Reviving My Blog
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I created my blog in January 2009 and did not update it after my second post in February of the same year. I continue to blog up to now using WordPress platform on a self-hosted blog. I now want to revive my blog so I compose a comeback article. When I wanted to publish the article, I saw the button “Submit For Review” so I clicked it. It now has a “Pending” status.
I have to tell you that I already forgot the procedure on publishing an article at WordPress.com so I have to ask if I did right in clicking “Submit For Review” button and how many days do I have to wait before my post shows in my blog. Thank you very much.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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You want to click “publish” to publish a post. Click for review is for requesting feedback on a post from someone else.
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@rootjosh-Why is “Pending Review” even an option on a single-author site? It’s not the same as “Request Feedback”.
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Even on my own site, I’m the only Admin and author. Pending Review is none-the-less an option in the Publish module. If you need screenshots I’ll be happy to provide them.
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I think Pending Review has always been an option on single user blogs – yes a bit nuts – but you could sell that to me as a “feature” to make the software easier to maintain with a “one size fits all”
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PS – the “Request Review” would only go to Admin & Editors I think for a blog –
The Feedback is way different and can be sent to anyone and they do not need to be a user on a blog or have a WordPress.COM account
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staff-ozmodiar – Thank you for your reply. At the top of the right sidebar in my dashboard is the “Publish” button which when I click would only close the box and/or dropdown the publishing options. The “Submit for Review” button is highlighted at the bottom of the box so I clicked it thinking that WordPress.com’s approval is needed before my post gets published.
Currently, my post is marked “Pending” and I can’t do anything to get it published. What should I do to have it published?
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staff-ozmodiar – Thanks again for the favor. Now, I wonder what will happen in my next post. Will I be able to click “Publish” or go through the process again which is not advisable? I will come back here to let you know. In the meantime, happy blogging to all of us.
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staff-ozmodiar – I wish to ask a favor again. I had just finish doing an article and when I wish to publish it, I can’t see the “Publish” button. I only see “Submit for Review” so I clicked it again like the first time before I seek help in this forum. There’s the word “Publish” on the top of Compose Box but I think it’s a label and it’s not clickable.
Please publish my article again and I would also appreciate if you can advise me what to do to have “Publish” button in my dashboard. Thanks again.
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So the crux of the issue is that the account you are logging into is not an administrator on the site you are posting it. You are just a contributor. I’m not sure how I missed this before.
You will need to log into the administrator account if you want to be able to publish your posts without “review”.
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Sorry, staff-ozmodiar, I can’t remember an admin account for this subject blog. I am the single-user of the account. I have another account with WordPress.com where I have a co-Contributor but the subject blog is not listed in such account. Please help me gain Admin privilege on the blog, if you can. Thanks again.
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If you cannot remember the login information for a WordPress.com account, your best bet is to try the account recovery process here:
https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery
Due to the private nature of information required for account recovery and the public nature of these forums, we cannot help with account recovery here.
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staff-ozmodiar – Thank you very much. I already file the form in the link you gave. Can you please publish my pending article just like what you did last time? Sorry, this will be the last time. I won’t make a new article unless I gain back the admin privilege in my blog.
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I am sorry, I cannot do that. I shouldn’t have done that the first time but I somehow missed that you were acting as a contributor and not as an admin.
You are going to need to access the site admin account in order to publish on that site.
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It’s okay, staff-ozmodiar. I understand you. As I already said, I already filed the request to recover my admin privilege. If I can’t have it after a while, l just let my blog to go inactive again. Thank you very much for all the help.
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