# Option „Neue Kategorie“ in der Seitenleiste auch für Moderatoren anzeigen, die Kategorien verwalten dürfen

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-new-category-option-in-sidebar-also-for-moderators-allowed-to-manage-categories/395441
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** sidebar
**Created:** [7. Februar 2026 um 16:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-new-category-option-in-sidebar-also-for-moderators-allowed-to-manage-categories/395441 "2026-02-07T16:44:35Z")
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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [7. Februar 2026 um 21:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-new-category-option-in-sidebar-also-for-moderators-allowed-to-manage-categories/395441/2 "2026-02-07T21:58:12Z")

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Gut gemacht 👍

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/37624>
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> The sidebar "New category" action and the \`/new-category\` route were checking \`c…urrentUser.admin\` directly, which excluded moderators even when the \`moderators\_manage\_categories\` site setting was enabled.
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> This is inconsistent with the backend Guardian which already allows moderators to create categories when that setting is on.
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> Added \`can\_create\_category\` to \`CurrentUserSerializer\` (delegating to \`Guardian#can\_create\_category?\`) and updated the sidebar component and the new-category route to use it instead of manual role checks.
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> Ref - https://meta.discourse.org/t/395441

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