Title: Approving Contributor Posts?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Approving Contributor Posts?

 *  Resolved [gc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gc/)
 * (@gc)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/approving-contributor-posts/)
 * Hello. I am brand new to WordPress. I have installed 2.0 (downloaded a few hours
   ago) and am currently using the default theme. I looked documentation and previous
   posts but was unable to find my answer. My apologies if this has already been
   covered.
 * If I am understanding things properly, a “Contributor” is able to create posts.
   These posts must then be approved by an Admin to get published to the home page.
 * I can’t get the Admin account to see posts/drafts/anything from the Contributor
   account. How does a Contributor’s post get approved by an Admin?
 * In other words, as an Admin, I have a “Save and Continue Editing” button, “Save”
   and “Publish”. As a Contributor I have “Save and Continue Editing” and “Save”.
   Unfortunately, I don’t see any sort of “Send to Admin” type button.
 * Does this exist? Am I doing something completely wrong?
 * I’m trying to create a site where certain users are able to create posts. These
   posts are then approved (published) or rejected (deleted) by an admin.
 * Thanks (in advance) for your help.
 * -gc

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/approving-contributor-posts/#post-321800)
 * Did you try to create (Save) a post while logged in as Contributor? and then 
   log in as Admin and look around?
 *  Thread Starter [gc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gc/)
 * (@gc)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/approving-contributor-posts/#post-321802)
 * Thanks for the quick response.
 * Yes, that is what I have been doing. Two different accounts but I seem to be 
   missing some sort of notification or “moderate these saved drafts” link (when
   logged in as Admin).
 * -gc
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/approving-contributor-posts/#post-321803)
 * When logged in as admin > Manage
    You should see your own darfts (if any) and
   on a new line: Others’ drafts
 * Open it for editing and for “approval” click Publish.
 *  Thread Starter [gc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gc/)
 * (@gc)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/approving-contributor-posts/#post-321806)
 * Thank you very much. Works great.
 * My suggestion.
 * Perhaps this would be easier to find if there was some notice of the number of
   queued/pending drafts (similar to the “Awaiting Moderation (x)” link for moderating
   comments).
 * Thanks again for your help.
 * -gc
 *  [iwbyte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwbyte/)
 * (@iwbyte)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/approving-contributor-posts/#post-322069)
 * I’m in the same boat – i’d actually love some type of plugin /feature that would
   email either a user, list of users, or specific emails whenever a contributor’s
   post was waiting for moderation.
 * Any ideas on sch a plugin?
 *  [agrei8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agrei8/)
 * (@agrei8)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/approving-contributor-posts/#post-322071)
 * Me too please! I place a query on Authors postings and my wish for the Administrator
   to get an automatic email in the same way that I do for comment postings- [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/58439?replies=1](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/58439?replies=1)
 * To be specific the user levels I have assigned are Authors not contributors due
   to the need for a high level of access to the management of blog.
 * Anyone know of such a plugin or solution to this?
 *  [sugaredharpy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sugaredharpy/)
 * (@sugaredharpy)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/approving-contributor-posts/#post-322189)
 * I am having the same problem, except that my user’s posts DO NOT show up as drafts
   in the admin account.
 * This is at [http://www.peneloperoom.com](http://www.peneloperoom.com).
 * Where else should I be looking or what can I do?
 *  [sugaredharpy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sugaredharpy/)
 * (@sugaredharpy)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/approving-contributor-posts/#post-322190)
 * Ah, as soon as I posted (of course) I figured it out. The default on my WordPress
   installation for user posts is to mark them “private.” I had several users email
   me about their posts, but I could never see them.
 * Ah, they were marked PRIVATE so I couldn’t see them.
 * So, make sure that your users do not have the “private” button checked if they
   are ready for you to edit and publish.

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