Overview
The General Settings section allows you to configure important ticket behavior, permissions, and visibility options.
These settings control how ticket statuses, replies, ticket creation, and search work in SupportCandy.
Where to Find
Go to Support → Settings → General Settings → General.
How It Works
You can configure how ticket statuses change after replies, who can close or create tickets, how ticket threads display email addresses, and which fields are searchable.
After making changes, click Submit to save them. Click Reset Default to restore the original settings.
Step-by-Step Guide
- Go to Support → Settings → General Settings → General.
- Configure the required ticket status settings.
- Select the required Reply Form Position.
- Set the Default Date Format.
- Configure the Ticket Prefix if required.
- Select the roles allowed to close tickets.
- Select the roles allowed to create new tickets.
- Configure Thread Email Visibility.
- Select the required Allowed Search Fields.
- Click Submit to save the changes.
Options / Settings
Ticket Status After Customer Reply
Defines the ticket status after the customer replies to a ticket.
Select Do not change if the ticket status should remain unchanged.
Ticket Status After Agent Reply
Defines the ticket status after an agent replies to a ticket.
Select Do not change if the ticket status should remain unchanged.
Close Ticket Status
Defines the status applied when a ticket is closed by an Agent or Customer.
Reply Form Position
Controls where the reply form appears on the ticket page.
- Top – Displays the reply form at the top of the ticket. Ticket replies are shown below the reply form, with the latest replies displayed first.
- Bottom – Displays the ticket replies first, followed by the reply form at the bottom. Ticket threads show the oldest replies first.
Default Date Format
Defines the date format used throughout the system.
This format also applies to Date or DateTime custom fields unless another format is specified.
For example: Y-m-d H:i:s
Ticket Prefix
Allows you to customize the label used for tickets.
For example, changing Ticket to Case displays tickets as Case #1234.
The selected prefix is also reflected in ticket-related areas such as email notifications.
Allow Close Ticket
Defines which user roles can close tickets.
You can allow Customers or Support Agents to close tickets. For Support Agents, you can select Administrators, Agents, or custom Agent roles.
The selected role must have access to the ticket and permission to change its status.
Allow Create New Ticket
Defines which users can create new tickets.
Available options include:
- Registered Users – Users with WordPress accounts can create tickets.
- Guests – Website visitors without accounts can create tickets.
- Support Agents – Support Agents with the required roles can create tickets. For Support Agents, you can select Administrators, Agents, or custom Agent roles.
Thread Email Visibility
Controls which Agent roles can view user email addresses in ticket threads.
Customers cannot view these email addresses.
Select Allowed Search Fields
Defines which fields can be searched using keywords in the ticket list search bar. Tickets are searched based on the fields selected in this setting.
You can select both default fields and custom fields, including:
- Threads
- ID
- Customer
- Subject
You can also select supported custom fields, including Checkbox, Email, Attachment, Select, Number, Radio, Text, Textarea, URL, Customer, Ticket ID, Tags, and Woo Products.
Other custom field types are not supported and cannot be added to the search fields.
You can select any number of supported custom fields, but we recommend selecting only the fields that are frequently used for searching. Keeping the number of search fields low can help improve search performance.
Example
If you want customers to keep the same ticket status after replying, set Ticket Status After Customer Reply to Do not change.
If you want to rename tickets as cases, set Ticket Prefix to Case. Tickets will then appear as Case #1234.
Notes / Tips
- Select Do not change when replies should not automatically change the ticket status.
- The Ticket Prefix changes how tickets are displayed across SupportCandy.
- Users must have the required ticket access and permissions to close tickets.
- Use Select Allowed Search Fields to control which ticket information can be searched.
- Click Reset Default to restore the original settings.