The procedure for reordering categories as they appear on the landing page for logged in users, as set out in the documentation here , seems not to be working. I am unsure whether this is likely due to a recent beta update, or some related setting I recently and unwittingly played with, but would mu…

The landing page (/latest) for logged-in users always shows topics sorted by recent activity, not by category order or priority. If you want your preferred categories to appear first, you can switch the default landing page to something like /categories instead of /latest. That way, users will see y…

[image] jahan_gagan: The landing page (/latest) for logged-in users always shows topics sorted by recent activity, not by category order or priority. … except for me that doesn’t seem to be happening. Only old posts from the least important category are appearing on the first page - the post…

By any chance is your preferred category added under default categories muted in the site settings? If it’s muted, its posts won’t appear on /latest even when they’re newer. Could you please check and confirm?

[image] jahan_gagan: default categories muted thanks @jahan_gagan . By way of explaining my setup, in case this helps: The two categories in question are called ‘Architects Forum, and ‘Open Forum’, both of which are actually subcategories, each sitting within its own corresponding master ca…

[image] Paul_King: By far the most activity currently occurs within the ‘PRIVATE > Architects Forum’ subcategory, and it is thus the latest posts in this subcategory that I want to appear for logged in users by default. How are you testing this? Are you impersonating another user? Did you mak…

Not working for me. I have enabled fixed category positions and fixed category positions on create and have assigned numeric priorities such that my most preferred category appears above my less preferred category in the reorder categories dialog, and have clicked the save button. Closing and reop…

[image] Paul_King: still the less preferred category always displays first by default when the site is first opened Can you clarify where it displays first? On the /categories page? In the dropdown above the topic list? In the drop down in the composer? In all these places?

Hi @Moin The wrong category of posts appears first, by default when the site first opens. What is appearing first are the latest posts in my ‘Open Forum’ category, which is used quite infrequently. What should be appearing first are the latest posts in my ‘Architects Forum’ category, which is use…

So, it’s not about the order of categories as described in the guide above, but about which categories appear on the latest page? Did you also check with a test user? Is it the same for them? Then we know for sure the category is not accidentally muted for you. You can also check your tracking pref…

Topics from some categories do not appear on /latest

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chapoi December 2, 2025, 9:56am 6

How are you testing this? Are you impersonating another user? Did you make sure that user has access to the private category? It sounds a silly question, but could be an oversight?

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