{"id":40061,"date":"2026-02-19T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-store-registration-settings\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:08:54","password":"","slug":"how-to-store-registration-settings","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/general-system-settings\/how-to-store-registration-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"How to store registration settings?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you have activated this function as an admin, users can register themselves in ChurchTools. This saves time and makes access to ChurchTools easier &#8211; always under your control as administrator, of course. In the system settings, you can configure exactly which campus are available for this, whether person tags are set and whether the person should be assigned to a specific group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, go to the <em>system settings<\/em> under <em>General<\/em> (1) and select <em>Registration<\/em> (2). Here you can <em>activate the registration for your ChurchTools<\/em> (3). At the top right you will find the<em> registration link<\/em> (4) and can download the <em>QR code<\/em> (5). Further down, you will find the same option and an additional link to download a <em>slide for the next presentation<\/em> (6) in your church.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the <em>Activate registration button<\/em> you will find a switch with which you can <em>hide the &#8220;Register&#8221; button when logging in and in the church profile<\/em> (7). If you activate the switch, the registration for your ChurchTools is only accessible via the registration link and the QR code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">As soon as the <em>&#8220;Register&#8221; button<\/em> is hidden, an ID is added to the <em>registration link<\/em>, without which the link will not work. This is a security feature that prevents the link from being guessed and ensures that Registration is only available where you want it to be. <br>If the button is activated, the <em>registration link<\/em> will work without the ID. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.22.48@2x-scaled.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.22.48@2x-1024x541.png\" alt=\"System settings - Registration\" class=\"wp-image-40100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.22.48@2x-1024x541.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.22.48@2x-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.22.48@2x-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.22.48@2x-1536x812.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.22.48@2x-2048x1083.png 2048w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.22.48@2x-360x190.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Created persons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>People who have already been created without an actively used account, but with an email address on file, can take over their profile and use ChurchTools with the permissions already assigned. If several accounts have the same email address on file, the person registering can select for whom the account is to be created.<br>This can result in duplicates if the person registering uses a different email address than the one on file, or if none is on file. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you will find a direct link to the duplicate check in the Persons module, where you can easily clean up the duplicates found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-check-dublicates-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.35.27@2x.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1142\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-check-dublicates-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.35.27@2x.png\" alt=\"System settings - Registration - Existing people\" class=\"wp-image-40104\" style=\"width:692px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-check-dublicates-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.35.27@2x.png 1142w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-check-dublicates-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.35.27@2x-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-check-dublicates-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.35.27@2x-1024x296.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-check-dublicates-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.35.27@2x-768x222.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-check-dublicates-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.35.27@2x-360x104.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1142px) 100vw, 1142px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New persons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you define the <em>person status<\/em> (1) and <em>campus<\/em> (2) with which the account should be created for the people who register via the form. You can either specify a campus or allow people to select their campus from a list (3) that you can configure. You also have the option of attaching <em>tags<\/em> (4) to the newly registered accounts.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it makes sense for you to add the newly registered users to groups, you can select a group for each campus under <em>Group membership<\/em> (5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-new-People-Values-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.45.55@2x.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1528\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-new-People-Values-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.45.55@2x.png\" alt=\"System settings - Registration - New people\" class=\"wp-image-40108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-new-People-Values-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.45.55@2x.png 1528w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-new-People-Values-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.45.55@2x-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-new-People-Values-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.45.55@2x-1024x531.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-new-People-Values-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.45.55@2x-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-new-People-Values-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.45.55@2x-360x187.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1528px) 100vw, 1528px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registration form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you specify which information should be requested during registration. First name, surname and e-mail address are already pre-selected as mandatory fields. Of course, you have the option of adding further fields and also defining them as mandatory fields.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.51.43@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1518\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.51.43@2x.png\" alt=\"System settings - Registration - Registration form\" class=\"wp-image-40115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.51.43@2x.png 1518w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.51.43@2x-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.51.43@2x-1024x297.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.51.43@2x-768x223.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.51.43@2x-360x104.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1518px) 100vw, 1518px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You have the option of specifying the minimum age a person must be before they can register themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Prerequisite-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.53.33@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1516\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Prerequisite-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.53.33@2x.png\" alt=\"System settings - Registration - Prerequisite minimum age\" class=\"wp-image-40119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Prerequisite-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.53.33@2x.png 1516w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Prerequisite-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.53.33@2x-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Prerequisite-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.53.33@2x-1024x139.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Prerequisite-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.53.33@2x-768x104.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Prerequisite-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.53.33@2x-360x49.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1516px) 100vw, 1516px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">QR code for registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you will find an example (1) of how you can present the QR code for your registration. You will also find the <em>registration link<\/em> (2) and can directly download a <em>slide for the next presentation<\/em> (3) in your church service or the <em>QR code<\/em> (4) for registration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-QR-Code-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.56.16@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1088\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-QR-Code-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.56.16@2x.png\" alt=\"System settings - Registration - QR code for registration\" class=\"wp-image-40124\" style=\"width:688px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-QR-Code-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.56.16@2x.png 1088w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-QR-Code-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.56.16@2x-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-QR-Code-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.56.16@2x-1024x516.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-QR-Code-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.56.16@2x-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-QR-Code-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.56.16@2x-360x181.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1088px) 100vw, 1088px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blocked e-mail addresses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the <em>+ Block email address<\/em> button to add email addresses with which people should not be able to register with you. You can edit addresses that have already been blocked using the <em>pencil icon<\/em> (2) or remove them using the <em>x<\/em> (3). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">Use the asterisk symbol (*) as a placeholder for any character sequence. For example, the entry &#8220;*@example.com&#8221; blocks all email addresses from the provider &#8220;example.com&#8221;. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>You will also see the <em>number of users you have blocked<\/em> (4) in the blue info box. No further accounts can be created with the default email address of a blocked user. Click on the <em>x blocked users<\/em> (4) button to open the list of names and switch directly to the person details.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Blocked-user-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.59.59@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1528\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Blocked-user-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.59.59@2x.png\" alt=\"System settings - Registration - Blockes email addresses\" class=\"wp-image-40130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Blocked-user-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.59.59@2x.png 1528w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Blocked-user-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.59.59@2x-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Blocked-user-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.59.59@2x-1024x347.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Blocked-user-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.59.59@2x-768x260.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/System-settings-Registration-Blocked-user-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-09.59.59@2x-360x122.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1528px) 100vw, 1528px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">You can block users by calling up the <em>Permissions<\/em> in the <em>person details<\/em>:<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"944\" height=\"562\" class=\"wp-image-40134\" style=\"width: 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Persons-Person-details-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-10.03.18@2x.png\" alt=\"System settings - Registration - Lock account\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Persons-Person-details-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-10.03.18@2x.png 944w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Persons-Person-details-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-10.03.18@2x-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Persons-Person-details-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-10.03.18@2x-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Persons-Person-details-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-22-at-10.03.18@2x-360x214.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/allgemein-system-einstellungen\/what-are-person-statuses-campuses-and-departments-in-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7650\">What are person statuses, campuses and departments in ChurchTools?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/general-system-settings\/how-do-i-create-and-edit-a-location\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7658\">How to create and edit a campus?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have activated this function as an admin, users can register themselves in ChurchTools. 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