How to Change Permissions in Discourse

[baronesh (janis hawk)]

I’m looking to adjust admins,moderators and various established groups permissions in Discourse. Specifically, I need guidance on how administrators can modify the permissions for admins, moderators and specific groups. Could you please provide instructions or point me to resources that explain how to adjust these permissions effectively?

Thank you in advance!

[ondrej]

Hello baronesh,

@baronesh

how administrators can modify the permissions for admins, moderators

In Discourse, what you are given is what you get in terms of staff (admin/moderator) permissions. They are set - you cannot change them.

Trust Level Permissions Table (inc Moderator Roles)

This reference aims to be a comprehensive list of Discourse features, marked by Trust Level, and including the relevant admin settings which influence them. Trust Level Grid - Defaults TL = Trust Level dependant = Can be enabled or adjusted by an admin setting TL0 TL1 TL2 TL3 TL4 Category Moderator Moderator [1] Post Replies TL [2] Post Topic…

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@baronesh

specific groups

There are now category moderators available in Discourse. What they can do is trust level dependant but again, they are given a set of tools as standard. You can allow them to have more via this plugin

Furthermore, instead of using trust levels, many settings now use groups for permissions.

Changes coming to settings for giving access to features (from trust levels to groups)

Many features in Discourse rely on a setting to give access by trust level. This has proven to be too inflexible over the years, so we are moving to a new practice of giving access to members of specific groups instead. We will now begin moving existing settings relying on trust levels so they instead rely on groups - see the list below that we are targeting. Some settings will remain trust level based where it makes sense. As we move along we will update the list and add replies here. Do let u…

[baronesh (janis hawk)]

Thanks a lot!