This article explains how admin users without publishing rights can request approval for a post, including the Request Publish button and the Pending Publish flag that appears once a request is submitted.
💡Quick answers
- Requesting to publish a post without publishing permissions? Steps: save the drafted post, click the Request Publish button that appears in the bottom right corner, and confirm the request in the window that pops up.
- Who sees the Request Publish button? Admin users who have permission to create or edit posts but not publish them see this button after saving a draft.
- How do higher-level admins know a post is waiting for approval? They receive an email notification when a Request Publish action is submitted, and the post displays a pink Publish Request flag.
- What does the Pending Publish status mean? It indicates the post has been submitted for approval and is awaiting a higher-permission admin to approve and publish it.
- Where can I learn how to approve a publish request? See the related article on how to approve a post to be published, which is written for admins with the permissions to approve requests.
Are you an admin user who has access to create or edit a post but not publish it? This article will help you understand how it works.Â
Request a post to be published
Admin users who are not granted permission to publish posts will see this when drafting a post in the Posts module.
- Once the admin user clicks Save, the Request Publish button will appear in the bottom right corner.Â
- Once they click Request Publish, a window will appear confirming that they are requesting that this post be published on the live website.Â
- When this button is clicked, admin users with higher levels are notified of this request by an email notification. The page status will now display a pink "Publish Request" flag on the post that is Pending Publish.Â
Other Related Resources
- "How to request to publish a post": this article is for an admin user or portal user with limited posts permissions (including no publishing rights) to learn how to request to publish a post that was written.
- "Use the request to publish a post feature": this article is for main site admins to know how to set up the system of requesting and approving posts on behalf of someone with lower permission levels.
- "How to approve a post to be published": this article helps admin users to learn how to approve a post that someone else is requesting to be published.
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