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# asherber

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Head & Footer Code] Backslashes disappearing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backslashes-disappearing/)
 *  Thread Starter [asherber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asherber/)
 * (@asherber)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backslashes-disappearing/#post-12494378)
 * Thanks very much! I can confirm that this is working for me now.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links - nofollow, noopener & new window] Conflict with nested menus](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-nested-menus/)
 *  Thread Starter [asherber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asherber/)
 * (@asherber)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-nested-menus/#post-12224870)
 * Thanks!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[External Links - nofollow, noopener & new window] Conflict with nested menus](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-nested-menus/)
 *  Thread Starter [asherber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asherber/)
 * (@asherber)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-nested-menus/#post-12223363)
 * Hi,
 * My site isn’t live yet, so I can’t send you a link — but if it helps, I’ve created
   a gist that has page source with the plugin off and plugin on, so you can see
   the effect and maybe run some tests on the “before” source. (By the way, I initially
   thought that the problem might be that the menu item in question is called “Links”,
   but I changed the name to something else and the issue persisted, so I’m pretty
   sure it’s the fact that there’s no `href`.)
 * [https://gist.github.com/asherber/19ac1fa9e87bf36aa10d84280dd0f6c7](https://gist.github.com/asherber/19ac1fa9e87bf36aa10d84280dd0f6c7)
 * Here’s the support info:
 * WP url: [https://appalachianspring.info](https://appalachianspring.info)
    WP 
   version: 5.3 PHP version: 7.2.24 Active Plugins: – Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for
   Gutenberg Blocks, version: 1.0.2 – DreamHost Panel Login, version: 1.0.0 – Jetpack
   by WordPress.com, version: 8.0 – Maintenance, version: 3.85 – PHP Everywhere,
   version: 2.0.1 – Simple CSS, version: 1.1 – WP External Links, version: 2.40 –
   WPForms Lite, version: 1.5.6.2 – WP Super Cache, version: 1.7.0
 * WPEL Settings:
    array( ‘wpel-external-link-settings’ => array ( ‘apply_settings’
   => ‘1’, ‘target’ => ‘_blank’, ‘target_overwrite’ => ”, ‘rel_follow’ => ”, ‘rel_follow_overwrite’
   => ”, ‘rel_noopener’ => ‘1’, ‘rel_noreferrer’ => ‘1’, ‘rel_external’ => ‘1’, ‘
   rel_sponsored’ => ”, ‘rel_ugc’ => ”, ‘title’ => ‘{title}’, ‘class’ => ”, ‘icon_type’
   => ‘image’, ‘icon_image’ => ‘3’, ‘icon_dashicon’ => ‘dashicons-menu’, ‘icon_fontawesome’
   => ‘fa-address-book’, ‘icon_position’ => ‘right’, ‘no_icon_for_img’ => ‘1’, ),‘
   wpel-internal-link-settings’ => array ( ‘apply_settings’ => ”, ‘target’ => ”,‘
   target_overwrite’ => ”, ‘rel_follow’ => ”, ‘rel_follow_overwrite’ => ”, ‘rel_noopener’
   => ‘1’, ‘rel_noreferrer’ => ‘1’, ‘title’ => ‘{title}’, ‘class’ => ”, ‘icon_type’
   => ”, ‘icon_image’ => ‘1’, ‘icon_dashicon’ => ”, ‘icon_fontawesome’ => ”, ‘icon_position’
   => ‘right’, ‘no_icon_for_img’ => ‘1’, ), ‘wpel-excluded-link-settings’ => array(‘
   apply_settings’ => ”, ‘target’ => ”, ‘target_overwrite’ => ”, ‘rel_follow’ =>”,‘
   rel_follow_overwrite’ => ”, ‘rel_noopener’ => ‘1’, ‘rel_noreferrer’ => ‘1’, ‘
   title’ => ‘{title}’, ‘class’ => ”, ‘icon_type’ => ”, ‘icon_image’ => ‘1’, ‘icon_dashicon’
   => ”, ‘icon_fontawesome’ => ”, ‘icon_position’ => ‘right’, ‘no_icon_for_img’ 
   => ‘1’, ), ‘wpel-exceptions-settings’ => array ( ‘apply_all’ => ‘1’, ‘apply_post_content’
   => ‘1’, ‘apply_comments’ => ‘1’, ‘apply_widgets’ => ‘1’, ‘skip_post_ids’ => ”,‘
   ignore_classes’ => ”, ‘subdomains_as_internal_links’ => ”, ‘include_urls’ => ”,‘
   exclude_urls’ => ”, ‘excludes_as_internal_links’ => ”, ‘ignore_script_tags’ =
   > ‘1’, ‘ignore_mailto_links’ => ‘1’, ), ‘wpel-admin-settings’ => array ( ‘own_admin_menu’
   => ‘1’, ), );
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Moderate Posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moderate-posts/)
 *  [asherber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asherber/)
 * (@asherber)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moderate-posts/#post-327101)
 * Well, here’s the guts of it:
 * `
    function mg_notify_admin($post_id) { $post = &get_post($post_id); $keyword
   = strtok($post->post_title, ' ');
 *  `if (strstr('POST DONE', $keyword)) {
    $post_title = substr($post->post_title,
   strlen($keyword) + 1); $first_name = get_usermeta($post->post_author, 'first_name');
   $last_name = get_usermeta($post->post_author, 'last_name');
 *  `$message = "A post has been submitted for moderation.\n"
    . "Author: $first_name
   $last_name \n" . "Title: $post_title"; wp_mail(get_option('admin_email'), 'Moderation
   notification', $message); } }
 * `add_action('save_post', 'mg_notify_admin');
 * (Sorry, can’t get indents to display correctly.)
 * This will fire any time a post is saved and the first word of the title is either‘
   POST’ or ‘DONE’. An email will be sent to the site admin letting them know that
   the post is there. The admin can then log in, edit the post, remove ‘POST’, and
   publish.
 * Note also that this only emails the main site admin. This could be modified to
   loop through the list of users and notify any user with the `publish_posts` capability(
   or other specified criteria).
 * Aaron.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Moderate Posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moderate-posts/)
 *  [asherber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asherber/)
 * (@asherber)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moderate-posts/#post-327025)
 * UPDATE: I’ve now written a mini-plugin that hooks the save_post action. Whenever
   a post is saved with POST in the title, WordPress automatically emails me with
   the author’s name and the post title. Then I can log in, edit as needed, and 
   publish. This is a little niftier than the cron script I had before.
 * (My authors who need moderation can only save posts, not publish on their own.)
 * Aaron.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Moderate Posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moderate-posts/)
 *  [asherber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asherber/)
 * (@asherber)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moderate-posts/#post-327000)
 * FWIW, what I’ve done is ask my authors to preface their post subjects with the
   word POST when they’re ready for it to be looked at. I then wrote a quick PHP
   script which I run as a cron job; the script looks to see if there are any posts
   which start with POST and then emails me if there are, so I can go moderate.
 * There are more complicated ways to do this, like writing it as a real plugin 
   and hooking save_post. But it meets my needs for now.
 * Aaron.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Moderate Posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moderate-posts/)
 *  [asherber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asherber/)
 * (@asherber)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moderate-posts/#post-326881)
 * I’ve been dealing with just this issue. There is a post moderation plugin at 
   <[http://www.blueeye.us/wordpress/2005/01/16/post-moderation-10-beta/&gt](http://www.blueeye.us/wordpress/2005/01/16/post-moderation-10-beta/&gt);,
   but it has not (yet) been updated to work with 2.0. It doesn’t send notification
   to admins, but it does add a menu item to display/edit/approve posts being held
   for moderation.
 * In the meantime, I’m doing the same thing you are. New users are registered as‘
   Contributors’. And Manage | Posts will show me who has saved drafts. I’m considering
   asking users to add something at the top like ‘READY’ to distinguish between 
   drafts they’re still working on and drafts which are ready to go.
 * Would *love* a real post moderation solution.
 * Aaron.

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