# \#category-moderators **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/category-moderators/506.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Allow moderators to see replies to “revise post”s](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-see-replies-to-revise-post-s/296592)
**Author:** [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-see-replies-to-revise-post-s/296592 "2026-09-16T20:37:07Z")
Good afternoon all, I think it would be great for moderators to be able to see replies made by users to their “revise post” PMs. This could be specifically helpful to allow further insight and conversation into why exa… --- ## [Category Moderators may receive incorrect number of pending reviews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-may-receive-incorrect-number-of-pending-reviews/409494)
**Author:** [@small-lovely-cat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/small-lovely-cat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-may-receive-incorrect-number-of-pending-reviews/409494 "2026-08-07T02:33:01Z")
This bug maybe related to the poll (notification push), when staffs deal with a review, it will push a notification containing the number of pending reviews remain to all the moderators. However, category moderators can… --- ## [FIX: Make edit history viewable for category moderators in the certain catergory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-make-edit-history-viewable-for-category-moderators-in-the-certain-catergory/393037)
**Author:** [@small-lovely-cat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/small-lovely-cat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-make-edit-history-viewable-for-category-moderators-in-the-certain-catergory/393037 "2026-07-21T14:16:37Z")
When category moderators use review panel and encounters an edited topic/post, the clicking on the edit-history button will result in a dialog showing invalid\_access. This commit allows category moderators to view th… --- ## [Moderator by category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderateur-par-categorie/406961)
**Author:** [@Mireille\_Coilhac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mireille_Coilhac)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderateur-par-categorie/406961 "2026-07-08T08:34:33Z")
Hello, I am a Discourse forum administrator, but I can’t find out how to appoint moderators for specific categories only, rather than for the entire forum. Thank you very much. --- ## [Allow Category Moderators to change ownership of posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-change-ownership-of-posts/246052)
**Author:** [@meiadeleite](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meiadeleite)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-change-ownership-of-posts/246052 "2026-06-14T04:20:36Z")
Could I suggest an improvement for this feature? We would like to see category moderators have the ability to change ownership of posts within their own category (like other moderators have for the whole forum). At the … --- ## [Can category moderators be prevented from reviewing flags on their own posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-category-moderators-be-prevented-from-reviewing-flags-on-their-own-posts/403661)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-category-moderators-be-prevented-from-reviewing-flags-on-their-own-posts/403661 "2026-05-24T14:26:23Z")
I’m trying to understand the intended behaviour and available flexibility around category moderators and the review queue. From previous Meta posts, my understanding is that category moderators can review flags in categ… --- ## [Split “delete all posts and topics allowed groups” into own-content and global-content permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-delete-all-posts-and-topics-allowed-groups-into-own-content-and-global-content-permissions/403671)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-delete-all-posts-and-topics-allowed-groups-into-own-content-and-global-content-permissions/403671 "2026-05-23T08:43:01Z")
I would like to suggest splitting the delete all posts and topics allowed groups setting into narrower permissions. At the moment, the setting is broad: it allows selected groups to delete posts and topics created by ot… --- ## [Category moderation and trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderation-and-trust-levels/258867)
**Author:** [@jonaskay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jonaskay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderation-and-trust-levels/258867 "2026-04-15T08:27:33Z")
If I require moderator approval for a specific category, all posts from all trust levels will get moderated. It would be helpful if you could set which trust levels can skip this approval process to reduce the work for … --- ## [Allow category moderators to create subcategories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-create-subcategories/280203)
**Author:** [@jrack](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrack)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-create-subcategories/280203 "2026-04-12T05:47:41Z")
So this definitely ticks a lot of my boxes on delegating moderation activities where Categories will have a defined scope (eg global Mod role could have issues). The only item we had remaining on the wish list is for th… --- ## [Single category moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/single-category-moderation/400401)
**Author:** [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/single-category-moderation/400401 "2026-04-10T14:38:53Z")
How do I allow a group to moderate a new category? I found this: …but I don’t see the options Ahh is it this in category settings?: Edit: Also, does this mean every member of the group can now moderate topics in t… --- ## [Insights raise error for Category Moderators on report page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insights-raise-error-for-category-moderators-on-report-page/392975)
**Author:** [@Steradiant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steradiant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insights-raise-error-for-category-moderators-on-report-page/392975 "2026-02-19T11:44:08Z")
Whenever a category moderator visits the report page and chooses the “insights” page, they get an error message, associated with an error 404 calling /admin/users/12.json in the background. They nonetheless see user info… --- ## [Group Based Category Moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-based-category-moderation/396462)
**Author:** [@canbekcan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/canbekcan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-based-category-moderation/396462 "2026-02-19T08:27:51Z")
I am having trouble defining the group as a category moderator. ▶ Screen Shots I checked other topics but I could not find the solution. --- ## [Category moderation is not listed as group permission](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderation-is-not-listed-as-group-permission/258108)
**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderation-is-not-listed-as-group-permission/258108 "2026-02-13T12:33:41Z")
It seems that a group being assigned as category moderators doesn’t show up on that group’s Permissions tab. I’d expect it would show up here: --- ## [Category Moderators can not turn topics into wikis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-can-not-turn-topics-into-wikis/382239)
**Author:** [@Steradiant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steradiant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-can-not-turn-topics-into-wikis/382239 "2026-01-27T16:00:32Z")
It seems that category moderators may no longer turn a post into a wiki post if the global edit time limit has been exceeded, even though they can still edit the post due to their category moderator rights. This seems of… --- ## [FIX: review-insights have a 404 dialog for category moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-review-insights-have-a-404-dialog-for-category-moderators/392682)
**Author:** [@small-lovely-cat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/small-lovely-cat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-review-insights-have-a-404-dialog-for-category-moderators/392682 "2026-01-06T07:16:37Z")
When adding a user as the category moderator(not moderator or admin), the user wasn’t grant the staff permission. And when they moderate reviews(/review), the insights page will bump An error occurred: Page Not Found。 T… --- ## [Help with setting up category moderators on my site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-setting-up-category-moderators-on-my-site/388900)
**Author:** [@CoffeeGoddess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CoffeeGoddess)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-setting-up-category-moderators-on-my-site/388900 "2025-12-03T19:58:52Z")
Any word on this? My company is looking to use Discourse but I need to show them a proof of concept with the beta version I currently have access to. I do see that this only works in non-beta versions right now though… … --- ## [Allow category moderators to manage sub-categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-manage-sub-categories/230222)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-manage-sub-categories/230222 "2025-11-24T14:27:52Z")
Now that Discourse for Teams is starting to attract larger teams, it would be useful to be able to assign category moderators who can do all of the things they can do already plus be able to create and manage sub-categor… --- ## [Allow category moderators to edit their own category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-edit-their-own-category/384266)
**Author:** [@Steradiant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steradiant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-edit-their-own-category/384266 "2025-09-29T12:01:52Z")
A lot of settings at categories are pretty useful for fine-tuning the category, in particular modifying the template for new posts or a lot of the specific settings on posting, appearance and moderation. It would be nic… --- ## [Allow to designate owners of a group as category moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-designate-owners-of-a-group-as-category-moderators/382445)
**Author:** [@Steradiant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steradiant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-designate-owners-of-a-group-as-category-moderators/382445 "2025-09-13T03:49:20Z")
I think this would be a nice addition to reduce the number of groups to maintain. --- ## [Can a category moderator view the edit category button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-a-category-moderator-view-the-edit-category-button/375811)
**Author:** [@Soumya\_Ranjan\_Mishra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Soumya_Ranjan_Mishra)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-a-category-moderator-view-the-edit-category-button/375811 "2025-07-25T13:41:55Z")
Can a category moderator view the edit category button Given scenario:- User has normal user rights in discourse, no discourse Moderator/Admin rights. --- ## [Add customisable moderator help links to review item pages and review queue page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-customisable-moderator-help-links-to-review-item-pages-and-review-queue-page/375408)
**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-customisable-moderator-help-links-to-review-item-pages-and-review-queue-page/375408 "2025-07-23T10:22:22Z")
When the ‘Reviewable UI refresh’ site setting is enabled (/admin/site\_settings/category/all\_results?filter=Reviewable%20UI%20refresh) some links are displayed at the bottom of the right hand sidebar on the review item pa… --- ## [General Question About Saved Replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/general-question-about-saved-replies/371156)
**Author:** [@Rubi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rubi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/general-question-about-saved-replies/371156 "2025-06-21T13:59:47Z")
My understanding is that the deprecated canned replies was replaced by templates including an option called Saved Replies? can templates be restricted to a particular group, for example moderators, and where do we find… --- ## [Allow category moderators to move topics to a category they moderate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-move-topics-to-a-category-they-moderate/356805)
**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-move-topics-to-a-category-they-moderate/356805 "2025-03-11T15:29:30Z")
Currently if a category moderator tries to move a topic to a category that requires approval/review of new topics, but with the category being one that they themselves are the moderators of (and thus, do the topic review… --- ## [Category moderators unable to set topic timer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-unable-to-set-topic-timer/352977)
**Author:** [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-unable-to-set-topic-timer/352977 "2025-02-18T23:32:43Z")
We are trying to give category moderators the ability to schedule topic timers, but they can’t see it for some reason. This Discourse topic made me think that category moderator privileges would be sufficient for this, … --- ## [How can I add category specific moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-category-specific-moderators/350176)
**Author:** [@Maduka\_Dilshan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maduka_Dilshan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-category-specific-moderators/350176 "2025-02-03T02:52:59Z")
Hi there, im trying to add category specific moderators but unable to find the settings to do so. For example, in this post the op ask about some setting which i cannot find in my discourse. What are all the things a ca… --- ## [Enabling Category Moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756)
**Author:** [@Turtle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Turtle)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-category-moderation/346756 "2025-01-13T12:53:57Z")
Hey there, I know there might be a topic about this but I couldn’t find it, and I’m pretty new to being a Discourse admin so it’s kind of hard to figure out. Basically, we need a moderator for each category with the mod… --- ## [Category moderators deleting posts doesn't send a PM to the author](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-deleting-posts-doesnt-send-a-pm-to-the-author/346675)
**Author:** [@MatthewL246](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MatthewL246)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-deleting-posts-doesnt-send-a-pm-to-the-author/346675 "2025-01-11T19:11:13Z")
The issue When a sitewide moderator deletes a flagged post in the review queue, @system sends the author of the flagged post a PM explaining that the post was removed. However, when a category moderator reviews a flagged… --- ## [Ability to set more than one group category moderator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-more-than-one-group-category-moderator/243290)
**Author:** [@clazmama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clazmama)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-more-than-one-group-category-moderator/243290 "2024-10-04T13:54:24Z")
As of right now, you can only assign one group category moderator per category. I would like the ability to set more than one category moderator for a category. --- ## [Review queue displays translation missing button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/review-queue-displays-translation-missing-button/327651)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/review-queue-displays-translation-missing-button/327651 "2024-09-23T16:29:37Z")
I noticed a “Translation missing: en” button in the review queue. My steps: Configure a watched word: Set up a watched word that requires approval, such as “approval”. Prepare a test user: Log in as a user who has … --- ## [Allowing category moderators to have access to the full extents of moderation tools in their own category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-category-moderators-to-have-access-to-the-full-extents-of-moderation-tools-in-their-own-category/283085)
**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-category-moderators-to-have-access-to-the-full-extents-of-moderation-tools-in-their-own-category/283085 "2024-06-05T08:49:32Z")
This is something that is being done by a plugin we developed internally (and currently is broken due to a recent update in discourse :weary:). In our opinion, moderators should have full access to all the tools to mode… [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/category-moderators/506.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=category-moderators)