Title: post approval
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# post approval

 *  [gon2train](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gon2train/)
 * (@gon2train)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/)
 * hi
    I added form with contact form 7 plug in .. I want to have it marked as pending
   so I added ..
 * [dynamichidden post_status “pending”]
 * did add contact form 7 – dynamic extension as suggested …
    for some reason it
   was working and now it isn’t???
 * not sure what to do ..
    appreciate help :>)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/form-to-post/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/form-to-post/)

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 *  Thread Starter [gon2train](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gon2train/)
 * (@gon2train)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228356)
 * [http://dogwooddogtraining.com/post-your-brag/](http://dogwooddogtraining.com/post-your-brag/)
 * here is link to form
 *  Thread Starter [gon2train](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gon2train/)
 * (@gon2train)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228368)
 * here is form —
 * <p>Your Name (required)
    [text* your-name] </p>
 * <p>Your Email (required)
    [email* your-email] </p>
 * <p>Subject
    [text your-subject] </p>
 * <p>Your Message
    [textarea your-message] </p>
 * Check box (required)
    [checkbox* post_category_name “brags-comments-students”]
 * <label>Enter the code: [captchac captcha-600 size:m]</label>
    [captchar captcha-
   600]
 * <p>[submit “Send”]</p>
    [dynamichidden post_status “pending”]
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228382)
 * There is no post_title and post_content. This worked for me:
 *     ```
       Your Name (required)
           [text* your-name]
       Your Email (required)
           [email* your-email]
       Subject
           [text post_title]
       Your Message
           [textarea post_content]
       Check box (required)
         [checkbox* post_category_name "brags-comments-students"]
       Enter the code: [captchac captcha-600 size:m]
       [captchar captcha-600]
       [submit "Send"]
       [dynamichidden post_status "pending"]
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [gon2train](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gon2train/)
 * (@gon2train)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228408)
 * hi
    nope .. it is not sending pending email and the check box with the post category
   not showing up … would like it to post to a certain category and stay pending
   approval … the other this is when i approve it shows as admin was author … would
   like it to show true author …
 * thanks for your help :>)
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228574)
 * I’m pushing version 0.6 in which it should set the post author to be the person
   who is logged in when submitting the form. The person must be logged in for this
   to work, obviously.
 *  Thread Starter [gon2train](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gon2train/)
 * (@gon2train)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228576)
 * is there a way to show author if not logged in??? i am trying to get away from
   log in option on this particular site ..
 * also anyway to get ride of comments 0?
 * [http://dogwooddogtraining.com/category/brags-comments-students/](http://dogwooddogtraining.com/category/brags-comments-students/)
 * thanks for your help and input .. i like the plug in …
    :>)
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228580)
 * No way to ID the author without being logged in. Even if it did, they would have
   to is themselves on your form and there is no way to verify they are who they
   claim to be.
 *  Thread Starter [gon2train](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gon2train/)
 * (@gon2train)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228583)
 * hi again ..
    well pits … is there a way to add a line so author will show and
   admin (the one that approved the post) will not ???
 * i don’t care if i can verify how they claim …
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228584)
 * If you put in a field “post_author_name” they can self-identify. But they have
   to enter a valid login name from your site for it to work.
 *  Thread Starter [gon2train](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gon2train/)
 * (@gon2train)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228585)
 * well pits ..
 * do you know of any plug in that would work for me .. i would like to have a guest
   without logging be able to comment etc ..
 *  Thread Starter [gon2train](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gon2train/)
 * (@gon2train)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228586)
 * is there anyway to get ride of comments 0?
 * [http://dogwooddogtraining.com/category/brags-comments-students/](http://dogwooddogtraining.com/category/brags-comments-students/)
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228587)
 * If you want “guest” make a “guest” user in WP, then in your form create a hidden
   field with name “post_author_default” value “guest”
 * The 0 comments: may will work: hidden field “comment_status” value “closed”. 
   See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_post](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_post)
 *  Thread Starter [gon2train](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gon2train/)
 * (@gon2train)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-approval-1/#post-5228588)
 * thanks much … will look into both ..
    have a great weekend ..

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