How to Appoint Community Moderators in BuddyNext

How to appoint community moderators in BuddyNext, step by step. Open Community Admin, then Members, find the member, and choose Moderator in the role list beside the name: the role is stored the moment you choose it. The same Community role is on BuddyNext, then Members, then Directory, then Edit, and it is separate from the WordPress role. On Members, then Roles & Capabilities you set the minimum role for each action, such as Review the report queue, Resolve reports, Issue strikes and Suspend members. A moderator gets a Community Admin tab in Settings with the report queue for the whole community, while appeals, member roles and community settings stay with administrators.

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In this tutorial you will appoint community moderators in BuddyNext. A moderator is a member you trust to handle reports for the whole community. You need BuddyNext, the free plugin, and you need to be a site administrator. It takes about three minutes. There are five steps. Open the member list. Choose Moderator. Or set it in the admin. Decide what moderators can do. Then see it as the moderator. Step one. Open the member list. On your site, open Settings, click Community Admin at the end of the tabs, then Members. Every member is listed with a role beside the name. There are three community roles. Member, Moderator, and Admin. Step two. Choose Moderator. Find the member first. Type a name in the search box and press Enter. Then open the list beside the name, and choose Moderator. The role is stored the moment you choose it. There is no button to press after. Admin is the role above. A community admin can also change roles here. Only a site administrator can grant Admin. Step three. Or set it in the admin. In the WordPress admin, open BuddyNext, Members, Directory, and click Edit on a member. Scroll to the Community role box. It holds the same three choices, and it is separate from the WordPress role above it. A moderator stays a Subscriber in WordPress. Here the role is stored with the rest of the profile, when you click Save changes at the foot of the page. Step four. Decide what moderators can do. Open Roles and Capabilities, in the same Members menu. Each row is one action, with the minimum role it needs. Scroll to the Moderation group. Review the report queue, Resolve reports, Issue strikes, and Suspend members all start at Moderators and up. Each list has four choices. All members, Moderators and up, Admins only, or Off, which leaves the action to site administrators. Site administrators always have full access. Change a list, then click Save changes. Step five. See it as the moderator. Sign in as the member you appointed, and open Settings. A new tab has appeared at the end. Community Admin. It opens the same panel you used, with the open reports for the whole community. Pending joins, Recent signups and Recent actions sit beside them. Appeals stay with administrators. The note under the menu says what stays with you. Member roles and community settings are owner only. That is all five. The member list opened, Moderator chosen, the same role found in the admin, the moderator actions set, and the panel seen as the moderator. You now have help with the report queue, and you still hold the keys. Next in this series: Manage activity from the admin.