diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/resources/explore-feed.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/resources/explore-feed.hbs
index 7308e4fddd..d8bb19dddc 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/resources/explore-feed.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/resources/explore-feed.hbs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 <section class="gh-dashboard-section gh-dashboard-explore-feed" {{did-insert this.load}}>
     <article class="gh-dashboard-box">
         <div class="gh-dashboard-resource-title">
-            <h4>Featured publications</h4>
+            <h4>Featured publications 
+                {{#if this.meta.category_url}}
+                    in <a class="gh-dasboard-explore-title-link" href={{this.meta.category_url}}>{{this.meta.category}}</a>
+                {{/if}}
+            </h4>
             <div>
                 <a href="https://ghost.org/explore/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Browse all</a>
                 <LinkTo @route="explore" class="gh-dashboard-explore-add">Add your site to Explore</LinkTo>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/resources/explore-feed.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/resources/explore-feed.js
index 482efb3a72..56f36e1c28 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/resources/explore-feed.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/resources/explore-feed.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export default class ExploreFeed extends Component {
     @tracked loading = null;
     @tracked error = null;
     @tracked sites = null;
+    @tracked meta = null;
 
     @action
     load() {
@@ -34,5 +35,6 @@ export default class ExploreFeed extends Component {
 
         const result = yield response.json();
         this.sites = result.sites || [];
+        this.meta = result.meta || [];
     }
 }
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/dashboard.css b/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/dashboard.css
index d79e5101f7..672bd52ebc 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/dashboard.css
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/styles/layouts/dashboard.css
@@ -1575,12 +1575,20 @@ Dashboard Resource */
     font-weight: 600;
     text-transform: uppercase;
     letter-spacing: 0.3px;
-    color: var(--middarkgrey);
+    color: var(--midgrey);
     margin: 0 0 8px;
     padding: 0;
     transition: color .3s;
 }
 
+.gh-dashboard-resource-title:not(.is-large) h4 a {
+    font-size: 1.1rem;
+    font-weight: 700 !important;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    letter-spacing: 0.3px;
+    color: var(--black) !important;
+}
+
 .gh-dashboard-resource-title.is-large h4 {
     align-items: center;
     font-size: 1.55rem;