# Flagging posts as a moderator

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-posts-as-a-moderator/394031
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** moderation
**Created:** [January 21, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-posts-as-a-moderator/394031 "2026-01-21T22:47:48Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-posts-as-a-moderator/394031/3 "2026-01-21T23:06:43Z")

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One way I can think of is to impersonate a test TL0/TL1 user to flag the post. Though this might be a little lengthy.

I wonder if you could then use a theme component to add a button in the flag modal to go to the test user’s admin page to impersonate them, using something like [Custom Components -- add button or text at any plugin outlet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-components-add-button-or-text-at-any-plugin-outlet/349629).

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