Title: edit authorization
Last modified: August 18, 2016

---

# edit authorization

 *  [megabuff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megabuff/)
 * (@megabuff)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-authorization/)
 * i have logged onto my blog in the public section and i have the ability to edit
   posts from there, so i assume that means anyone can do this as well.
 * can you please tell me how i protect my posts?
 * thanks kev

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-authorization/#post-283901)
 * Did you log in as admin? Admin can edit all posts. Other users can edit the posts
   of users of lesser level – so a level 5 user can edit posts of user levels below
   that.
 * You can read about user levels, privileges, editing and so on the codex: [http://codex.wordpress.org/User_Levels](http://codex.wordpress.org/User_Levels)
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-authorization/#post-283902)
 * Those edit tags will only display when you are logged in as the author of the
   post(s).
 *  Thread Starter [megabuff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megabuff/)
 * (@megabuff)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-authorization/#post-284507)
 * I logged onto
    [http://bodiorganic.com/blog/](http://bodiorganic.com/blog/) whch
   is the public URL and from there i see and edit link and if i click it i can 
   go into the ost and edit it.
 * Kev
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-authorization/#post-284511)
 * Once again as macmanx said above: the “edit” link is visible only when you are
   logged in. Visitors cannot see it.

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

The topic ‘edit authorization’ is closed to new replies.

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 4 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-authorization/#post-284511)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics