Title: Comments visible while in moderation queue
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Comments visible while in moderation queue

 *  [adeco2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeco2/)
 * (@adeco2)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-visible-while-in-moderation-queue/)
 * I’m told by one user of my blog that some comments were visible to anyone prior
   to him moderating them (he was obviously not the author, but they had the tag“
   comment is pending moderation”).
 * Is this a known issue (WP 1.5.1.3).
 * TIA

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-visible-while-in-moderation-queue/#post-259380)
 * He could see them, probably you could. I would not have seen them.
 *  Thread Starter [adeco2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeco2/)
 * (@adeco2)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-visible-while-in-moderation-queue/#post-259382)
 * Can you elaborate? Are they visible to administrators who are logged in? Is that
   what you mean? I never realized that this was the case.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-visible-while-in-moderation-queue/#post-259383)
 * That’s what I meant, yes. I would not have seen them as a non-logged in user.
 * The commenter can see they they don’t keep hitting them in.
    You can see because
   it’s your blog.
 *  Thread Starter [adeco2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeco2/)
 * (@adeco2)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-visible-while-in-moderation-queue/#post-259702)
 * Hmmm, I’m not sure. I’ve never seen comments that are pending moderation.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-visible-while-in-moderation-queue/#post-259704)
 * I was under the impression any logged in user with a User Level greater than 
   zero could see comments, even unmoderated comments.
 *  [kmcdou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmcdou/)
 * (@kmcdou)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-visible-while-in-moderation-queue/#post-259747)
 * My understanding is that the person who has posted the comment can see their 
   post immediately while it is waiting for moderation but no-one else can see it
   until it is approved. I guess this feature is designed that way to make the commenter
   feel that their comment is actually on the site.

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 * Last reply from: [kmcdou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmcdou/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-visible-while-in-moderation-queue/#post-259747)
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