# Unable to save category settings made by plugins

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-save-category-settings-made-by-plugins/400699
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** events, restricted-replies
**Created:** [April 15, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-save-category-settings-made-by-plugins/400699 "2026-04-15T14:12:23Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-save-category-settings-made-by-plugins/400699/2 "2026-04-15T21:17:37Z")

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Yes, this is specifically a problem with formkit when `enable_simplified_category_creation` is enabled, plugins will need to migrate to use formkit and the new data structure.

there’s a working example of this in one of our core plugins, which was migrated here:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38752/changes](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38752/changes)

you can see how the form structure branches with ` {{#if this.siteSettings.enable_simplified_category_creation}}` and how the form if structured using formkit and data from `@outletArgs.form`. The old form structure is still there after `{{else}}` for legacy support.

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