Approve a post

2 min readApplies to: Owners and admins · web app

Owners and admins approve; editors draft.

Drafts wait in Approvals until an owner or admin says yes. Once approved, a post goes out at its scheduled time.

Open Approvals in Wallflower

On this page
  1. Before you start
  2. 1. Open Approvals
  3. 2. Read the draft
  4. 3. Approve
  5. 4. See it on the calendar
  6. Other ways to approve
  7. Related articles

Before you start

  • You're an Owner or Admin. Editors can draft, edit and schedule, and approvals stay with owners and admins.
  1. Open Approvals #

    Open Content, then Approvals. You can also click Open review queue on the dashboard's Needs you card.

    Approvals page for Windrow Bakehouse with three drafts waiting
  2. Read the draft #

    Each post shows a version for each platform. Read the caption and check the photo. To change anything, click Edit, make your change, and click Save.

    One draft with its Instagram and Facebook versions and the Edit button
  3. Approve #

    Click Approve on a platform version, or Approve group to approve every version of the post at once. You'll see "Approved and scheduled. Removed from Approvals."

    Not right? Reject it instead. See Review and edit drafts.

    Check before you approveDouble-check the date, time and platform. Once approved, the post goes out at its scheduled time.
    Draft with the Approve group button in hover state
  4. See it on the calendar #

    Open Content, then Calendar. The post sits on its day, ready to go out. When nothing's left to review, Approvals says "All caught up."

    Calendar week view with the newly approved post on Thursday

Other ways to approve #

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