# Trust Level Permissions Reference

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-permissions-reference/224824
**Category:** Using Discourse
**Tags:** trust-levels, reference
**Created:** [April 20, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-permissions-reference/224824 "2022-04-20T08:03:29Z")
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#### Post date: [April 20, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-permissions-reference/224824/1 "2022-04-20T08:03:29Z")

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> 🔖 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 names

TL0: New (newuser)  
TL1: Basic  
TL2: Member  
TL3: Regular  
TL4: Inner Circle

## 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 Topics | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | Reply as Linked Topic | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[3\] | Reply by email | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[4\] | Email-in New Topics | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[5\] | Post Attachments | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[6\] | Post Images | 1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[7\] | Post Links | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[8\] | Mention users in a post | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[9\] | Use `@here` Mention | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[10\] | Tag a Topic | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[11\] | Create Tags | | | | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | Manage Tags and Tag Groups | | | | | | | ✅ |
| \[12\] | Create Polls | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | Close Any Poll | | | | | | | ✅ |
| \[13\] | Edit Own Posts | 24  
hrs | 24  
hrs | 30  
days | 30  
days | no  
limit | TL | no  
limit |
| \[14\] | View Post Edit History | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Hide Edit Revisions | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Revert Edit Revisions | | | | | | | ✅ |
| \[15\] | Edit Wikis | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[16\] | Make their own posts into Wikis | | | | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[17\] | Edit Topics (title, category, and tags) | | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| \[18\] | Edit all Posts | | | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| \[19\] | Delete Own Posts (not Topics, unless there are no replies) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| \[20\] | Delete Other User’s Posts | | | | | ⚙ | ✅ | ✅ |
| \[21\] | View Deleted Posts | | | | | ⚙ | ✅ | ✅ |
| \[22\] | View Deleted Topics | | | | | ⚙ | ✅ | ✅ |
| \[23\] | Anonymous Posting | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[24\] | Access Shared Drafts | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Access (default) Staff Category | | | | | | | ✅ |
| \[25\] | See and Use Whispers | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | | **TL0** | **TL1** | **TL2** | **TL3** | **TL4** | **Category  
Moderator **|** Moderator** |
| \[26\] | Daily Like Limit/Multiplier | 50 | 50 | x1.5 | x2 | x3 | TL | No  
Limit |
| \[27\] | Upload Avatar | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[28\] | Profile Background | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[29\] | Usercard Background | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | Mute other users | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[30\] | Ignore other users | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[31\] | View New User Post Messages | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[32\] | View Returning User Post Messages | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | Have actual links in the ‘about me’ field of their profile | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[33\] | Have all their links followed (automatic nofollow removed) | | | | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[34\] | Access the Lounge | | | | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[35\] | Have Shield Icon | | | | | | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Manage Users  
Can view user info  
Can update user’s preferences  
Can adjust a user’s trust level | | | | | | | ✅   
**✓**   
 **✓**   
 **✓** |
|   | | **TL0** | **TL1** | **TL2** | **TL3** | **TL4** | **Category  
Moderator **|** Moderator** |
| \[36\] | Flag Posts | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[37\] | View content of hidden flagged posts | | | | | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[38\] | Can hide TL0 spam posts | | | | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[39\] | Flags count towards auto-suppressing TL0 spammers | | | | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[40\] | Flagging a post immediately takes effect and hides the target post | | | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Review Posts and Flags | | | | | | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Approve Users | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Make PMs into Official Warnings | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Silence or Suspend Users | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Anonymize or Delete Users | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | | **TL0** | **TL1** | **TL2** | **TL3** | **TL4** | **Category  
Moderator **|** Moderator** |
| \[41\] | Send Personal Messages | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[42\] | Invite outside users to PMs making a group PM | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[43\] | Send invites (inc. to specific topics) | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[44\] | Send personal messages to an email address | | | | | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | | **TL0** | **TL1** | **TL2** | **TL3** | **TL4** | **Category  
Moderator **|** Moderator** |
| \[45\] | Re-categorize and rename topics | | | | ✅ | ✅ | TL/Category | ✅ |
|   | Bulk Select Topics | | | | | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | Rebuild HTML | | | | | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | Add Official Notice | | | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Add Staff Colour | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Lock Post | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Split and Merge Topics | | | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Delete Topic | | | | | | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Merge Posts | | | | | | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Pin/Unpin Topic  
Pin Topic  
Pin Topic Globally  
Make Banner | | | | | ✅   
 **✓**  
 **✓**  
   
 | ✅   
 **✓**  
 TL   
   
 | ✅   
 **✓**   
 **✓**  
 **✓** |
|   | Close Topics | | | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Archive Topics | | | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Make Topics Unlisted | | | | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | See Unlisted Topics in Topic List | | | | | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | Reset Topic Bump Date | | | | | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | Set Topic Timer  
Auto-Close Topic  
Auto-Close Topic After Last Post  
Auto-Bump Topic  
Close Temporarily  
Schedule Publishing  
Auto-Delete Topic  
Auto-Delete Replies | | | | | ✅   
 **✓**  
 **✓**  
 **✓**   
 **✓**  
 **✓**   
   
   
 | TL  
TL  
TL  
TL  
TL  
TL  
 **✓**   
 **✓**   
 | ✅   
 **✓**  
 **✓**  
 **✓**   
 **✓**   
 **✓**  
 **✓**  
 **✓**  
 |
|   | Set Slow Mode | | | | | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
|   | Change Timestamp | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Convert entire Personal Message to a public topic | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Convert entire public topic into Personal Message | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Grant Badge | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | Moderation History | | | | | | | ✅ |
| \[46\] | Page Publishing | | | | | | | ⚙ |
|   | | **TL0** | **TL1** | **TL2** | **TL3** | **TL4** | **Category  
Moderator **|** Moderator** |
|   | Edit Category Descriptions | | | | | | ✅ | ✅ |
|   | Watched Words | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | View Logs   
(Staff Actions, Screened Emails, Screened IPs, Screened URLs, Search Logs) | | | | | | | ✅ |
|   | View Dashboard (no upgrade option) | | | | | | | ✅ |
| \[47\] | Allow moderators to create and manage categories and groups | | | | | | | ⚙ |
| \[48\] | Allow moderators to change post ownership | | | | | | | ⚙ |
| \[49\] | Allow moderators to view user emails | | | | | | | ⚙ |
|   | **Plugins** | **TL0** | **TL1** | **TL2** | **TL3** | **TL4** | **Category  
Moderator **|** Moderator** |
| \[50\] | Use Chat ([discourse-chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881)) | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[51\] | Messages allowed per 30secs | 20 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | TL | No limit |
| \[52\] | Use Personal Chat | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[53\] | Flag Chat messages | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[54\] | Mark Solutions ([discourse-solved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-solved-accepted-answer-plugin/30155)) | | | | | ✅ | TL | ✅ |
| \[55\] | Vote Limit ([discourse-topic-voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-topic-voting/40121)) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | | |
| \[56\] | Endorsements ([discourse-category-experts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-category-experts/190814)) | 1 | 1 | x2 | x2 | x3 | | |
| \[57\] | Delete user notes ([discourse-user-notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-notes/41026)) | | | | | | | ⚙ |
| \[58\] | Use Saved Searches ([discourse-saved-searches](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-saved-searches/67901/1)) | | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | TL | ✅ |

  

**To Do:**

- Add First\_Day limits, and Admin/Sysadmin additional abilities
- Check for more plugin abilities
- Create a Cut-Out-and-Keep interactive version
- Add links to sources/similar topics
- Improve mobile view of mini-sections

* * *

1. max replies in first day  
newuser max replies per topic 

2. max topics in first day  
 create topic allowed groups 

3. reply by email enabled 

4. email in  
email in allowed groups 

5. newuser max attachments 

6. newuser max embedded media  
 embedded media post allowed groups  
skip review media groups 

7. newuser max links  
post links allowed groups 

8. enable mentions  
newuser max mentions per post  
max mentions per post 

9. here mention  
here mention allowed groups  
max here mentioned 

10. tagging enabled  
tag topic allowed groups 

11. create tag allowed groups 

12. poll create allowed groups 

13. edit post allowed groups  
post edit time limit  
tl2 post edit time limit  
additional edits per day multiplier 

14. edit history visible to public 

15. edit wiki post allowed groups 

16. self wiki allowed groups 

17. edit all topic groups 

18. edit all post groups 

19. max post deletions per day  
max post deletions per minute 

20. delete all posts and topics allowed groups 

21. delete all posts and topics allowed groups 

22. delete all posts and topics allowed groups 

23. allow anonymous mode  
 anonymous posting allowed groups 

24. shared drafts category  
shared drafts allowed groups 

25. whispers allowed groups 

26. max likes per day  
additional likes per day multiplier  
staff like weight 

27. uploaded avatars allowed groups  
automatically download gravatars 

28. profile background allowed groups 

29. user card background allowed groups 

30. ignore allowed groups 

31. new user notice tl 

32. returning user notice tl 

33. tl3 links no follow 

34. `/c/lounge/edit/security`  
The lounge was removed from the default categories starting from v2.9.0.beta10, but is still available in previous versions. 

35. [Make staff users more recognizable with customized avatars, posts, and mentions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-staff-user-more-recognizable/142794#h-1-moderator-shield-1) 

36. max flags per day   
 additional flags per day multiplier   
flag post allowed groups   
 allow flagging staff 

37. hidden post visible groups 

38. high trust flaggers auto hide posts 

39. num users to silence new user  
 silence new user sensitivity 

40. hide post sensitivity 

41. personal message enabled groups  
max personal messages per day 

42. invite allowed groups 

43. invite allowed groups 

44. send email messages allowed groups 

45. edit all topic groups 

46. enable page publishing 

47. moderators manage categories  
moderators manage groups 

48. moderators change post ownership 

49. moderators view emails 

50. chat allowed groups 

51. chat allowed messages for other trust levels 

52. direct message enabled groups 

53. chat message flag allowed groups 

54. accept all solutions allowed groups 

55. vote limit 

56. max category expert endorsements per day   
 additional category expert endorsements per day multiplier 

57. user notes moderators delete 

58. saved searches allowed groups 

> Last edited by @southpaw 2026-07-16T16:50:40Z
> 
> Last checked by @hugh 2024-06-17T09:52:30Z
> 
> > **Check document**
> >
> > Perform check on document:

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