This is like a #feature - Development topic, not sure which one it should be in. Is there a way to modify site settings in a plugin? I’m 99% sure there isn’t, but I’d just like to confirm that. If there isn’t, can I put forward a suggestion to not make it immutable? Or perhaps, having some API or…

Although that is perfectly possible from a technical point of view, I think the approach would be over complicated, especially since “at the start” is hard to define/detect, and you want to avoid that the plugin keeps adding B back after the site admin removed it. Also, when a new private category i…

Static pages sync: Allowing specific private categories to be synced

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Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 3 - Add custom site settings Developer Guides plugin-guides , tutorial	39	23895	March 15, 2025
Discourse Category Lockdown Plugin pavilion	114	13652	May 31, 2026
Pre-Seeded Site Feedback Category - Allow Modifying Security Rules Feature	15	1267	July 31, 2020
Private Topics Plugin Plugin	104	5954	April 22, 2026
Exclude category from latest Support	28	210	May 29, 2026

Static pages sync: Allowing specific private categories to be synced

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