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title: "Joomla 2.5 ACL – Core Permissions"
description: "Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In a previous..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/acl-core-permissions/
date: 2012-03-29
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 2.5", "Security"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
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# Joomla 2.5 ACL – Core Permissions

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life [here](https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_CMS_versions).

In a previous article, we began discussing the basic fundamentals of [Joomla 2.5 ACL](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/acl-overview/), Access Control Lists. We covered that the Access Control Lists are based upon:

- Users
- [User Groups](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/create-new-user-group/)
- Access Levels
- Core Permissions

In this article, we will cover in more detail the Core Permissions of Joomla’s ACL.

When assigning rights / permissions to a user group, you are in essence toggling the Core Permissions available within the Access Control Lists. These Core Permissions include:

| The Joomla 2.5 Core Permissions: |
| --- |
| Site Login | Site login controls whether a user can log into the front end of your website |
| Admin Login | Admin login dictates who can log into the administrative end of your website |
| Offline Access | Offline Access sets who can see the website when it is set to offline mode |
| Super Admin | Super Admin privileges are similar to root access. Super Admin can do anything, which naturally includes overriding ACL settings |
| Access Component | Access Component gives rights to users for specific areas in the administrative interface, such as managing menus and components |
| Create | The right to create [allows users to create new content](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/front-end-article-writing/) |
| Delete | Delete controls which users can delete content |
| Edit | Edit allows users to edit any content, regardless of whether it is their own content or not |
| Edit State | Edit State allows a user to change the state of content, such as being published, unpublished, and even trashed or archived |
| Edit Own | Edit own allows them to edit content they’ve created. They can only edit their own content, they cannot edit content created by others |

All users groups have the ability to be given these core permissions. For example, if you go to Joomla Admin >> Global Configuration >> Permissions, you’ll see that all user groups show the same core permissions:

| Registered Users | Super Users |
| --- | --- |
| As you can see below, both Registered Users and Super Users share the same 10 core permissions. |
| [![registered-permissions](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_joomla25_acl-core-permissions_registered-permissions.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_joomla25_acl-core-permissions_registered-permissions.gif) | [![super-users-permissions](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_joomla25_acl-core-permissions_super-users-permissions.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_joomla25_acl-core-permissions_super-users-permissions.gif) |

In future articles, we’ll cover more on how to toggle core permissions on / off for specific user groups.