Often, an organization requires the path to published content to be indirect. Rather than the author being able to publish the piece, it must first be moderated, whether by a supervisor, peer, or editor. The Content Moderation module introduces the ability to inject moderation into the process of publishing content.
Content Moderation is a module in core, meaning that it is included in the main programming code that defines Drupal. Navigate back to the Extend
page (/admin/modules
) and enable Con
tent
moderation
. You will receive a message that states in order to do so, Workflows must also be enabled.
Let's configure the module. Having enabled it, there is now a new section on the Configuration
page (/admin/config
): Workflows
. Click that, or navigate directly to /admin/config/workflow/workflows
. Here, you will see a content moderation workflow that was created when you enabled the module:
Click Edit
; here, we will take a detailed look at the sections of a workflow.