Hello, on our forum we have certain categories and every post submitted there requires a moderator’s approval. However, once post is approved, users are free to edit it however they want without it triggering approval in our requests queue. Is there any way we can change it from the settings and set it so that when users edit their post, it requires to be approved by moderators again. I’ve seen it possible on other social platforms often.
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In a support discussion titled “Edits to require approval as well,” AnnaTheBrick asks if it’s possible to require moderator approval for edits made to already-approved posts — a feature common on other platforms. JammyDodger confirms this is not currently supported but points to an open feature request: Send edits of approved posts back to approval queue. Heliosurge offers a related suggestion: Require edit reason, which might help track changes. Architect suggests an alternative: locking posts from editing entirely via site settings (with a screenshot provided). They note that edit history is public by default, so the original post remains visible unless that setting is changed. Users needing edits to locked posts can request moderator assistance. While full edit approval isn’t available, these workarounds offer partial solutions to maintain content control.
I’m afraid this isn’t currently possible, though there is an open Contribute > Feature request you could add your thoughts to:
Not quite what your looking for but might be of use
You can set posts to be locked from editing, if that would help?
There are several settings that can be adjusted for that:
In addition by default the edit history is public, so original version of post will still be published unless you change setting for that.
If someone wants a locked post to be edited they could then submit a request for that to be done by a moderator.