ADMIN AND SECURITY
Simplify user management.
Easily manage users, content, and permissions without relying on dev support. Built-in security tools help protect your data, while flexible admin settings give you full control behind the scenes.
Explore our member management and security features
ADMIN DASHBOARD
Manage every aspect of your community.
Track stats, oversee user activity, and configure your setup from a single, intuitive dashboard.
- Users: Add, edit, or remove users. Choose how they register—via SSO, form, invite, or approval—and spoof into accounts to troubleshoot from their view.
- Plugins: Customize your community with plugins and add-ons. Activate what you need, when you need it right from the dashboard.
PROFILES
Give users a space to show up and stand out.
Each member gets a profile to highlight their interests, experience, and community activity.
- Custom profile fields: Add fields that match your community’s focus, like areas of expertise or favorite products. Use this info to tailor messaging and drive engagement.
- Profile search: Help users find each other with built-in filters for username, email, and role, or search by custom fields for more targeted connections.
- Privacy settings: Users control who sees their profile. Admins still have access for moderation and oversight.
ROLES & PERMISSIONS
Control who can see what and do what.
Use role-based permissions to manage access, delegate responsibilities, and keep things running smoothly.
- Roles: Assign roles like admin, moderator, or content creator, and define what each can do, down to the category level. Members can hold multiple roles, and roles can sync via SSO using an access control list.
- Private community: Make your community invite-only or approval-based. Only registered members can log in, post, and participate.
- Ranks: Show user status and unlock new abilities with customizable ranks. Assign them manually, through SSO, or let members earn them based on reputation.
AI BOT SHIELD
Keep your content safe from unwanted crawlers.
AI bots are getting smarter and sneakier. Some scrape your community’s content without asking. AI Bot Shield helps you stop that.
- Smart detection: Goes beyond basic protections like robots.txt by using digital signatures to detect and block AI bots.
- Selective blocking: Blocks the bad actors, not your SEO. Legit search engine crawlers still get through, so your visibility stays intact.
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