WordPress User Submitted Posts - Deletion Moderation


Deletion Moderation

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It can be beneficial for the site admin to be able to control and moderate the Users' ability to delete their own work. To set whether or not users need approval to delete their own work in WordPress User Submitted Posts, from the admin panel navigate to Admin Dashboard â†’ CM User Submitted Posts → Settings.

Navigation to the plugin settings - Frontend Posting WordPress Plugin
Navigation to the plugin settings

Under the General Settings tab, find and enable the option Deletion moderation, then click Save Changes.

Enabling deletion moderation - WordPress Plugin to Allow Users to Post On Front End
Enabling deletion moderation

User Experience

With Deletion Moderation Users will be able to freely delete their content from the Customer Dashboard.

Deleting the submitted post - Frontend Publishing Plugin
Deleting the submitted post

But if Deletion Moderation is enabled, when they click the Delete button on the user dashboard they will see a message informing them that their Article will be deleted after moderation.

Moderation message - Front End Post Submission WordPress Plugin
Moderation message

You can change the text Article will be deleted after moderation to your own or translate it to another language by changing the label Deleting on the moderation. Learn more about WordPress User Submitted Posts - Labels (Translating The Front-End).

The site admin will then receive an Email informing them of the article pending deletion moderation with a link to bring them to the dashboard where they can decide whether or not to approve it.

Email notification - Frontend Posting WordPress Plugin
Email notification

Within the Deletion Moderation view they can quickly decide whether to move the item to trash and then further delete it permanently or to Cancel Deletion. If the option Admin panel notification is enabled, the admin will see the notification message "CM User Submitted Posts: New content is awaiting for moderation (Delete)".

Deletion moderation - WordPress Plugin to Allow Users to Post On Front End
Deletion moderation

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