[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #10280: Comment approval bypassing administrator must always approve comments feature.

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#10280: Comment approval bypassing administrator must always approve comments
feature.
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 Reporter:  JimJordan  |        Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new        |    Priority:  normal     
Milestone:  2.9        |   Component:  Comments   
  Version:  2.8        |    Severity:  normal     
 Keywords:             |  
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Comment(by JimJordan):

 Replying to [comment:11 mrmist]:
 > A quick and dirty hack would be to modify wp-includes\comment.php so
 line 428 changes from
 >
 >
 > {{{
 > if ( isset($userdata) && ( $user_id == $post_author ||
 $user->has_cap('moderate_comments') ) ) {
 > }}}
 >
 > to
 >
 > {{{
 > if ( isset($userdata) && ( $user->has_cap('moderate_comments') ) ) {
 > }}}
 >
 > Realistically any change to this is more an enhancement, since the
 behavious as is is "correct" in most cases.  I expect it wouldn't be
 impossible to make it configurable as to whether post authors are or are
 not automatically approved.

 Thank You.  I modified the code and tested and it does what I needed.  I
 do understand that I will have to maintain this piece of code until an
 enhancement is made.  Is there anyway that I could be notified when the
 enhancement is completed?
 Again, Thank You Very Much

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