683cd60b2400c624968d32b84649.png)

(And yes, “Lions” is in the NFL tag group)

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**Author:** ![ncaming215](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ncaming215/32/205701_2.png) [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-category-of-a-tag-not-showing-up-under-category-dropdown/313410/2 "2024-06-24T17:11:34Z")

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BTW, you guys can test this for yourselves here: [thedenforum.com/tag/lions](http://thedenforum.com/tag/lions)

You can see ‘lions’ in the NFL tag group here: [The Den](http://thedenforum.com/tags)

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**Author:** ![ncaming215](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ncaming215/32/205701_2.png) [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-category-of-a-tag-not-showing-up-under-category-dropdown/313410/3 "2024-06-24T18:05:40Z")

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Update: the absolute geniuses at @RGJ / communiteq were able to resolve by disabling the #Customization > Theme component `discourse-tag-banners`.