Contributors basics

Add contributors and assign them different permissions.

Last updated September 4, 2024

With contributors, you can invite multiple people to log in and work on your Squarespace site, each with their own accounts. Having contributors is an efficient way to run a site as a team or hand off sites you're building for clients. Contributors can have different permissions based on their responsibilities and which settings they're allowed to see.

Each contributor needs their own Squarespace account. When they accept a contributor invitation, they can create an account for free or add the site to an existing account.

Accessing this feature

There's a two-contributor limit for sites on a Personal plan. The Owner counts as a contributor. If a trial site has more than two contributors, you won't be able to upgrade to this plan.

Tip

Create branded email addresses for each of your contributors with Google Workspace.

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Site ownership

  • When you create a new Squarespace site, you automatically become the site owner, with Owner-level permissions.
  • You can transfer ownership to another contributor any time, during or after the trial. You'll stay on as a contributor, which can be helpful if you'll continue working on the site.

Invite and remove contributors

Roles and permissions

  • There are different types of permission levels that you can give to contributors, depending on your subscriptions.
  • You can give a contributor multiple permissions for tailored access.
  • Owners and Administrators can change contributor permissions.

Note

Squarespace domains that don't share billing information with a website have different contributor roles than those in this guide. To learn more, visit Managing domain permissions.

Google Workspace users vs. domain contributors

Google Workspace users and domain contributors are managed separately. To add users in Google Worspace, visit this guide. To add contributors to a domain that doesn't share billing information with a Squarespace website, visit this guide.

Basic authors

  • To publish content by a guest or a general name without adding another contributor, add a basic author instead.
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