Detailed Matrix of Roles and Permissions
When managing a site, often it can be helpful to have a better understanding of what users can and cannot do when trying to understand if a user is encountering a permission issue or a bug in the site. Please use the tables below to help you identify the issue.
If you would like to review the summary of the site access, please review the User Access Levels page.
Administrative Panel Functions.
| Function | Content Approver | Editor | Site Manager | Site Administrators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access administration panel | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access toolbar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access contextual links | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access in-place editing | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Menu, view | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Menu, edit | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Menu, delete | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Content
| Function | Content Approver | Editor | Site Manager | Site Administrators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content, View Published | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content, View Unpublished | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content, create | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content, edit own | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content, delete own | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content, edit any | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content, delete any | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Publish content | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upload files | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create URL aliases | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Revisions, view own | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Revisions, revert own | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Revisions, delete own | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Revisions, view all | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Revisions, revert all | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Revisions, delete all | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Paragraphs, create | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Paragraphs, edit | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Paragraphs, delete | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Taxonomy
| Function | Content Approver | Editor | Site Manager | Site Administrators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxonomy, create | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Taxonomy, edit | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Taxonomy, delete | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Taxonomy, assign | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Taxonomy, view | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Site Configuration
| Function | Content Approver | Editor | Site Manager | Site Administrators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site configuration | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Site reports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Redirects, manage | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CSS editor | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Theme, view | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Theme, edit | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Switch shortcut sets | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Display modes | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Views | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Content types, create | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Contact forms | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
User profiles and permissions
| Function | Content Approver | Editor | Site Manager | Site Administrators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| User profiles, view | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| User profiles, create | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| User profiles, edit | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| User profiles, delete | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Permissions panel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Multi-language Translations
| Function | Content Approver | Editor | Site Manager | Site Administrators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administer translation settings | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Administer languages | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Translate interface text | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Create translations | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Delete translations | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Edit translations | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Translation any entity | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Content Moderation
| Function | Content Approver | Editor | Site Manager | Site Administrators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editorial workflow: Use archive transition | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Editorial workflow: Use create new draft transition | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Editorial workflow: Use publish transition | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Editorial workflow: Use restore transition | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Editorial workflow: Use restore to draft transition | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View any unpublished content | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View the latest version | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Clone Entity
| Function | Content Approver | Editor | Site Manager | Site Administrators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clone content types | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clone paragraphs library | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Media
| Function | Content Approver | Editor | Site Manager | Site Administrators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio: Create new media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Document: Create new media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image: Create new media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SVG: Create new media | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Video: Create new media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio: Delete any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Document: Delete any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image: Delete any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SVG: Delete any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video: Delete any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio: Delete own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Document: Delete own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image: Delete own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SVG: Delete own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video: Delete own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio: Edit any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Document: Edit any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image: Edit any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SVG: Edit any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video: Edit any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Document: Edit own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image: Edit own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SVG: Edit own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video: Edit own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access media overview | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Update any media | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Update own media | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View all media revisions | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View media | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View own unpublished media | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Components
| Function | Content Approver | Editor | Site Manager | Site AdministratorsВ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create a new section | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a section | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a section | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished section | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new accordion | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a accordion | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a accordion | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished accordion | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new alerts | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a alerts | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a alerts | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new article highlight | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a article highlight | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a article highlight | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished article highlight | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new CTA Banner | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a CTA Banner | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a CTA Banner | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished CTA Banner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new Call to Action | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a Call to Action | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a Call to Action | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished Call to Action | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new callout | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a callout | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a callout | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished callout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new curated content | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a curated content | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a curated content | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished curated content | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new event calendar | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a event calendar | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a event calendar | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished event calendar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new event highlight | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a event highlight | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a event highlight | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished event highlight | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new flockler embed | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Delete a flockler embed | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Edit a flockler embed | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| View an unpublished flockler embed | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new from library | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a from library | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a from library | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished from library | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new gallery | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a gallery | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a gallery | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished gallery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new hero | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a hero | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a hero | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished hero | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new icon | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a icon | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a icon | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished icon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new image | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a image | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a image | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished image | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new media callout | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a media callout | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a media callout | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished media callout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new media quote | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a media quote | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a media quote | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished media quote | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new metric | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a metric | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a metric | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished metric | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new person listing | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a person listing | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a person listing | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished person listing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new quote | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a quote | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a quote | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished quote | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new tables | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a tables | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a tables | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished tables | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new tabs | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a tabs | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a tabs | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished tabs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new text | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a text | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a text | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new typewriter CTA | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a typewriter CTA | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a typewriter CTA | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished typewriter CTA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new video | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete a video | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a video | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View an unpublished video | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new maps | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Delete a maps | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a maps | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| View an unpublished maps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new video hero | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Delete a video hero | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a video hero | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| View an unpublished video hero | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new slider | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Delete a slider | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a slider | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| View an unpublished slider | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create a new carousel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Delete a carousel | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit a carousel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| View an unpublished carousel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |