Title: avoid contributor rate own post
Last modified: December 18, 2019

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# avoid contributor rate own post

 *  Resolved [adesigno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adesigno/)
 * (@adesigno)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoid-contributor-rate-own-post/)
 * HI
    how can I disable the rating feature for own posts? I would like to avoid
   that contributor will rate his own test/post. thanks ad

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 *  Plugin Support [Blaz K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blazk/)
 * (@blazk)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoid-contributor-rate-own-post/#post-12251444)
 * Hi [@adesigno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adesigno/),
 * if you are referring to meta box in the post editor, a contributor cannot manipulate
   ratings. The meta box is there, but on save it will return a warning about the
   permissions and not save the rating.
 * Regards,
    Blaz

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 * Last reply from: [Blaz K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blazk/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoid-contributor-rate-own-post/#post-12251444)
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