# Simplified category setup **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [February 3, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-category-setup/394971 "2026-02-03T15:11:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![loginerror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/loginerror/32/156605_2.png) [@loginerror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/loginerror)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-category-setup/394971/5 "2026-02-03T15:27:30Z")
It looks really nice; it’s a really nice quality of life change. I have a question about how others are creating categories, though. For me, I practically never create a category that will be public right away. This is because, by default, a new category contains this “About the category” topic that doesn’t have much in it and is mostly a placeholder for further changes. I only make the category public once that About the category topic is ready to go. Maybe it’s just my own flow, but I’m curious if anyone can relate to that. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-category-setup/394971)._