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Role Approved Comment

This plugin will allow any specified role to have their comments automatically approved.

By Jason Judge·Approval·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 16 years ago
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As of April 2026, Role Approved Comment is a WordPress approval plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing….

0/5Rating
10active installs
2.1K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009

Overview

This plugin was developed to meet a specific need: an organisation had members and non-members logging into
the blogs. The requirement called for members to be able to comment without needing administrator approval.
Non-members needed to get their comments approved before they were displayed.

So long as users are created with the correct role (e.g. “members” and “nonmembers” in this case) this
plugin allows you to add the “Role Approved Comments” capability to any of those roles. If the role a
user is in has that capability, then their comments will automatically be approved.

There is no administration screen for this plugin. You must use the
capsman plugin to manage the capability. The capability
will appear as “Role approved comment”.

This…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress2.0.2+ requiredTested up to 2.8.4
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • First version.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Jason JudgeJason Judge
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
Nov 24, 2009
WP Requires
2.0.2+
Tested Up To
2.8.4
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
2.1K+
Added
Nov 24, 2009
Business
Free

Tags

approvalcommentsmoderation

Developer

J
Jason Judge
6 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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