scompt

<p>Zensor doesn’t work for the current version of WordPress, probably won’t be updated anytime soon, and could cause loss of life, limb, or data.</p>
<p>Zensor enforces a two-step publishing workflow in WordPress.  The two steps are:</p>
<ol>
<li>An author submits an article (post/page) for review.</li>
<li>A moderator approves or disapproves the article.</li>
</ol>
<p>The article is only visible after the second step.  The author can add a note that the<br />
moderator can read when evaluating the article.  Similarly, the moderator can include<br />
a justification for his/her decision.</p>
<h4>Moderators</h4>
<p>Who is a moderator is determined by the <code>zensor_moderate</code> capability.  Upon installation,<br />
the Administrator is assigned this capability.  Also, a new role, Zensor Moderator is created, which<br />
only has this capability and <code>read</code>.  This is a dedicated user for moderation, eliminating<br />
potential conflicts of interest.  The Zensor Moderator cannot modify posts in any way<br />
except to accept/reject them and add a note that will be sent back to the author.  Perfect for<br />
the boss who needs to sign off on everything, but shouldn’t be allowed to add his own opinion.<br />
If you’d like other roles to be able to moderate, then you can grant them the <code>zensor_moderate</code><br />
capability using the <a href="http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/" rel="nofollow ugc">Role Manager</a> plugin.</p>
<h4>Notifications</h4>
<p>Every time someone does something, the other party is notified.  These notifications include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Hello author, your article was just approved/rejected.</li>
<li>Hello moderator, an article was just saved that you need to look at.</li>
</ul>
<p>Notification frequencies for both author and moderator can be independently set<br />
to either immediate, hourly, or daily.  All messages can be edited through the<br />
options interface.</p>
<h3>Future Plans</h3>
<ul>
<li>Consolidate all of the options into a single option containing an array.  It’s too messy to have so many options for the messages.</li>
<li>A feed of the pages/posts in the moderation system.  Would have to be authenticated.</li>
<li>Should posts in the moderation system be private/draft?</li>
<li>Keep a copy of the old, approved version of a page/post while the new version is in the queue.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Version History</h3>
<h4>Version 0.7</h4>
<ul>
<li>Notifications frequency is now selectable</li>
<li>Added fix to work with <a href="http://www.vtardia.com/improved-include-page/" rel="nofollow ugc">Improved Include Page</a> plugin.  Thanks, Vincent!</li>
<li>Moved localizing out of javascript file</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 0.6</h4>
<ul>
<li>Moved development to wp-plugins.org</li>
<li>Administrator is granted <code>zensor_moderate</code> capability on activation</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 0.5</h4>
<ul>
<li>First push to <a href="http://www.siebold-gymnasium.de" rel="nofollow ugc">Siebold Gymnasium</a> website</li>
</ul>


Zensor

Zensor enforces a two-step publishing workflow in WordPress.

Frankie Jarrett

Joshua David Nelson

<p>This plugin allows you to archive your WordPress content similar to the way you archive your e-mail.</p>
<ul>
<li>Unpublish your posts and pages without having to trash them</li>
<li>Archive content is hidden from public view</li>
<li>Compatible with posts, pages, and public custom post types</li>
<li>Ideal for sites where certain kinds of content is not meant to be evergreen</li>
<li>Easily extended (see below)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/archived-post-status/" rel="nofollow ugc">Over 13</a></strong> languages supported</p>
<p><strong>Did you find this plugin helpful? Please consider <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/archived-post-status" rel="ugc">leaving a 5-star review</a>.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Development of this plugin is done <a href="https://github.com/joshuadavidnelson/archived-post-status" rel="nofollow ugc">on GitHub</a>. Pull requests welcome. Please see <a href="https://github.com/joshuadavidnelson/archived-post-status/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">issues reported</a> there before going to the plugin forum.</strong></p>


Archive Content with Archived Post Status

Thanks!


This is a well maintained, perfectly working, nicely extendable and configurable plugin that does exactly what it says, no nagging about "Upgrade to Pro". It works with WordPress to add a new possibility within the established status concept, not outside of it, hence very little extra added complexity.



I have installed, and been using, this plugin on all sites I manage for about ten years. I train my clients and content authors to archive, not trash, content that should no longer be published, for any reason and only trash test, erronous or vastly incomplete content. There ar plenty space ikn tghe database to store the history of your site content, so why irreversibly delete it?



Wholeheartedly recommended for almost any WordPress site. Could have been part of WP core.


Excellent plugin - very useful

Use an "Archived" status to unpublish content without having to trash it.

Zensor vs Archive Content with Archived Post Status