Title: View but not edit drafts
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# View but not edit drafts

 *  Resolved [mcxg46](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcxg46/)
 * (@mcxg46)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/view-but-not-edit-drafts/)
 * Is it possible to create a role that allows the user to view/preview but not 
   edit draft posts?
 * I have tried selecting just ‘read’ and ‘read private posts’, but this does not
   allow draft posts to be viewed.
 * Thanks for any help you can offer,
 * John
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/view-but-not-edit-drafts/#post-6450739)
 * There is no built-in capability for this purpose in WordPress. It is possible
   to achieve this with special plugin, developed for this purpose.
 *  Thread Starter [mcxg46](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcxg46/)
 * (@mcxg46)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/view-but-not-edit-drafts/#post-6450832)
 * Thanks for getting back to me. I know it isn’t possible with basic Wodpress features.
   What I was asking was: does your plugin ‘Use Role Editor’ allow me to create 
   such a role, and if so, how?
 * (And if not, does such a plugin exist?)
 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/view-but-not-edit-drafts/#post-6450842)
 * User Role Editor will not help you with it.
 *  Thread Starter [mcxg46](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcxg46/)
 * (@mcxg46)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/view-but-not-edit-drafts/#post-6450845)
 * OK. Thanks anyway.
 * John
 *  [aaronjames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aaronjames/)
 * (@aaronjames)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/view-but-not-edit-drafts/#post-6451001)
 * Did you figure out how to do this? Thx.
 * -Aaron
 *  Thread Starter [mcxg46](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcxg46/)
 * (@mcxg46)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/view-but-not-edit-drafts/#post-6451002)
 * No, sorry. What I did in the end was publish the posts with password protection,
   and backdated them a couple of years so that they wouldn’t appear on the homepage
   or under recent post searches – so pretty much hidden from public view. Then 
   I gave out the password and direct post link to the people who I wanted to be
   able to preview the article. Finally, when it became time to make the post public,
   I removed password protection and changed the publication to the current date,
   so that the post would appear as if new.
 * Not ideal by any means, but the best workaround I could come up with.

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