🛠️ Admin
Full site control
Website Admins have comprehensive access to edit, manage, and maintain a website. They can fully customize content, publish changes to the live site, configure SEO, write blogs, and manage personalization. They can also oversee other staff, invite new website users and delegate permission.
Key abilities:
Manage and invite new website users
Full design and content editing
Publish changes
SEO tools, blog, personalization
Manage content library and connected data
Use installed apps and AI tools
View stats and SEO overview
To ensure your site stays secure and healthy: this role cannot fully reset the site, manage domain, DNS, manage site backups or publish the site for the first time. These permissions are only available to the Gather team.
✏️ Limited Editor
Can edit existing widgets and re-publish
Limited Editors can update content in existing widgets and re-publish those changes live. They cannot add new widgets or sections, but they can contribute to the blog, moderate comments on the site, and use the content library to upload new images or replace old ones. Perfect for staff who maintain content but don’t control site design or structure.
Key abilities:
Edit existing text and images
Publish changes live
Write blog posts
Comment on site
Use content library and view stats
View SEO overview
Cannot: first-time publish, add widgets, edit layout/structure, manage domain
📰 Blogger
Blog-only contributor
Bloggers can write and manage blog posts but don’t have access to any other editing or publishing tools. Ideal for users focused solely on content creation.
Key abilities:
Write blog posts and publish those live
View site stats and SEO overview
Use AI tools to help with blogging
Cannot: edit site content or make any changes to the site pages
👀 View Only
Read-only visibility for the site
This role is for team member who want to see how the site is performing and preview changes that the website editors are making. They can preview pages and review SEO analytics but can’t make or publish any changes themeselves.
Key abilities:
View a site before it is live: perfect for getting feedback from your team without needing to give them edit access!
View SEO analytics
Cannot: edit, blog, comment, or publish
Capability | Admin | Limited Editor | Blogger | View Only |
Edit full site content | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Edit existing content | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
Re-publish changes | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
Publish site for the first time | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Write and manage blog posts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Manage SEO settings | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
View SEO overview | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Use personalization tools | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Use AI assistant | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Use installed apps | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Manage content library | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Comment on site | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
View analytics | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Manage other users | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Manage domains or DNS | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Reset site | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |