# \#category-experts **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/category-experts/385.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Category experts plugin crashes on merging users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-experts-plugin-crashes-on-merging-users/399785)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-experts-plugin-crashes-on-merging-users/399785 "2026-04-02T15:41:45Z")
When merging two users via command line, the merge failed because of a crash in the category experts plugin. Disabling the plugin prior to merging resolved the issue. rake aborted! ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid: Validatio… --- ## [Minor UX misalign when plugin involved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-ux-misalign-when-plugin-involved/393957)
**Author:** [@small-lovely-cat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/small-lovely-cat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-ux-misalign-when-plugin-involved/393957 "2026-01-21T07:08:17Z")
This misalign involves two officially maintained plugins: category-experts and follow. Notification button misalign When in PC view, and I endorsed a person, the “Normal” button failed to align, and Endorsed in x catego… --- ## [Discourse Category Experts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-category-experts/190814)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-category-experts/190814 "2025-08-17T22:54:26Z")
:discourse2: Summary Discourse Category Experts allows users to endorse each other as experts in specific categories. Category experts’ posts are decorated to highlight their expertise. :hammer\_and\_wrench: R… --- ## [Query Topics with Category Expert posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-topics-with-category-expert-posts/363020)
**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-topics-with-category-expert-posts/363020 "2025-04-22T18:32:25Z")
I haven’t been able to figure out how to do this—I feel I’ve exhausted my search ideas as well as help from SQL Helper and also feeding our db schema and discourse docs to a few other tools. Is this possible? --- ## [Deletion of "Feedback" fails due to unknown chat channel dependency?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-feedback-fails-due-to-unknown-chat-channel-dependency/353099)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-feedback-fails-due-to-unknown-chat-channel-dependency/353099 "2025-02-20T08:37:19Z")
I am trying to delete the pre-seeded “Feedback” category because we moved all topics to another category. But this fails with an error: --- ## [Can I differentiate between two expert groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-differentiate-between-two-expert-groups/311436)
**Author:** [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-differentiate-between-two-expert-groups/311436 "2024-06-06T13:45:30Z")
Is there a way to differentiate between two levels/types of experts? We currently use this plugin to flag when our experts (Ambassadors) have responded to a question. To spare you all the details, we are looking to creat… --- ## [Check box does not appear on profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-box-does-not-appear-on-profile/309460)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-box-does-not-appear-on-profile/309460 "2024-05-26T14:54:18Z")
Hi, the check mark on the Categories list does not display for me when trying to approve an expert from his profile: --- ## [How do the Category Experts endorsements work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-the-category-experts-endorsements-work/309459)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-the-category-experts-endorsements-work/309459 "2024-05-26T13:12:53Z")
Hi, by endorsing do you mean clicking on the thumbup icon? Or will the :heart: icon in the Discourse reactions be considered as an endorsement ? This point is not clear to me. Thanks. --- ## [Endorsing experts the easy way](https://meta.discourse.org/t/endorsing-experts-the-easy-way/309462)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/endorsing-experts-the-easy-way/309462 "2024-05-26T14:50:59Z")
Hi, I appreciate the One thing though, users are not aware of the way to endorse experts, my suggestion is to have an “Endorse” button under each contribution (first message or answer) in the \*categories designated as … --- ## [Endorsement Prompts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/endorsement-prompts/269092)
**Author:** [@justintime](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justintime)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/endorsement-prompts/269092 "2024-05-25T03:46:01Z")
I’ve added the category experts plugin to our Discourse instance, but it’s an uphill battle to get 400 people aware of the new feature and to take that extra step of clicking on someone else’s user profile and then click… --- ## [Is the green line under the Category Expert’s posts intended?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-green-line-under-the-category-expert-s-posts-intended/309457)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-green-line-under-the-category-expert-s-posts-intended/309457 "2024-05-24T18:09:47Z")
Not that it matters but I noticed a green horizontal line under my new article today, only under the one I am a category expert… Something linked to the Experts plugin? --- ## [Add more space after “close” or move the “Ask a category experts to respond” text to the right of the textarea](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-space-after-close-or-move-the-ask-a-category-experts-to-respond-text-to-the-right-of-the-textarea/306743)
**Author:** [@Diego\_Santos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Diego_Santos)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-space-after-close-or-move-the-ask-a-category-experts-to-respond-text-to-the-right-of-the-textarea/306743 "2024-05-17T18:01:16Z")
I loved this. So far, I am just facing this little visual problem. Maybe there should be a little bit more space after “close” or move the “Ask a category experts to respond” text to the all right of the textarea. --- ## [Missing translation in Endorsement reviewable, and checkbox not changing state in Endorse User modal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-translation-in-endorsement-reviewable-and-checkbox-not-changing-state-in-endorse-user-modal/297204)
**Author:** [@lava](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lava)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-translation-in-endorsement-reviewable-and-checkbox-not-changing-state-in-endorse-user-modal/297204 "2024-05-14T14:56:39Z")
Hello Discourse Support Team, I’m a fan of the Discourse forum platform and have been enjoying its features. Recently, I decided to explore the discourse-category-experts plugin, but I’ve encountered two significant iss… --- ## [Which Discourse hosting plan includes Category Experts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-discourse-hosting-plan-includes-category-experts/309458)
**Author:** [@Gavin\_Hudson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gavin_Hudson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-discourse-hosting-plan-includes-category-experts/309458 "2024-05-04T16:51:46Z")
How can I tell which tier of plugin this is? The plugin directory lists basic, pro, business, and enterprise plugins. It doesn’t list most of the plugins available for Discourse forums, but I also don’t see where each pl… --- ## [Restrict "Ask a category expert to respond" to specific groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-ask-a-category-expert-to-respond-to-specific-groups/272677)
**Author:** [@anon36484860](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36484860)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-ask-a-category-expert-to-respond-to-specific-groups/272677 "2023-07-25T01:52:42Z")
Is there any way to restrict the functionality to ask a category expert in the new topic composer to a specific group (not just trust level, but a custom group). --- ## [Add dropdown for different leaderboards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-dropdown-for-different-leaderboards/271887)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-dropdown-for-different-leaderboards/271887 "2023-07-17T19:19:28Z")
Hi, You can create different leaderboards however to get to them you have to do this: https://meta.discourse.org/leaderboard https://meta.discourse.org/leaderboard/2 https://meta.discourse.org/leaderboard/3 and so f… --- ## [Add setting to include/exclude OP when adding Expert highlighting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-include-exclude-op-when-adding-expert-highlighting/268169)
**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-include-exclude-op-when-adding-expert-highlighting/268169 "2023-06-13T13:44:44Z")
This is a great plugin, and something that has aided our community quite well! Something that isn’t quite right, in my opinion, is that if the original poster of a new topic of listed a user group under the category expe… --- ## [Category Expert Endorsement Function](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-expert-endorsement-function/230409)
**Author:** [@sujato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sujato)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-expert-endorsement-function/230409 "2022-06-19T08:38:34Z")
Hi, we’re thinking of adding this plugin. I’m a bit unclear about this step: so when the endorsements reach a threshold, they’re added to a list for review by … site admins? moderators? What I’d like is to have a peer…