Title: Configuration Confusion
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Configuration Confusion

 *  Resolved [torweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torweb/)
 * (@torweb)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-confusion/)
 * I’m very confused. I’ve setup my page which is running fine. What I was expecting
   was when someone wanted to leave a comment, they would need to register first,
   then leave their comment. Before it would post, I would need to approve it. That’s
   not happening!
 * When I test it as a potential visitor posting a comment, I’m sent to a scaled
   down version of the Dashboard. I just wanted my visitors to register, post their
   comment which I then can approve. Is there a way of preventing my visitor from
   seein the Dasboard?
 * Thank you for any pointers here.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-confusion/#post-283987)
 * Don’t require registration. And you still can set it to send the comments for
   moderation.
    Study: admin panel > Options > General > Membership and also OPtions
   > Discussion
 *  Thread Starter [torweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torweb/)
 * (@torweb)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-confusion/#post-283991)
 * I’ll give that a try…thank you.
 *  Thread Starter [torweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torweb/)
 * (@torweb)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-confusion/#post-283995)
 * Well that took care of the Dashboard problem, but the comment shows up on the
   page instantly even though I set the Discussion to “An administrator must approve
   the comment (regardless of any matches below) “
 * The comment shows up like this:
 * No Responses to “Test Topic�
    Tim Rose Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
 * November 17th, 2005 at 11:34 am e
    This is a test post
 *  Thread Starter [torweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torweb/)
 * (@torweb)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-confusion/#post-283997)
 * That took care of the Dashboard issue, but the comment shows up even though I’m
   supposed to approve it first. The newly created comment shows up like this:
 * No Responses to “Test Post�
    Tim Rose Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
 * November 17th, 2005 at 11:34 am
    This is a test post
 *  Thread Starter [torweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torweb/)
 * (@torweb)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-confusion/#post-284002)
 * I have it working correctly now…Thank you.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [torweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torweb/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-confusion/#post-284002)
 * Status: resolved

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