# "iedereen"-groep kan geen privé-sjablonen zien

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-group-unable-to-see-private-templates/277514
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** templates
**Created:** [1 september 2023 om 18:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-group-unable-to-see-private-templates/277514 "2023-09-01T18:01:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![evenrue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/evenrue/32/323901_2.png) [@evenrue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evenrue)
#### Post date: [1 september 2023 om 18:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-group-unable-to-see-private-templates/277514/1 "2023-09-01T18:01:39Z")

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Encountered bug while testing Templates plugin. Discourse version **3.2.0.beta1-dev** ([24d46fd981](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commits/24d46fd9811f782ee7e320c21b1eab4f116adea4)), templates commit `146dc201`. (i see now that there’s a new version eight hours ago, but as the commit doesn’t mention this bug specifically, i’m risking the assumption it hasn’t been fixed. please correct me if i’m wrong.)

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1. have one user set as a regular member, but not a member of any group.

2. enabled private templates and created `template` tag. allowed `everyone` to use private templates.

3. aforementioned user created a PM to themselves and tagged it template, but could not see it as an option to select when making a new topic.

I, as a staff member, was able to create my own PM and tag it template and see both, with the same settings.

I then assigned the test user to a group and specifically moved the permission group from `everyone` to just that group and then the user was able to see his private template.

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### Author: ![Firepup650](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/firepup650/32/465200_2.png) [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [1 september 2023 om 18:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-group-unable-to-see-private-templates/277514/2 "2023-09-01T18:08:57Z")

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What if you assign permissions to `@trust_level_0` instead? Does it work then?

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### Author: ![evenrue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/evenrue/32/323901_2.png) [@evenrue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evenrue)
#### Post date: [1 september 2023 om 18:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-group-unable-to-see-private-templates/277514/3 "2023-09-01T18:35:12Z")

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Yes, `trust_level_0` appears to work. A good workaround, if they don’t plan to fix `everyone`.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [1 september 2023 om 18:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-group-unable-to-see-private-templates/277514/5 "2023-09-01T18:58:20Z")

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‘Everyone’ is more a pseudo group that includes anon, and probably shouldn’t be included as an available group to set here. 🤔

I think setting TL0 would be the thing to do. 👍

I’ll see if we can get someone to take a look.

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### Author: ![evenrue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/evenrue/32/323901_2.png) [@evenrue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evenrue)
#### Post date: [1 september 2023 om 19:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-group-unable-to-see-private-templates/277514/6 "2023-09-01T19:11:58Z")

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I am okay with this logic. Just wanted to report it because it was something I noticed. 😄
