# X Number of replies to a topic
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [12 oktober 2014 om 05:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052 "2014-10-12T05:54:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@SylarRuby](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SylarRuby)
#### Post date: [12 oktober 2014 om 05:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052/1 "2014-10-12T05:54:17Z")
Can you implement a way that only ‘x’ number of replies to a topic in a specific category?
Example: In Cars category, when someone creates a topic, an admin can set the maximum amount of replies to that topic.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [12 oktober 2014 om 10:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052/2 "2014-10-12T10:11:56Z")
We have no plans for this and it is the first time I have heard the request. Can you elaborate on why this would be necessary or useful? Provide a specific example?
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### Author:  [@SylarRuby](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SylarRuby)
#### Post date: [12 oktober 2014 om 10:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052/3 "2014-10-12T10:31:58Z")
I’m coming from vBulletin and they have this feature. My reason is to have a “Service Request” category where a user can request for jobs (post as topic for that matter). I want to control how many replies go to that topic.
Eg: You want to to have your lawn cut so you post a request (a topic). People who wants to do the job would reply with a brief description about their business. I want to limit the amount of response to that topic. If not possible then I would have to manually close that topic when it reaches x amount of replies but would love an automatic feature.
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [12 oktober 2014 om 18:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052/4 "2014-10-12T18:48:20Z")
A workaround you could use right now would be the “auto close after X days/hours” feature, which would probably get you similar results.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [12 oktober 2014 om 23:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052/5 "2014-10-12T23:20:23Z")
> [@downey](#):
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> A workaround you could use right now would be the “auto close after X days/hours” feature, which would probably get you similar results.
Yes, that’s what we do for our forum’s Job category and it seems to be working fine so far.
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### Author:  [@jjj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jjj)
#### Post date: [30 oktober 2016 om 15:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052/6 "2016-10-30T15:40:32Z")
We are looking for the same in the sales category. People use a reply to bump up their item for sale. We would like to limit the number of bumps (e.g. replies).
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4 december 2025 om 11:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052/7 "2025-12-04T11:32:28Z")