editant

Editant is a content review and approval plugin for WordPress. Generate a secure preview link for any post, page, or custom post type and share it with reviewers – clients, stakeholders, internal teams, regulators – who can read the rendered content, leave threaded feedback, and approve or request changes. No WordPress login required for reviewers.
Everything runs on your own WordPress instance. There is no SaaS backend, no per-seat fee, and no reviewer data leaves your server.
<h4>What’s included</h4>
<ul>
<li>Tokenised preview links for any public post type, with configurable expiry and one-click revocation.</li>
<li>Login-free reviewer access via secure 256-bit tokens, stored hashed.</li>
<li>Threaded comments – reviewers and authors can reply within threads.</li>
<li>Optional reviewer identity capture: anonymous, name only, or name plus email.</li>
<li>Block editor sidebar showing live comment threads alongside the content you’re editing, with auto-refresh and manual refresh.</li>
<li>Admin dashboard listing every active link with reviewer counts, decisions, and last activity.</li>
<li>Approve and Request Changes decisions, recorded with full history.</li>
<li>Email notifications for new comments, replies, and decisions.</li>
<li>Configurable defaults for new links, email sender, and rate limits via the Settings page.</li>
<li>Custom post type support out of the box.</li>
<li>Full RTL language support across reviewer page, sidebar, and dashboard.</li>
<li>Translation-ready, with a <code>.pot</code> file shipped.</li>
<li>GDPR data exporter and eraser hooked into WordPress core privacy tools.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Coming next (Pro)</h4>
Editant Pro will add inline (text-anchored) commenting, tracked-changes-style suggestions, multi-reviewer quorum approvals, signed audit trails, deadlines and reminders, per-link access control (passwords, IP allow-lists, view-once links), white-labelling and branding for the reviewer page, and AI-assisted review features using your own provider keys.
<h4>Privacy</h4>
Editant stores reviewer comments and decisions in your own database. IP addresses and user agents are hashed with a per-site salt before storage. No data is sent to any external service from the free plugin. AI features (Pro) require you to bring your own provider key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, or local models via Ollama) – Editant never proxies AI calls.
<h3>Development</h3>
Editant is open source under the GPL. The full source for the admin and reviewer interfaces (React/JSX and SCSS) ships in this plugin under <code>assets/src/</code>. Running the build below produces the files in <code>assets/build/</code> that ship with the plugin.
To rebuild from source:
<ol>
<li>Install Node.js 22 or later and PHP 8.1 or later.</li>
<li>From the plugin directory, run <code>composer install</code> and <code>npm install</code>.</li>
<li>Run <code>npm run build</code>.</li>
</ol>
Configuration files included in the plugin: <code>webpack.config.js</code>, <code>package.json</code>, <code>composer.json</code>. Third-party dependencies are declared in <code>package.json</code> (JavaScript) and <code>composer.json</code> (PHP). The build pipeline uses <code>@wordpress/scripts</code>.

Editant

Share unpublished WordPress content with reviewers via secure links. Threaded comments, approval decisions, full audit, no logins required.

Glen Don Mongaya

WP Easy File Upload & Approval lets users effortlessly upload and submit files for review through a clean and simple drag-and-drop interface. Designed for websites that require file submissions, it gives site owners a powerful way to review and manage uploaded files with full control over approvals, rejections, and deletions.
Designed for job applications, contests, print shops, educators, agencies, and service providers, any platform that needs a simple yet powerful file submission and approval workflow.
With customizable upload settings, flexible role permissions, and built-in email notifications, this plugin streamlines how files are received and reviewed – ensuring a smooth experience for both users and administrators.
Workflow: Users upload their files → the admin receives a notification → the admin reviews and approves or rejects the submission → users are automatically notified of the final status.
Simple uploads. Easy approvals. Complete control.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Drag & drop uploader or standard “Browse” upload option.</li>
<li>Multiple file selection with the ability to delete or re-add files before submission.</li>
<li>Role-based uploader visibility control.</li>
<li>Manual file approval or rejection.</li>
<li>Display the uploader on specific pages (via settings), Gutenberg blocks, or using the [easyfua_upload] shortcode.</li>
<li>Allow reviewers or admins to leave notes upon rejection.</li>
<li>Define custom allowed file types or extensions.</li>
<li>Set minimum and maximum file upload limits.</li>
<li>Limit the total number of files that can be uploaded.</li>
<li>Restrict the maximum file size for each upload.</li>
<li>Bulk download approved files as a ZIP archive (ie: submission-122.zip).</li>
<li>Bulk “approve”, “reject”, “delete”, or “download” files.</li>
<li>Customizable error and validation messages.</li>
<li>Notify admins of new file submissions.</li>
<li>Notify users via email when files are submitted, approved, or rejected.</li>
<li>Option to enable or disable “Name” and “Email Address” fields for users.</li>
<li>Google reCAPTCHA v3 ready for spam protection.</li>
<li>Customizable email templates for both admin and user notifications.</li>
<li>Automatically “delete temporary” files after 24 hours.</li>
<li>Define a custom upload folder name. (ie: /wp-content/uploads/{custom_folder})</li>
<li>AJAX-powered uploader for smooth, reload-free submissions.</li>
<li>Supports multiple languages (WPML & Polylang compatible).</li>
<li>Fully mobile-responsive design.</li>
</ul>
<h3>⭐ Premium Features ⭐</h3>
Check out the available features in the <a href="https://www.codedropz.com/easy-file-upload-approval-pro/#shop" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO version</a>.
🔥 Upload Large File – Supports uploading large files. 
🔥 Chunked Uploads – Upload large files in smaller chunks to avoid timeouts. 
🔥 Organize Folder – Choose a specific folder to store file submissions. 
 * Submission ID – Organize files into folders by submission ID. 
 * Random Folder – Timestamp-based folders. 
 * Date & Time – Auto generated letters & numbers. 
 * Daily or Monthly – Store files in daily or monthly folders. 
✅ Image Preview – Displays thumbnails for images only. 
✅ Max Total Size – Set the “maximum” total size for all uploaded files. 
✅ Parallel Upload – Limit simultaneous uploads to optimize server performance. 
✅ Image Size Validation – Validate and set minimum image width and height requirements. 
✅ One-Click ZIP Download – Download submission files as zip. 
✅ Role Based approvals – Control which “user roles” can approve file submissions. 
✅ Ajax Upload & Submission – Upload & submit files without page reload for a seamless experience. 
✅ Security – Ensure security with regular updates, vulnerability scans, and threat protection. 
✅ Optimized Code & Performance – Improve speed and efficiency.
You can get <a href="https://www.codedropz.com/easy-file-upload-approval-pro/#shop" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO Version here</a>!
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to the Google reCAPTCHA API (https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js) to help protect forms against spam and automated abuse.
When enabled, the plugin loads the reCAPTCHA script from Google’s servers to verify user interactions. This may result in Google collecting some information about the user, such as IP address and interaction data, to provide and improve the reCAPTCHA service.
This service is provided by Google LLC. 
Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms 
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Easy File Upload & Approval – A Simple File Submission & Review System

Easily manage drag & drop file uploads with review and approval. Perfect for job forms, contests, print shops, and teachers.

Editant vs Easy File Upload & Approval – A Simple File Submission & Review System