Time for moderators and blog monitors to take rest. Let the visitor choose what they want to see in the blog. Visitor can flag unsuitable posts. After a number of flags the post status will be changed to anything you want. You can change the post status to Draft, Pending Moderation, Moderated(custom status) or send the post to trash, remove it permanently. You can also set it to do nothing if you plan something else. You can have a notification if the post is flagged number of times you will have set.
You can exclude some categories and mark some users as safe to remove the flag option from there posts.
You can track visitors by IP, Cookies and user id to prevent multiple flags. You can chose who can flag by user roles.
The plugin is css frienfly. You will be able to customize the posts by the number of time they have flagged.
More details on the documentation page after installing the plugin.
Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.
Now go to the
Virtual Moderator settings on dashboard
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
Who should use this plugin?
This plugin is useless for any personal blog with a single writter. This is usefull for article directory and community blogs where there are multiple writters. It is life saver for blogs with open permission to write.
What is the purpose of using it?
If there are multiple writters, there must be some unsuitable posts. This plugin helps to keep the blog clean from such post.
I have appointed moderator to monitor this blog for any unsuitable posts. Do I need to use this?
Moderators are good. You may don't need this. But it will definitely help the moderator.
How can I write to the author?
You can send suggestions, bug report and anything to vm@eadnan.com
== Screenshots ==
- The settings option on dashboard. Only visible to administrator.
- Settings page to set preference.
- Moderated status option page.
- Flag option intigrated.