# Force post approval for specific users only?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-post-approval-for-specific-users-only/398648
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 17, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-post-approval-for-specific-users-only/398648 "2026-03-17T14:28:47Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-post-approval-for-specific-users-only/398648/6 "2026-03-17T15:01:52Z")

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I think I’d use the group-based approval setting and [Discourse Dynamic Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-dynamic-groups/365342).

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 that group, for example, trusted\_users.  
Adding that group to the `approve unless...` settings should result in posts of watched\_users requiring approval without limiting other users.

Of course, you could also use, for example, the tl1 group, but not watched\_users, if you also want new users to require approval. But since invited users often start with TL1 and you can reach TL1 without posting, the setting for the fixed number of posts that need approval is more reliable to track activity of new users.

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1. everyone who signed up

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