# Partial read-only mode

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/partial-read-only-mode/210401>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** read-only\
**Created:** [November 29, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/partial-read-only-mode/210401 "2021-11-29T13:46:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![jimkleiber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimkleiber/32/121814_2.png) [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/partial-read-only-mode/210401/23 "2022-06-15T01:45:13Z")

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> [@daniel](#):
>
> We recently added a “staff writes only” mode - it’s a readonly mode that only affects non-staff. It allows staff to login, post, change settings, etc, while other users see a site that is effectively in readonly mode.
> 
> # Usage
> 
> To enable, from the console, run:
> 
> ```plaintext
> Discourse.enable_readonly_mode(Discourse::STAFF_WRITES_ONLY_MODE_KEY)
> 
> ```
> 
> and to disable:
> 
> ```plaintext
> Discourse.disable_readonly_mode(Discourse::STAFF_WRITES_ONLY_MODE_KEY)
> 
> ```

Now that this has been added, is there any plan to add this as an option to the scheduled read only plugin?

> [@RGJ](#):
>
> Actually the scheduling is not part of this plugin, that’s the [scheduled-readonly](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-scheduled-readonly) plugin which works closely together with the prevent-posting plugin.

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