Comment Publish adds granular permissions for publishing, unpublishing, and editing comments. Core bundles all comment moderation into the single "Administer comments" permission, which also allows deleting any comment on the site. This module allows site builders to grant editors and moderators just the abilities they need without also giving them delete access.

This module requires that the following modules are also enabled:

• Comment (Backdrop core)

• Install this module using the official Backdrop CMS instructions at https://docs.backdropcms.org/documentation/extend-with-modules.

• Visit the permissions page under Administration > Configuration > User Accounts > Permissions (admin/config/people/permissions) and grant the appropriate permissions to editor or moderator roles (see below).

This module provides three permissions:

• Publish comments - publish unapproved or previously unpublished comments.
• Unpublish comments - unpublish published comments.
• Edit any comment - edit the text of any comment, including those posted by other users. Grant only to highly trusted roles.

Each permission carries the access needed to act on it:

• Holders of any of the three permissions can access both comment admin overview tabs at Administration > Content > Comments (admin/content/comment). The tab they can act on shows the relevant bulk operation; the other is view-only.
• Holders of any of the three permissions can see unpublished comments when viewing nodes, so they can act on them where they encounter them.
• Holders of "Publish comments" see an approve action link on unpublished comments when viewing nodes.
• Holders of "Unpublish comments" see an unpublish action link on published comments when viewing nodes.
• Holders of "Edit any comment" can reach the comment edit page and see an edit action link on comments when viewing nodes. The comment edit form shows a read-only Administration fieldset with author name, email, homepage, date, and status — the context needed for informed moderation. Status is editable for users who also hold "Publish comments" or "Unpublish comments".

Deleting comments always requires the full "Administer comments" permission.

The three permissions this module provides can be granted independently, but granting all three together gives editors and moderators the most complete experience: they can publish, unpublish, and edit comments, and through the edit form they can also see the author details needed to make informed moderation decisions.

To allow a role to fully moderate comments on the site, grant the following permissions:

• Publish comments (this module)
• Unpublish comments (this module)
• Edit any comment (this module)
• View user profiles (Backdrop core) - required to follow the linked username shown in the Administration fieldset on the comment and comment edit form.

Bugs and feature requests should be reported in the Issue Queue.

• izmeez.
• Seeking additional maintainers.

• Developed for Backdrop CMS by izmeez. Assisted-by: LLM agent.

This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory for complete text.