There are four types of staff users that you can invite to your publication. Here's a full breakdown of the permissions each role has:
Administrator | Editor | Author | Contributor | ||
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Overall User Interface | |||||
view ‘Settings’ in admin menu | ✔ | ✔ | |||
view ‘Your Profile’ in user menu | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
edit ‘Your Profile’ in user menu | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Settings | |||||
view general site settings | ✔ | ||||
edit general site settings | ✔ | ||||
view users settings | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Users | |||||
invite users | ✔ | A* | |||
revoke invites to users | ✔ | A* | |||
view other users | ✔ | A* | |||
edit other users | ✔ | A* | |||
delete other users | ✔ | A* | |||
browse | ✔ | ✔ | |||
add admin | ✔ | ||||
add editor | ✔ | ||||
add author | ✔ | ✔ | |||
add contributor | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Roles | |||||
assign | ✔ | ✔ (role = author) | |||
view | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
browse | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Tags | |||||
edit tags | ✔ | ✔ | |||
add tags | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
delete tags | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Content List | |||||
browse all posts | ✔ | ✔ | |||
browse own posts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Posts | |||||
create new posts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
publish posts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
edit own posts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
edit other’s posts | ✔ | ✔ | |||
delete own posts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
delete other’s posts | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Slugs | |||||
generate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Database | |||||
import content | ✔ | ||||
export content | ✔ | ||||
delete all content | ✔ | ||||
browse | ✔ | ||||
add | ✔ | ||||
delete | ✔ | Members | |||
import members | ✔ | ||||
export members | ✔ | ||||
delete members | ✔ | ||||
view members | ✔ | ||||
Send | ✔ | ||||
Send test mail | ✔ | ||||
Key | |||||
✔ – Yes A* – Authors only |
Delete a staff user
To delete a staff user, click on the gear icon from the user’s profile in the Staff dashboard and select Delete User.
Suspend a staff user
It's possible to suspend a staff user, so they are unable to login to your Ghost Admin area. Suspended staff users retain their user profile and content attribution.
To suspend a user, click on the gear icon from the user’s profile in the Staff dashboard and select Suspend User.
Transfer ownership
There is only ever one owner user of a Ghost site which cannot be deleted. The owner user has all of the same permissions as the admin with some exceptions, for example, access to billing details if using Ghost(Pro).
There can only be one owner and this user cannot be deleted, but owners are able to transfer their ownership to another user. This can be done from the Settings → Staff area in Ghost Admin. Click on an Administrator staff user's profile and select the Make owner option from the gear icon in the top right-hand corner.
Changing password
To change the password tied to a staff user account, you’ll need to first enter the old password, as well as configure a new one. Once saved, the new password will be required when logging into Ghost Admin.