Title: Approval Workflow
Author: ericjuden
Published: <strong>April 27, 2012</strong>
Last modified: August 15, 2012

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Approval Workflow

 By [ericjuden](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ericjuden/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/approval-workflow.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/approval-workflow/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/approval-workflow/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/approval-workflow/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/approval-workflow/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/approval-workflow/)

## Description

Approval Workflow is meant to create a workflow process in WordPress. This plugin
adds a box to the post edit screen when a user does not have publish permissions
for that post type. It also allows you to set a WordPress role as the approvers.
Note: this role must have publish permissions. The approvers get notified by email
when someone has submitted something to the workflow. This works on WordPress Multisite
too.

**If you need help setting up the roles, I’d recommend the [Members plugin](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/).**

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Added a checkbox to the edit page for submitting to the workflow.
 * [[
 * Approval Workflow dashboard. This shows all the items in the workflow.
 * [[
 * Comparing the old and new pages.

## Installation

 1. Copy the plugin files to `wp-content/plugins/`
 2. Activate plugin from Plugins page or Network Activate for multisite
 3. Go to Settings -> Approval Workflow to adjust plugin settings
 4. You must ensure the users you want to approve are in a role that does not have 
    publish_page (or any publish permissions for other post types) permissions.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Approval Workflow” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ ericjuden ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ericjuden/)

[Translate “Approval Workflow” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/approval-workflow)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/approval-workflow/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/approval-workflow/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/approval-workflow/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/approval-workflow/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.3.2

 * Small fix for usort() error on Workflow page when no items are in the workflow.

#### 1.3.1

 * Small fix for incorrect variable name being called.

#### 1.3

 * Fix for new items not showing up in workflow.

#### 1.2

 * Fix for not being able to access settings page after changing approval role in
   settings.

#### 1.1

 * Better compatibility with regular WordPress. I had intended this for WordPress
   Multisite.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3.2**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **40+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[administration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/administration/)
   [approval](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/approval/)[dashboard](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/)
   [workflow](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/workflow/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/approval-workflow/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ ericjuden ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ericjuden/)

## Support

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