Announcement
Updates to the Moderator primary role - removed ability for moderators to grant/revoke roles
We've released a small update to the Moderator primary role. Read on for more details!
What's changed?
- Moderators can no longer (by default) grant/revoke roles for any users. This includes both primary and custom roles.
- Moderators no longer have access to the 'Custom User Roles' section in Control.
Why has this changed?
- Moderators were able to escalate their own role to Administrator. We believe moderators should not be able to autonomously gain access to Administrator privileges 🙂.
I don't like this change. How can I make things go back to the way they were for my moderators?
- We understand not everyone is keen on this change, and that's fine; our challenge is to provide a system that's flexible enough for everyone's needs.
- If you want to give your moderators the ability to grant/revoke primary/custom roles again, all you have to do is set up a custom user role with the 'Users' permission enabled. Apply this custom user role to your moderators and you're good to go.
What other changes are in the pipeline?
- We're also looking into removing further permissions from the moderator role.
- Just like this change, you'll be able to reenable the vast majority of them through custom user roles.
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