Reviews & approvals

Anyone with the editor or admin role can review submissions. See Roles & permissions for the full list of what each role can do.

Open the posts list from the sidebar and filter by Submitted. You’ll see every post currently waiting for review, sorted by submission time.

Open the post and read it through. If you’re happy with it, click Approve in the editor toolbar. The post moves to Approved and the author can publish it (or you can publish it yourself).

If something needs work, click Request changes. A dialog asks for a note — explain what you’d like the author to revise. The note is shared with the author and saved in the feedback thread.

The post moves to Changes requested and the author gets an email. They’ll edit and resubmit, at which point the post returns to your queue.

Every review note is saved alongside the post in a feedback thread. Authors can see the full history of what was asked and when. Subsequent reviewers can see it too, so a post that bounces between rounds doesn’t lose context.

Some authors have the direct-publish permission, which lets them publish without going through review. Admins grant this on a per-author basis from the Admin section. Direct-publish authors still see the Submit for review button — they can choose to send a post through review voluntarily if they want a second pair of eyes.