# What permissions can admins give moderators?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-permissions-can-admins-give-moderators/34929
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 26, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-permissions-can-admins-give-moderators/34929 "2015-10-26T14:35:21Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-permissions-can-admins-give-moderators/34929/4 "2016-08-21T19:06:10Z")

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> [@Falco](#):
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> Moderators can do everything in the forum except for site settings and configurations.

They also can’t create/modify groups.

> [@Allow moderators to create groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-create-groups/41408/9):
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> I am ok to add a site setting that allows moderators to create groups, its a bit technically tricky to change though in a secure way.

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