BuddyForms Moderation ( Former: Review Logic )

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1. ★★★★★ tkio

   4.4y ago

   This plugin is exactly what I need! I thought so at first. But unfortunately the declared moderation system does not work for categories. If you try to save a new draft with the changed categories, the changes are applied immediately to the main article.

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2. ★★★★★ holdenhinkle

   8.8y ago

   This plugin provides the most essential functionality to our website. It allows user-submitted content to be sent for moderation/review before the content goes live. However, unlike every other user-submitted content plugin, BuddyForm keeps the original content live while a user is busy editing it or is working on a new saved version as a draft. I cannot emphasize the importance of this enough: Every other user-submitted content plugin unpublishes the original content during this process. That means the original content suddenly disappears and gets a 404 error. Again, this **doesn’t happen** with BuddyForms. Gravity forms, Ninja Forms, USP Pro Frontend Froms, WP User Frontend Pro — all of them unpublish the original post when edits are submitted to moderation. Who wants that?!? How does BuddyForms achieve this magic? BuddyForms creates a copy of the content. As soon as the content is either approved or is submitted to go live, BuddyForms **merges* the new version with the original, then deletes the new temporary version. If your site relies on user-submitted content, you need BuddyForm and BuddyForms Moderation. In fact, every site that has user-submitted content needs this plugin.

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3. ★★★★★ solhuebner

   11.5y ago

   I really like the flexibility of BuddyForms 🙂

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 BuddyForms Moderation <= 1.4.16 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-10-03 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4.16 Patched in 1.4.17

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.2

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-15 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-07-13 30+ → 40+ up after 41 days in tier
3. 2026-06-02 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
4. 2026-05-28 30+ → 40+ up after 8 days in tier
5. 2026-05-20 40+ → 30+ down after 10 days in tier
6. 2026-05-10 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2026-05-08 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in tier
8. 2026-05-05 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• BP Profile Search 5K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• BuddyPress Edit Activity 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• Wbcom Designs – Shortcodes & Elementor Widgets For BuddyPress 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• BuddyPress Profile Completion 500+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• Wbcom Designs – Birthday Widget for BuddyPress 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Eonet Live Notifications 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D

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BuddyForms Moderation ( Former: Review Logic ): 30+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/buddyforms-review