closes #5602

public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/post.json

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 	"unread": "Unread Settings",
 	"unread.cutoff": "Unread cutoff days",
 	"unread.min-track-last": "Minimum posts in topic before tracking last read",
+	"recent": "Recent Settings",
+	"recent.categoryFilter.disable": "Disable filtering of topics in ignored categories on the /recent page",
 	"signature": "Signature Settings",
 	"signature.disable": "Disable signatures",
 	"signature.no-links": "Disable links in signatures",

src/topics/recent.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var plugins = require('../plugins');
 var privileges = require('../privileges');
 var user = require('../user');
 var categories = require('../categories');
+var meta = require('../meta');
 
 module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	var terms = {
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 			function (tids, next) {
 				async.parallel({
 					ignoredCids: function (next) {
-						if (filter === 'watched') {
+						if (filter === 'watched' || parseInt(meta.config.disableRecentCategoryFilter, 10) === 1) {
 							return next(null, []);
 						}
 						user.getIgnoredCategories(uid, next);

src/views/admin/settings/post.tpl

@@ -123,9 +123,23 @@
 				<input id="unreadCutoff" type="text" class="form-control" value="2" data-field="unreadCutoff">
 			</div>
 			<div class="form-group">
- 				<label for="bookmarkthreshold">[[admin/settings/post:unread.min-track-last]]</label>
- 				<input id="bookmarkthreshold" type="text" class="form-control" value="5" data-field="bookmarkThreshold">
- 			</div>
+				<label for="bookmarkthreshold">[[admin/settings/post:unread.min-track-last]]</label>
+				<input id="bookmarkthreshold" type="text" class="form-control" value="5" data-field="bookmarkThreshold">
+			</div>
+		</form>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="row">
+	<div class="col-sm-2 col-xs-12 settings-header">[[admin/settings/post:recent]]</div>
+	<div class="col-sm-10 col-xs-12">
+		<form>
+			<div class="checkbox">
+				<label class="mdl-switch mdl-js-switch mdl-js-ripple-effect">
+					<input class="mdl-switch__input" type="checkbox" data-field="disableRecentCategoryFilter">
+					<span class="mdl-switch__label"><strong>[[admin/settings/post:recent.categoryFilter.disable]]</strong></span>
+				</label>
+			</div>
 		</form>
 	</div>
 </div>