# Only admin has the invite button on approval required site

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-admin-has-the-invite-button-on-approval-required-site/53560>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** invites\
**Created:** [November 30, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-admin-has-the-invite-button-on-approval-required-site/53560 "2016-11-30T08:14:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-admin-has-the-invite-button-on-approval-required-site/53560/9 "2020-04-09T22:28:26Z")

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> [@thomas\_xr](#):
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> We can either have validation or invitation, but not both?

I believe that is correct, yes, but I could see us possibly unifying this in the approval pipeline.. I know @sam is planning some work on invite codes and maybe this could be bundled? 🤔

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