---
title: "Configure default site settings for guest access"
slug: "configure-default-site-settings-for-guest-access"
tags: ["Totara Learn", "Site Administrator", "Explainer"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:39Z
canonical: "totara.help/configure-default-site-settings-for-guest-access"
---

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# Configure default site settings for guest access

As a Site Administrator you can go to *Quick-access menu >* *Plugins > Enrolments > Guest access* to configure site-wide defaults for [guest access](/19/docs/configure-guest-access) in courses.

- **Add instance to new courses:** Any new course will have the Guest access enrolment plugin included
- **Allow guest access:** Selecting **Yes** will mean the new course will allow guest access to them

Clicking the **Advanced** button next to **Allow guest access** will hide this setting in a course and will instead display a **Show more** link to click on to access the setting.

Guest access can be turned on by default in all new courses and you can also:

- Require each course with guest access to have a password for guests
- Use or ignore Totara's standard password policy for guest access passwords
- Offer the first letter of the password as a hint if required

## Next steps

- [](/19/docs/configure-default-site-settings-for-guest-access)[Configure guest access](/19/docs/configure-guest-access)
- [Set up auto-login for guests](/19/docs/set-up-auto-login-for-guests)

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