Hi, We noticed that some of the very basic badges, like First Emoji, First post editor, First link and First flag haven’t been awarded, even though they’re enabled. What could be the issue? Thanks!

Are the posts in a public category? [image] Badges not granted in non public categories, despite "Allow granting of badges in this category" turned on feature It is not currently possible for badges to be granted based on private categories in Discourse. This is an intenti…

Users not getting badges

Support

Moin July 8, 2023, 9:01pm 3

Are the posts in a public category?

6 Likes

Topic		Replies	Views
Some badges are not granted even though they should be Support badges	4	98	October 26, 2025
Not receiving badges in restricted categories Support badges	2	408	April 29, 2023
Badges not being granted for restricted categories Support badges	31	3940	February 17, 2021
Badges not granted in non public categories, despite "Allow granting of badges in this category" turned on Feature badges	3	1148	August 17, 2020
Badges & Private Communities Feature badges	26	1674	February 13, 2026

Users not getting badges

Related topics