Think about your community: new members need guidance on the homepage, and custom roles you create may need to see specific content. But when everyone sees the same thing, those opportunities for personalization get lost. With the new Widget Visibility settings, you decide who sees what, so every member’s experience feels tailored to them.
What Widget Visibility does:
- Personalize the Experience: Control which widgets appear on customizable pages based on user type or role (e.g., guests, logged-in users, new members), so each member sees content that’s relevant to them.
- Reduce Clutter: Hide unnecessary widgets to keep pages clean and focused.
- Preview Experiences: Use filters to quickly see which widgets appear for a selected segment, alongside public widgets. (Note: in cases where segments overlap, the preview may not fully reflect every user’s exact experience.)
How Others Are Personalizing Experiences with Widget Visibility:
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- Superusers: Show more open questions in a Dynamic Content Widget to increase peer answer rates
- Guests: Add a friendly banner prompt to log in or register
- Newbies: Use Featured Topics to show tips on how to use the community
- Leads (non-customers): Use Quick Links to display promotional content
- Longtime lurkers: Show a banner with tips for writing their first post
- Returning visitors: Nudge inactive members by showing a banner with an invite to post again
- Internal employees: Show a banner spotlighting go-to resources like the company Wiki, How-To pages, and AI assistant tools
A big shoutout to all our beta users who helped shape this functionality, especially
👉 Check out the Release Notes for the full details. And as always, drop any questions or comments below!