# Discourse Staff Alias

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-staff-alias/156202
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, staff-alias
**Created:** [June 29, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-staff-alias/156202 "2020-06-29T01:37:01Z")
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### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-staff-alias/156202/1 "2020-06-29T01:37:01Z")

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| :discourse2: | **Summary** | **Discourse Staff Alias** allows set groups to create topics and posts, as well as make edits, as an alias user. |
| 🛠 | **Repository Link** | [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-staff-alias](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-staff-alias) |
| 📖 | **Install Guide** | [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157) |

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The [Discourse Staff Alias](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-staff-alias/156202/1) plugin allows certain groups to create topics and posts, as well as make edits, as an alias user. This can be useful in situations where staff members need to respond to queries or make announcements without revealing their personal usernames.

### Enabling Staff Alias

Once installed, the Staff Alias plugin can be enabled from its settings, accessed from your `admin/plugins` page:

 ![admin/plugins](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/a/2/3a269355a30b940dadaa1f09f7daa59895d00e25.png)

This plugin is default disabled, and before enabling a new username for the alias must be added to the `staff alias username` admin setting:

 ![staff alias username](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/3/9/1396aa3f6b0c86c7e860612ab2d0f118fe00991f.png)

Once the plugin is enabled, a user with that username will be created.

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### Using the Alias

Once enabled, the staff alias can be toggled on using the composer’s actions drop-down, and users in the allowed groups can then choose to create topics and posts, as well as make edits, using the staff alias:

 ![create new staff alias topic](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/c/1/1c1bb421f14c9ff89e35a02ad98622c500f13c5e.png)

 ![reply as staff alias](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/e/5/ee5bb4c065faddda4c816cf6f42e40179dee7c6e.png)

 ![make a post edit as staff alias](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/c/5/6c54d38e84e9d761a2f3004108a404e837809b8f.png)

The topic/post/edit will then appear as if created by the staff alias:

 ![topic created using the alias](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/b/c/3bcd8bd29c58327b1832d64aef6661b8288fcddb.png)

  

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### Keeping track of who used the Alias

If you are in one of the allowed groups you will also see a note of who created the topic or post, or made the edit:

 ![who used the alias - topic](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/b/3/5b31713dd633db0807826c2948ed22daa9f5b487.png)

 ![who used the alias - edit](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/7/7/a773d67c4d8e0461f0cdca0fe298fed467de0b7f.png)

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### Settings

| Name | Description |
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| staff alias enabled | Enable discourse-staff-alias plugin |
| staff alias username | Username of the alias user |
| staff alias allowed groups | Groups that are allowed to post as staff alias user |

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