Create new drafts or pending reviews from new or published posts without changing the live version.
As of April 2026, BuddyForms Moderation ( Former: Review Logic ) is a WordPress user plugin with 30 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Role Editor.
Problem
In WordPress it is not possible to edit a published post and save it as new draft or pending review without removing the post from the frontend.
In the moment, if the post status is set to something else as published, it is removed. This makes it impossible to create a private draft or set an edited post to pending review without creating a 404.
For the BuddyForms front-end editing we want to have the feature to save a private draft or set the edit post to pending review without creating a 404.
With the BuddyForms Moderation Extension you can solve exactly this problem.
The extension creates a new Form Builder MetaBox “Moderation”
With 3 new Post Status
| WordPress | 3.9+ requiredTested up to 6.4.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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