Is there any way to restrict users to post anything containing specified inappropriate words in a specific category only. Ex. We have set up two categories A and B. Now we want to restrict the users to post anything containing “xyz” (example). in category A only although users should be able to pos…

Believe this may be global. You might need to create a plugin to “excuse” certain categories. [image] Watched Words Reference Guide Site Management bookmark This is a reference guide for describing how the Watched Words page functions and the different types …

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Thanks @Lhc_fl , Since i am new to discourse so unable to understand how to create custom plugin or add our feature into any existing plugin. So could you please elaborate on that how exactly i can get my issue resolved.

Related feature request: https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-tagging-enable-by-category/255620?u=mattdm

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Restrict users to post certain words per category

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merefield (Robert) February 17, 2023, 8:26am 2

Believe this may be global. You might need to create a plugin to “excuse” certain categories.

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Restrict users to post certain words per category

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