# How to define custom permissions for staff, admins, moderators

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-define-custom-permissions-for-staff-admins-moderators/122545>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-define-custom-permissions-for-staff-admins-moderators/122545 "2019-07-10T10:29:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-define-custom-permissions-for-staff-admins-moderators/122545/14 "2020-12-10T14:57:48Z")

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The easy solution is to trust people and make them an admin or moderator. It you don’t trust them with full control, but want them to have additional access then you’ll need a plugin.

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