# Do admins bypass "Max mentions per post" setting value?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-admins-bypass-max-mentions-per-post-setting-value/385365
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** mentions
**Created:** [12 oktober 2025 om 12:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-admins-bypass-max-mentions-per-post-setting-value/385365 "2025-10-12T12:24:33Z")
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### Author: ![jahan\_gagan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jahan_gagan/32/501948_2.png) [@jahan\_gagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jahan_gagan)
#### Post date: [13 oktober 2025 om 09:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-admins-bypass-max-mentions-per-post-setting-value/385365/2 "2025-10-13T09:17:38Z")

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The limit is **not applied to admins and staff**. Staff members (moderators and admins) can mention as many users as needed in a single post.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/lib/validators/post_validator.rb#L83-L103>

If you mention an extremely large number of users very frequently, you might cause performance issues—primarily related to notifications and emails.

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