Access privileges

XenForo provides a powerful and flexible permissions system that allows you to control what your users can see and do on your forum.

This section covers user groups, permissions, promotions, and staff management.

Group permissions

User groups are XenForo's primary method of assigning roles to the users of your forum. This allows you to assign permissions, titles and other customizations to users.

How permissions are applied

There are multiple permission sets that come together to define a user's final set of permissions. Under the Groups & permissions section, these include:

Promotions

2 items

Staff

In XenForo, there are two types of staff members, moderators and administrators. These are entirely distinct roles in terms of the permissions granted. Making a user an administrator does not make them a moderator; these roles need to be assigned separately.