Title: Posts Approvals
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Posts Approvals

 *  [adizo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adizo/)
 * (@adizo)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-approvals/)
 * I want to be able to approve posts by authors before they are published to be
   viewed by the public, does WordPress have this feature? And if it doesnt, how
   do i get this functionality?
 * Also is it possible to have topics by an author displayed on the side bar when
   a authors article is being read by someone? Is this feature available in WordPress?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-approvals/#post-1341784)
 * > does WordPress have this feature
 * Yes. Set your authors up as Contributors rather than Authors. See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities](http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities)
 * > Is this feature available in WordPress?
 * Anything is possible but this is not built into the default install, You’d need
   to either find a suitable plugin or be prepared to delve into theme development.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-approvals/#post-1341784)
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