{"id":9510,"date":"2024-04-10T16:06:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T15:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9510"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:40:02","password":"","slug":"who-can-see-a-post","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/use-posts\/who-can-see-a-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Who can see a post?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When creating a new post, the author of the post decides whether the Post should <strong>only<\/strong> be visible <strong>to group members<\/strong> or whether the post should <strong>follow<\/strong> the visibility <strong>of the group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first case, only active group members can see the post. In the second case, the visibility of the post depends on whether the group itself is <em>public<\/em>, <em>internal<\/em>, <em>restricted<\/em> or <em>hidden<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Public<\/em> &#8211; Anyone can see the Post, even without a ChurchTools user account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Internal<\/em> &#8211; All persons with a user account in your ChurchTools can see the Post.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Restricted<\/em> &#8211; Only authorized persons can see the Post.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Hidden<\/em> &#8211; Only people who can see the hidden group can also see the Post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Group members who can see that they are part of a group will always see all of the group&#8217;s posts.<\/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\">Please note that you should not make any further changes to the content if comments have already been made on your post!<\/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<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/use-posts\/24-how-to-create-a-post\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9498\">How to create a post?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/use-posts\/24-how-to-filter-posts\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9500\">How to filter posts?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/use-posts\/how-to-subscribe-to-posts\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"34484\">How to subscribe to posts?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/administration-posts\/how-to-share-posts-with-external-people\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"15970\">How can I share posts with external people?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When creating a new post, the author of the post decides whether the Post should only be visible to group members or whether the post should follow the visibility of the group. 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