Jason Judge

<p>This plugin was developed to meet a specific need: an organisation had members and non-members logging into<br />
the blogs. The requirement called for members to be able to comment without needing administrator approval.<br />
Non-members needed to get their comments approved before they were displayed.</p>
<p>So long as users are created with the correct role (e.g. “members” and “nonmembers” in this case) this<br />
plugin allows you to add the “Role Approved Comments” capability to any of those roles. If the role a<br />
user is in has that capability, then their comments will automatically be approved.</p>
<p>There is no administration screen for this plugin. You must use the<br />
<a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/capsman/" rel="ugc">capsman</a> plugin to manage the capability. The capability<br />
will appear as “Role approved comment”.</p>
<p>This plugin does not affect any other rules you have set for approvals. For example, if comments are set<br />
to be auto-approved once a user has already got one approved comment through the system, then their<br />
subsequent comments will be approved regardless of the capability setting.</p>
<h3>Arbitrary section</h3>


Role Approved Comment

This plugin will allow any specified role to have their comments automatically approved.

pianoweb

<p><strong>Simple Post Preview & Review</strong> is the complete solution for client content review and approval workflows. Share unpublished content with clients, collect feedback and approvals, receive client edits, and manage the entire review process – all without giving clients access to your WordPress admin area.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Secure Preview Links</strong>: Generate cryptographically secure, unique preview links for any post, page, or custom post type</li>
<li><strong>No WordPress Login Required</strong>: Clients can review content and provide feedback without creating an account</li>
<li><strong>Review & Approval System</strong>: Built-in feedback mechanism with approve/request changes options</li>
<li><strong>Client Editing</strong>: Clients can submit edited versions of title and content for your review</li>
<li><strong>Approval Workflow</strong>: Review client edits with side-by-side diff view before applying changes</li>
<li><strong>Feedback History</strong>: Track all reviews, approvals, and decisions with timestamps</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Data Cleanup</strong>: Schedule automatic cleanup of old data or manually clean as needed</li>
<li><strong>Rate Limiting</strong>: Protect against spam with configurable rate limits</li>
<li><strong>Security First</strong>: Links are hashed in the database, include noindex/nofollow headers, and are non-cacheable</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Conscious</strong>: Minimal fingerprinting for rate limiting</li>
<li><strong>Easy to Use</strong>: Simple metabox in the post editor with one-click link generation</li>
<li><strong>Dashboard Overview</strong>: Centralized view of all active preview links and their approval status</li>
<li><strong>Customizable</strong>: Configure which post types support preview links</li>
<li><strong>Developer Friendly</strong>: Clean, documented code following WordPress coding standards</li>
</ul>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Agencies sharing work with clients for approval</li>
<li>Publishers getting editorial feedback</li>
<li>Content teams collaborating with external reviewers</li>
<li>Anyone who needs to share unpublished content securely</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Edit any post, page, or custom post type</li>
<li>Click “Generate Preview Link” in the Simple Post Preview metabox</li>
<li>Copy and share the secure link with your reviewer</li>
<li>They can view the content and provide feedback without logging in</li>
<li>See all feedback and approval status directly in the WordPress editor</li>
</ol>
<h4>Security Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Tokens are hashed using SHA-256 before storage</li>
<li>High-entropy random token generation (64 characters)</li>
<li>Preview pages include X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow</li>
<li>Cache-Control headers prevent caching of preview content</li>
<li>Rate limiting prevents abuse</li>
<li>Easy token revocation/regeneration</li>
</ul>
<h4>Coming Soon (Premium)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Approval gates (block publication until approved)</li>
<li>Multiple reviewers with approval rules</li>
<li>Email notifications</li>
<li>Link expiration</li>
<li>Editing/suggestions from reviewers</li>
<li>Watermarks</li>
<li>Slack/Teams integrations</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>Simple Post Preview & Review is designed with privacy in mind:</p>
<ul>
<li>No personal data is collected from reviewers</li>
<li>A non-identifying fingerprint (hash) is used for rate limiting only</li>
<li>No tracking cookies are used</li>
<li>No data is sent to external services</li>
<li>All data stays on your WordPress installation</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-post-preview-review/" rel="ugc">WordPress.org support forums</a>.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed with ❤️ for the WordPress community.</p>


Simple Post Preview & Review

Share secure preview links, collect client feedback and approvals, receive edits - all without WordPress login.

Role Approved Comment vs Simple Post Preview & Review