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BuddyBlog Pro – Workflow “Submit Post for Review”

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    Danny on November 13, 2025 at 7:31 pm #55867

    I have an issue with BuddyBlog Pro where the Workflow setting “Submit Post for Review” is not being respected. Even though the post form displays the button label “Submit for Review”, the final post is still created with status Published, not Pending Review.

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    Brajesh Singh on November 13, 2025 at 7:37 pm #55868

    Hi Danny,
    I am sorry for the inconvenience.

    1. Is there any chance that the post author is site administrator? If a site administrator writes the post, It goes to publish even when review is enabled.

    2. If not, do you have any plugin or code that might affect post status?

    Please share the details and I will assist.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Danny on November 14, 2025 at 1:43 am #55869

    Hi Brajesh,

    Thank you for the quick response.

    Yes, I am aware that site administrators automatically bypass the “Submit for Review” workflow. I tested with multiple non-admin users, including completely fresh accounts with the Subscriber role, and their posts were also published immediately, even though the front-end button correctly shows “Submit for Review.”

    I have thoroughly checked:

    All plugins (no moderation, automation, or post-status plugins installed)

    All active snippets (only image-related and dashboard-restriction snippets; none touching post status)

    The theme functions.php (no custom code)

    /wp-content/mu-plugins/ (no relevant code)

    No bp-custom.php

    No custom PHP via any snippet plugin

    We also searched the entire wp-content directory locally for anything referencing BuddyBlog Pro filters like bblpro_default_post_status_for_user or anything modifying post_status. No results.

    So to summarize:

    Even non-admin users have their posts published immediately.

    The button label changes to “Submit for Review”, meaning the form setting is correct.

    But the resulting post status becomes “publish”, not “pending.”

    This appears to indicate that something inside BuddyBlog Pro is bypassing or overriding the form’s post-status setting, even for non-admins.

    Please advise what additional steps or debugging you recommend.
    Happy to provide access details if needed.

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    Brajesh Singh on November 14, 2025 at 9:52 am #55870

    Hi Danny,
    Thank you for the details. No need to provide the access at the moment.

    Can you please tell me if you are using it with BuddyPress or BuddyBoss? I will test and get back to you within next 24 hours.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Danny on November 14, 2025 at 2:07 pm #55871

    BuddyBoss Pro

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    Brajesh Singh on November 15, 2025 at 10:26 am #55874

    Thank you. Please allow me couple of hours to test and write back.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Danny on November 17, 2025 at 8:55 pm #55876

    Hi there,
    Just following up on this issue.

    It’s been a couple of days since the earlier update, so I wanted to check if there’s any progress or if you need additional information from my side.

    Thanks.

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    Brajesh Singh on November 17, 2025 at 10:59 pm #55877

    Hi Danny,
    Thank you for your patience.

    I am sorry, It took me a little longer to troubleshoot.
    yes, It is a BuddyBlog Pro bug. It happens if you have Post visibility enabled and allow users to set it.

    Please visit Dashboard->BuddyBlog -> Forms and edit your post form. In the first section, please set “Enable post visibility” to “No” for now(You can set the default visibility there). That will fix the workflow issue for now.
    I will have a proper solution that will work properly when post visibility is set by user, in the next 24-48 hours.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Danny on November 18, 2025 at 8:20 pm #55880

    Thank you Brajesh. Please let me know when the permanent fix is available.

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    Brajesh Singh on November 23, 2025 at 4:10 am #55884

    Hi Danny,
    Hope you are doing well.
    Thank you for your patience.

    I am sorry for the delay. It needed a bit clarity on my part before I could fix as it was related to publishing. I was preoccupied with work and could not do that earlier. I have planned how to implement it now. Please expect a release by day end Sunday(today).

    Regards
    Brajesh

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