Title: Changing Default Posting Status
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Changing Default Posting Status

 *  [shireyuchan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shireyuchan/)
 * (@shireyuchan)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-default-posting-status/)
 * Good day.
 * I wish to ask a question on how to change the default posting status both on 
   posting through the dashboard and by e-mail. I did try posting by e-mail yesterday
   and the post did not show up automatically on the website. I found out that the
   default posting status is “Unpublished” or “Pending Review” (or something similar
   to that). I checked the file wp-mail.php and I saw that the posting status is
   set to “published”. I also wish to resolve the same kind of problem on how to
   make “published” as the default posting status for both posting by e-mail and
   through the main admin area or dashboard.
 * Thanks in advance for whatever help you may give me.

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 *  [tombrownsword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tombrownsword/)
 * (@tombrownsword)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-default-posting-status/#post-731434)
 * I added an account using the FROM address that I use when I blog my email and
   it posted right away without any problems. I suspect that this “hold” feature
   has been added to prevent just anybody from automatically posting to your blog(
   should they get your secret email address somehow).
 * When I created the account, I gave it administrator rights.
 * I haven’t tested this thoroughly; if you could test it and post back, it may 
   help validate…
 * Best regards,
    Tom
 *  [j-c-r-w](https://wordpress.org/support/users/j-c-r-w/)
 * (@j-c-r-w)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-default-posting-status/#post-731495)
 * Hi shireyuchan,
    the question you had is of interest for me too. Posting by Email
   with published by default is no problem. But how can I get the published status
   by default for new articles or pages in the admin area? Did you have any ideas
   meanwhile? Thanks

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