{"id":99,"date":"2023-04-06T08:40:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T08:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.kialo.dev\/hc\/about-discussion-access-links-in-private-discussions\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T05:37:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T05:37:27","password":"","slug":"about-link-sharing-private-discussions","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/about-link-sharing-private-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"About Link Sharing in Private Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When enabled, Link Sharing allows any user clicking the link to access the discussion with a specified <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/participant-roles-and-permissions\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"97\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">role<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, without being invited to the discussion. They can be used to control when users are able to access a discussion, making them particularly useful when you want to share a discussion temporarily.<\/span><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_e2ad70ed-67d5-4a4b-8a95-455ee3ebddec\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Important Notes Regarding Link Sharing<\/span><\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a sharing link is enabled, anyone (including those who are not signed in to Kialo) can access the discussion by following the link. During setup, you can specify the role logged in users following the Discussion Access Link have in the discussion. If users are signed in, they are also able to contribute to the discussion (such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/creating-a-claim\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"47\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creating claims<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/commenting-on-a-claim\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"46\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in the ways that role allows.<\/span><\/span>  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link Sharing allows you to control when uninvited users can access the discussion by enabling or disabling the link. So long as users have not also been invited to the discussion, the link is the only means by which their accounts have permission to view the discussion. Therefore, once the link is disabled, so is their access to the discussion. The link can be re-enabled at any time if required.<\/span><\/span>  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a discussion participant who was already in the discussion clicks a <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sharing link <\/span><\/span>that is set to a higher role than they currently have (for example, if the participant is currently a Writer and the link role is set to Editor), they are promoted to the higher role while using the link.<\/span><\/span>  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link Sharing <\/span><\/span>is enabled while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/published-vs-private-discussions\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"92\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">publishing a private discussion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is disabled as it is no longer required. The disabled link redirects users to the published discussion. Published discussions cannot be made private again.<\/span><\/span>  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a discussion which has Link Sharing enabled is<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/cloning-a-discussion\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"87\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cloned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, sharing links are disabled in the cloned discussion and need to be re-enabled if desired.<\/span><\/span>  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a sharing link is embedded, any users viewing the embed also view the discussion as if they had clicked the sharing link. This can be used with your website to allow users to view or interact with the private discussion without needing to leave the site. See<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/embedding-kialo-discussions-on-your-website\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"84\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Embedding a Kialo Discussion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for further information on embedding discussions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_cff6f84c-89d4-4472-aeb4-80630976d9ec\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Enable or Disable Link Sharing<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9f1fb\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> To adjust settings for Discussion Access Links, you must have <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/participant-roles-and-permissions\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"97\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">Admin permissions<\/a> or higher in a private discussion.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussion Access Links are disabled by default.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To <\/span><strong>enable<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Link Sharing:<\/span><\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/navigating-the-discussion-menu\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"105\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussion Menu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and click &lsquo;Discussion Settings&rsquo;.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the &lsquo;Invites &amp; Permissions&rsquo; tab.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the &lsquo;Sharing Link&rsquo; section, click &lsquo;Enable&rsquo; to generate a link.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Optional): If desired, adjust &lsquo;Suggester&rsquo; to another role.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To <\/span><strong>disable<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Link Sharing:<\/span><\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/navigating-the-discussion-menu\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"105\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussion Menu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and click &lsquo;Discussion Settings&rsquo;.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the &lsquo;Invites &amp; Permissions&rsquo; tab.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the &lsquo;Sharing Link&rsquo; section, click &lsquo;Disable&rsquo;.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When enabled, Link Sharing allows any user clicking the link to access the discussion with a specified role, without being invited to the discussion. They can be used to control when users are able to access a discussion, making them particularly useful when you want to share a discussion temporarily.Important Notes Regarding Link SharingHow to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_doc_category":0,"wds_primary_doc_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[26],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-99","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-managing-participants"],"acf":{"zendesk_id":"360040172391","zendesk_url":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360040172391-About-Discussion-Access-Links-in-Private-Discussions"},"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":460,"total_views":"413","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"mk","author_nicename":"mk","author_url":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/author\/mk\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Managing Participants","term_url":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/hc\/sections\/managing-participants\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}