---
title: "Defining important posts"
description: "Important posts appear at the top of the newsfeed for every member who can see them until they have been viewed, ensuring critical information reaches as many members as possible."
category: communication
section: news-feed-and-posts
tags: [admin]
type: Tutorial
lastUpdated: 2026-08-06
locale: en
canonical: https://support.talkspirit.com/en/communication/define-important-posts
---

# Defining important posts


## Defining important posts
An important post in Talkspirit appears at the top of the newsfeed for every member who can see it, until they have viewed it. Once a member has seen the post, it returns to its normal position in the feed but keeps its icon for as long as the campaign runs. Only administrators can define important posts, and the option is available on posts published in a group.

## How do I set a post as important?

1. Click the post actions menu on the post you want to highlight.
2. Select **Set as important**.

![A post in the newsfeed with its actions menu open. The menu lists Edit, Change recipients, Enable co-edition, Disable comments, then Republish my post, Share, Add in a newsletter, Copy link, then Set as important, then Print](/images/communication/define-important-posts/01-post-menu-set-as-important.png)

3. Choose a period: a week, two weeks, a month, three months, or a custom date.
4. Choose an icon to visually highlight the post.
5. Click **Apply**.

> **Note:** One day after you set a post as important, members who have not yet seen it receive an email reminder.

## How do I track the reach of an important post?

Once a post has been marked as important, the post action changes to **Manage important message**. Click this action to open a pop-up showing the end date of the campaign and the share of group members who have viewed the post.

![The Important message settings pop-up for a post. It shows End of campaign with a date, an Extend period selector, and a Post views panel reading 15% with "(1 / 7 group member)" beside a pie chart. Close, Stop the campaign and a greyed-out Apply sit at the bottom](/images/communication/define-important-posts/02-manage-important-message.png)

From this panel, you can extend the period or click **Stop the campaign** to remove the highlight immediately. When the period ends, the highlight is removed automatically and administrators who are members of the group receive a notification.

You can mark several posts as important at the same time.

## What if a post was already read before being marked as important?

If a publication has already been read by some members before it is marked as important, it only moves to the top of the feed for members who have not yet read it.

To bring an old publication back to the top for everyone, the author can republish it and you can mark the new post as important. A group manager can also pin the post to the top of the group feed.

## What's Next?

- [How do I identify who's seen a post?](/en/communication/how-to-identify-whos-seen-a-post)
- [Enable or disable comments on a post](/en/communication/enable-disable-comments-on-your-post-in-the-newsfeed)
- [How do I share a newsletter with all platform members?](/en/communication/how-to-share-a-newsletter-with-all-platform-members)
- [Formatting a post](/en/communication/formatting-a-post)