# Unlock posts after moderation

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlock-posts-after-moderation/235483
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 8, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlock-posts-after-moderation/235483 "2022-08-08T18:27:22Z")
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### Author: ![Lumi1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lumi1/32/269600_2.png) [@Lumi1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lumi1)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlock-posts-after-moderation/235483/1 "2022-08-08T18:27:22Z")

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Is there a plugin which would allow for moderators or admins to unlock individual posts after they have been edited by a moderator? We have times where we need to make small adjustments to a user’s post (usually formatting), but then have them edit it afterwards. We don’t want to set the global variable for all posts to be editable after moderation, but would like a post- or category-level option instead.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlock-posts-after-moderation/235483/2 "2022-08-08T18:48:12Z")

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The option to lock/unlock individual posts can be found in the post wrench menu:

 ![lock/unlock post](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/a/d/aad28f4b559bdc5764610edb5248c9a440ab98bc.png)

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### Author: ![Lumi1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lumi1/32/269600_2.png) [@Lumi1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lumi1)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlock-posts-after-moderation/235483/3 "2022-08-08T23:56:19Z")

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> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> The option to lock/unlock individual posts can be found in the post wrench menu:

I’ve tried that, and it stays locked for the individual poster. This was after also making sure that they were under the edit time limit. I’ll create a dummy account and try again.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlock-posts-after-moderation/235483/4 "2022-08-09T06:32:41Z")

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I thought that sounded too easy. 🙂

If you can give me a bit more detail on your set up I can give it a run-through on my test site to check everything is working as expected?