WordPress As User Generated Content Site

  • aceriker

    (@aceriker)


    13 years ago

    Hi everyone, I want to create a website where people can submit and share their stories. I’d like to use wordpress for this because I’m very familiar with the template engine when compared to other cms’s.

    I want to let people signup and share their story, it will then be put in a moderation queue for me to manually approve it. It will then be published like a normal post.

    Is there any plugin or way to do this? I’ve been searching but can’t find an simple and elegant solution yet. It’s a cross between a forum (where members create new topics, or in this case, blog posts) and a blog. I don’t want to use forum software because I want the story to be the focus.

    Thanks,

    Peter

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    No plugin needed.

    1) Allow Open Registration

    2) Make “New User Default Role” a ‘Contributor’

    Users will now be able to register and write posts! You will retain the right to approve them and publish them ??

    I would suggest using plugins like ‘WP Hide Dashboard’ and ‘Bad Behavior’ to limit the registrations by bots, personally.

    Thread Starter aceriker

    (@aceriker)

    You are an awesome person, I will try it out, thanks for the suggestions about the plugins too, yeah I don’t want anything too complicated, a blog post form is sufficient.

    Thanks,

    Peter

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