{"id":9503,"date":"2024-03-19T10:35:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9503"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:18:41","password":"","slug":"how-to-moderate-posts","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/administration-posts\/how-to-moderate-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to moderate posts?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not all posts and comments contain correct content or correspond to the guidelines and values of your congregation. Both can therefore be <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/use-posts\/24-how-to-report-a-post\/\">reported by users<\/a> of your ChurchTool so that they can be checked by an administrator and either authorised or blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/21IiV4oN5co\" title=\"Beitr\u00e4ge melden und moderieren\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/21IiV4oN5co?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To be able to moderate reported posts, you need the <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/authorise-posts\/24-permissions-for-posts\/\">authorisation<\/a> Moderate posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reported posts are displayed in the <em><strong>Posts module<\/strong><\/em> (1) in the <em><strong>Reports<\/strong><\/em> (2) register.<br>There you have the option to view the exact <em><strong>reason<\/strong><\/em> (6) of the message and decide whether you want the post to <em><strong>allow<\/strong><\/em> (7) to continue or <em><strong>block it<\/strong><\/em> (8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Posts-Reports-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-08.45.44@2x.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Posts-Reports-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-08.45.44@2x-1024x522.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Posts Reports\" class=\"wp-image-36516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Posts-Reports-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-08.45.44@2x-1024x522.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Posts-Reports-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-08.45.44@2x-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Posts-Reports-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-08.45.44@2x-768x391.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Posts-Reports-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-08.45.44@2x-1536x783.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Posts-Reports-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-08.45.44@2x-2048x1044.png 2048w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Posts-Reports-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-08.45.44@2x-360x184.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the menu on the left, you can also filter whether you only want to see <em><strong>reported posts<\/strong><\/em> (4) or <em><strong>reported comments<\/strong><\/em> (5) you want to view. In the <em><strong>overview<\/strong><\/em> (3) all messages are displayed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">If you filter by reported posts or comments, you will also be shown statistics that tell you how many posts or comments you have <strong>to check<\/strong> (1), how many of them have been <strong>reported again<\/strong> (2) and how many you have either <strong>allowed<\/strong> (3) or <strong>blocked<\/strong> (4).<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"210\" class=\"wp-image-36520\" style=\"width: 400px\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Reported-Posts-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-09.26.32@2x.png\" alt=\"Sreenshot Posts To check Reported again Allowed Blocked\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Reported-Posts-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-09.26.32@2x.png 670w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Reported-Posts-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-09.26.32@2x-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Reported-Posts-CleanShot-2025-06-17-at-09.26.32@2x-360x113.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/administration-posts\/24-settings-for-posts\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9508\">Posts settings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/administration-posts\/24-how-to-set-up-posts-for-my-groups\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9505\">How to configure posts for my groups?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/administration-posts\/24-how-to-embed-posts-on-my-website\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9499\">How to embed posts on my website?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/administration-posts\/how-to-share-posts-with-external-people\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"15970\">How can I share posts with external people?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all posts and comments contain correct content or correspond to the guidelines and values of your congregation. Both can therefore be reported by users of your ChurchTool so that they can be checked by an administrator and either authorised or blocked. To be able to moderate reported posts, you need the authorisation Moderate posts. 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