# Admin post needs approval

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-post-needs-approval/308608
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 19, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-post-needs-approval/308608 "2024-05-19T14:04:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![patrickemin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrickemin/32/520162_2.png) [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-post-needs-approval/308608/1 "2024-05-19T14:04:26Z")

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Hi as an admin I posted a new topic and I see (for the first time) the banner “needs approval” on my post, when I approved it, this banner remains. Why do I need approval as an admin and how to get rid of that “needs approval” banner? Thanks.

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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-post-needs-approval/308608/2 "2024-05-21T00:03:12Z")

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Can you post a screen shot? I’m having trouble understanding the circumstances.

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### Author: ![patrickemin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrickemin/32/520162_2.png) [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-post-needs-approval/308608/3 "2024-05-21T00:06:30Z")

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![Screenshot_20240520_210455_Firefox~2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/3/3/43348ee39cfd6c2b681963d5a8e06f7160f930bc.png)

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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-post-needs-approval/308608/4 "2024-05-21T00:08:04Z")

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That looks like it may be a tag and isn’t out of the box functionality, as far as I’m aware. Do you have some kind of autotagging or moderation plugin running?

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### Author: ![patrickemin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrickemin/32/520162_2.png) [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-post-needs-approval/308608/5 "2024-05-21T00:14:07Z")

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Not that I am aware of. And an approve button appears under the post, I click it but it never goes away.

 ![Screenshot_20240520_211155_Firefox~2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/6/4/a641b62be3e84ba7129360e70f3636dcd8cf20ca.png)

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### Author: ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-post-needs-approval/308608/6 "2024-05-21T00:42:35Z")

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Isn’t it [Discourse Category Experts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-category-experts-plugin/190814)? 🤔

> [@patrickemin](#):
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> Not that I am aware of. And an approve button appears under the post, I click it but it never goes away.

Can you look at the browser’s console (right-click on the page → inspect → Console tab) to see if any relevant errors are happening?

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### Author: ![patrickemin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrickemin/32/520162_2.png) [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-post-needs-approval/308608/7 "2024-05-21T01:00:29Z")

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Yes good idea, it’s that, I’ll have a look at my plugin settings.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-post-needs-approval/308608/8 "2024-06-20T01:01:03Z")

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