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How to Approve or Send Back Member Posts in WB Member Blog
How to approve a member post or send it back with WB Member Blog, step by step. In your WordPress admin, open Posts and click Member submissions above the list. It lists only posts members wrote, with posts waiting for review at the top and a Review column. Approve publishes the post and emails the author. Send back opens a form that asks what the author should change: pick a quick reason or write your own, then Send back to the author returns the post to them as a draft with your note, and nothing is deleted. To review several posts at once, tick them and choose Approve or Send back from Bulk actions.
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In this tutorial you will review member posts: approve the ones that are ready, and send the others back with a note. You need the free WB Member Blog plugin, installed and active. It takes about three minutes. There are five steps. Open Member submissions. See what is waiting. Approve a post. Send a post back with a note. Then review several at once.
Step one. Open Member submissions. In your WordPress admin, open Posts. Above the list, click Member submissions. The number beside it counts the posts waiting. The list now holds only posts that members wrote, and adds a Review column.
Step two. See what is waiting. Posts waiting for review sit at the top, marked Pending, with the author and the category. Click a title to read the whole post before you decide.
Step three. Approve a post. Click Approve in the Review column. The post goes live at once, and the author gets an email to say it was approved. It leaves the top of this list.
Step four. Send a post back with a note. Click Send back. A form asks what the author should change. Click a quick reason to add it, or write your own. The author sees the note on their dashboard and in an email. Send back to the author returns the post to them as a draft, with your note. Nothing is deleted. Cancel leaves it waiting.
Step five. Review several at once. Tick the posts in the list. Choose Approve, or Send back, from Bulk actions, then click Apply. Send back asks for one note for them all.
That is all five. Member submissions, what is waiting, Approve, Send back with a note, and several at once. You can now review every member post on your site. Next in this series: Fix a post that was sent back, and submit it again.