# Comment and Content approval before publishing

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/comment-and-content-approval-before-publishing/49084>\
**Category:** Using Ghost\
**Created:** [July 26, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/comment-and-content-approval-before-publishing/49084 "2024-07-26T16:09:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![yousaid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/yousaid/32/2890_2.png) [@yousaid](https://forum.ghost.org/u/yousaid)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/comment-and-content-approval-before-publishing/49084/1 "2024-07-26T16:09:13Z")

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Anyone know of a way where I can have contents and comments approved before they are published?  
That is, a registered user posts a comment\article, but it does not become visible to public till it is approved by admin

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**Author:** ![Cathy\_Sarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/cathy_sarisky/32/25750_2.png) [@Cathy\_Sarisky](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Cathy_Sarisky)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/comment-and-content-approval-before-publishing/49084/2 "2024-07-26T16:26:35Z")

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**Articles:**  
Ghost has staff users (administrators, editors, authors, and contributors). They’re the only ones who can create posts (and contributors cannot publish). They have to be invited (from /ghost \> settings \> staff) and then log in at /ghost.

Ghost has members - they’re the folks who log into the front end, probably by clicking the portal button or a “subscribe” or “sign in” link (depends on the theme) and then receiving an email with a magic link.

Those two types of users don’t interact.

If you want to approve articles by staff users, make those staff users contributors.

If you want _members_ to write articles, that’s not easily possible.

**Comments**  
Ghost’s built-in commenting app doesn’t include approval/moderation, which is what you’re asking for. You might want to look at the Disqus integration.

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**Author:** ![yousaid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/yousaid/32/2890_2.png) [@yousaid](https://forum.ghost.org/u/yousaid)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/comment-and-content-approval-before-publishing/49084/3 "2024-07-26T16:54:32Z")

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Thanks very much. Already looking at Disqus integration.

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**Author:** ![Syed\_Masir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/syed_masir/32/28414_2.png) [@Syed\_Masir](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Syed_Masir)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/comment-and-content-approval-before-publishing/49084/4 "2024-07-30T17:32:13Z")

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how to activate ghost commenting on my site?

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**Author:** ![Cathy\_Sarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/cathy_sarisky/32/25750_2.png) [@Cathy\_Sarisky](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Cathy_Sarisky)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/comment-and-content-approval-before-publishing/49084/5 "2024-07-30T18:30:30Z")

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Go to /ghost \> settings (click the gear icon in lower left corner of the dashboard), then find the ‘Access’ settings and click edit.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/4/5/456a398268029f921ab00b8da7a24d06ded28b03.png)