I’m looking for a way to require manual approval for all future posts from a specific user (or a small set of users), without changing their trust level or moving them into a different group. The goal is to essentially “flag” certain users so that every post they make goes into the moderation queue…

Thanks. Is this the better approach than setting an Approve post count #?: [image] This works perfectly.

Thanks. I noticed the plugin hasn’t been updated in about 7 years, so I’m a bit hesitant to install it. In the meantime, what’s the recommended setting to require approval for all new users (TL0)? I’d like every post from new members to go into the moderation queue until approved by staff. Which s…

I wrote this overview a while back: [afbeelding] Configuring automatic post review triggers Administrators This guide explains the various settings and options for requiring post approval in Discourse. You’ll learn how these settings interact and best practices…

I think I’d use the group-based approval setting and Discourse Dynamic Groups . You create a group of users whose posts should always require approval - e.g. watched_users. Then you create a dynamic group with all users of the trust-level-0 group [1] but without the members of watched_users and name…

Thanks! That said, the current setting I have (in most recent above screenshot) will require new posts/topics by TL0 members to be approved first correct?

[afbeelding] haydenjames: the current setting I have (in most recent above screenshot) will require new posts/topics by TL0 members to be approved first correct? [afbeelding] haydenjames: This works perfectly. I see you figured out this is correct. Just noting that if you allow staged …

Force post approval for specific users only?

Ondersteuning

chapoi 17 maart 2026 om 14:29 2

No built-in way.

Could take a look at this maybe Force specific users through moderation

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Giving certain users permission to post without moderator approval Community Building	5	863	24 mei 2022
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Force post approval for specific users only?

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