# Pre-moderation Plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-moderation-plugin/14801
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 16, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-moderation-plugin/14801 "2014-04-16T15:04:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Mischief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mischief/32/4291_2.png) [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-moderation-plugin/14801/1 "2014-04-16T15:04:20Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Feature Request - Pre-moderation of messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/2):

> [@Feature Request - Pre-moderation of messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/2):
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> I… don’t think this is supported yet.
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> Some choices you have would be to:
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> 1. simply require approval of all new accounts: \<img src=“[//cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/meta/original/2X/b/b0c4a759b9d836df94aa32577f67990b1be8c86b.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/b/b0c4a759b9d836df94aa32577f67990b1be8c86b.png)” width=“585” height=“44”\>
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> - create/sponsor a plugin
> - lobby for this to be a core feature
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> However, I think this is a feature more suited for commenting systems, not discussion systems. Although there could be a case for doing this only to TL0… Well, if you want to do #3, that’s what you should argue! 😄

I’d be keen on seeing a pre-moderation plugin. Has anyone considered creating one?

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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: [April 16, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-moderation-plugin/14801/2 "2014-04-16T21:13:18Z")

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> [@Mischief](#):
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> I’d be keen on seeing a pre-moderation plugin. Has anyone considered creating one?

There’s a fairly good likelihood that we will.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-moderation-plugin/14801/3 "2015-04-25T09:26:40Z")

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This is coming in 1.3 and just got implemented with relative completeness. So remind me to delete this once it’s baked!

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### Author: ![kkershaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kkershaw/32/115025_2.png) [@kkershaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kkershaw)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-moderation-plugin/14801/4 "2015-08-09T21:12:28Z")

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@codinghorror just a quick reminder of the above 😉

However I’m finding it a bit hard to find documentation about this feature or how it’s implemented?

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> This is coming in 1.3 and just got implemented with relative completeness. So remind me to delete this once it’s baked!

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-moderation-plugin/14801/5 "2015-08-09T21:42:45Z")

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Search for approval in site settings.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-moderation-plugin/14801/6 "2015-08-09T21:42:48Z")

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