WordPress Questions and Answers (CMA) - Theme - Editing Questions and Answers


Granting Users Option to Edit Questions and Answers

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As the administrator, you can decide to give users the possibility to edit questions and answers they have posted on your Q&A forum. If you choose to disable this option, users will not be allowed to edit questions and answers once those have been submitted.

Alternatively, you can modify your auto-approval settings to decide which users can publish posts automatically and which require further admin moderation.

There are three editing options available, depending on the period of time that has passed since users posted the questions or answers:

  • Within one hour - Limits the editing period to 1 hour from publishing the post.
  • Within one day - Limits the editing period to 1 day from publishing the post.
  • Anytime - Editing period is unlimited.

Additionally, the admin can choose whether authors can edit content after the question has been resolved.

To change these settings, navigate to the Common section under the Thread tab in the WordPress Questions and Answers settings:

Thread settings - WordPress Q and A Plugin
Thread settings
Options that allow or disallow authors to edit their questions and answers - Discussion Forum Plugin for WordPress
Options that allow or disallow authors to edit their questions and answers

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For questions that have been posted, the “edit” button will appear under the details of the author, in the right corner.

The 'Edit' button for the question - WordPress Question and Answer Plugin
The 'Edit' button for the question
Form for editing the question - WordPress Forum Plugin
Form for editing the question

For answers, the “edit” button will appear under the answer, in the right corner.

The 'Edit' button for the answer - WordPress Discussion Forum
The 'Edit' button for the answer
Form for editing the answer - WordPress Q and A Plugin
Form for editing the answer

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