Meerkat

Permissions & Roles

Meerkat registers its permissions under the meerkat group in the Statamic Control Panel. Add permissions to roles in Users → Roles, then assign those roles directly to users or through user groups. Super users bypass permission checks.

Statamic roles and user groups require Statamic Pro.

#Permission reference

Permission Allows
view comments Access to the comments dashboard, editor, moderation API endpoints, and protected API parameters such as include_unpublished.
edit comments Edit comment fields, change moderation status (Approve, Unpublish, Reject), edit moderation reason/notes.
delete comments Delete, restore, or delete a comment with its replies. See Moderating Comments.
check comment spam Run "Check Pending for Spam" and per-comment "Check for Spam" actions.
report comment spam Mark comments as spam or ham and, when enabled, submit corrections to configured guards.
submit comments Required for an authenticated user to submit through the front-end form or inline Control Panel reply. Without it, the Control Panel hides the Reply button.

view comments is the parent permission. Each edit, delete, check, or report permission also requires it. Permanent-removal commands do not have a separate Statamic role permission.

#Blueprint editor access (configure fields)

Edit Comment Blueprint requires Statamic's configure fields permission. It does not require view comments.

#Settings page access (Tools → Addons → Meerkat)

Meerkat permissions do not control the settings page. Access requires one of:

  • Super user access
  • The global configure addons permission
  • The per-addon edit stillat/meerkat settings permission

Grant edit stillat/meerkat settings to let a user configure only Meerkat.

#Collection and site restrictions

The dashboard and API respect Statamic collection and site permissions. A user limited to the blog collection sees only comments on blog entries.

#Guest commenters

Statamic permissions do not apply to anonymous visitors. Set publishing.only_accept_comments_from_authenticated_users to reject guest submissions.

#Templates and API

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