# Adding users to the "staff" group

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-the-staff-group/120985
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [21 ביוני,‏ 2019,‏ 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-the-staff-group/120985 "2019-06-21T11:05:02Z")
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### Author: ![Alan\_Dargan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alan_dargan/32/147408_2.png) [@Alan\_Dargan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alan_Dargan)
#### Post date: [21 ביוני,‏ 2019,‏ 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-the-staff-group/120985/1 "2019-06-21T11:05:02Z")

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Hi,

A simple question perhaps but I’m trying to add users to a group. I would have thought that this was easier.

I’m an admin; shouldn’t I be seeing a link to bulk add users to this group?

 ![Members_-staff-_TerminalFour](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/1/913c32de3401cdf78536048668f693dda5234be3.jpeg)

Thanks

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### Author: ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [21 ביוני,‏ 2019,‏ 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-the-staff-group/120985/2 "2019-06-21T11:27:01Z")

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> [@Alan\_Dargan](#):
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> I’m an admin; shouldn’t I be seeing a link to bulk add users to this group?

You will see the bulk add to group and the add members buttons only on **custom** groups. The default groups have automatic triggers (`trust levels` groups). For security reason, in the case of `staff`, `admin` and `mod` groups you need to visit the admin user profile page to add users to those groups.

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### Author: ![Alan\_Dargan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alan_dargan/32/147408_2.png) [@Alan\_Dargan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alan_Dargan)
#### Post date: [21 ביוני,‏ 2019,‏ 11:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-the-staff-group/120985/3 "2019-06-21T11:41:48Z")

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Thanks @dax!  
I’ve tried to add a user to a group in the profile page like this:

 ![Fullscreen_21_06_2019__12_28](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/c/2c0c274df3d4a414ba9384e49cce61e78fcf2cc9.jpeg)

Am I doing this wrong?

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### Author: ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [21 ביוני,‏ 2019,‏ 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-the-staff-group/120985/4 "2019-06-21T11:55:53Z")

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Yes, this is not the right way.

- A staff user is an admin, a mod or both admin and mod.

- To add a user to the staff group you have to promote the user as an admin or mod (or both).  

- After that the staff group will appears in the **Automatic** group for that user. You don’t have to do anything else.

If you do not want to grant admin or mod powers to the users you need to create a custom group (with a different name, “staff” is already taken). See here for details about custom groups and category permissions [Understanding groups and category permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-category-security-settings-to-control-access-to-content/87678)

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [21 ביולי,‏ 2019,‏ 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-the-staff-group/120985/5 "2019-07-21T11:56:02Z")

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