# Simplified category setup

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-category-setup/394971
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [February 3, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-category-setup/394971 "2026-02-03T15:11:01Z")
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### Author: ![lindsey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lindsey/32/318210_2.png) [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-category-setup/394971/10 "2026-02-04T14:06:26Z")

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> [@loginerror](#):
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> I only make the category public once that About the category topic is ready to go.

Interesting, makes a lot of sense, too. We can look into making that easier to accomplish from the category itself so you don’t have to go back-and-forth.

> [@sren-1](#):
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> In fact, all the important settings are now hidden by default.

This is helpful to know, thanks for sharing. When you are creating a category, what fields do you typically update?

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