Review and approve posts in your LinkedIn group

Last updated: 5 months ago

This feature allows group admins to review group posts before they are published. All group admins can approve or deny member posts if this feature is enabled. Group admins can select from three different post review settings for their group:

  • Review all posts
  • Only review posts that meet the criteria
  • No review required

Note: The ability to change the setting to Only review posts that meet the criteria is available only on LinkedIn Desktop website. However, group admins can review pending posts from both LinkedIn mobile app and LinkedIn Desktop website.

Reviewing pending posts

  • Enabling post review will require admin to approve the posts within 14 days before the post is pending for approval.

  • Disabling this feature will still require approval for any previous pending posts.

  • Group members don’t receive notifications when their posts are rejected by admins. We encourage Group admins to message the members and explain the reason for denying their posts and guide them on submitting relevant posts.

If a member makes edits to an already approved post, then the edits won’t require further approval from the admins. We encourage Group admins to monitor such activities in the group posts and take necessary actions if a member doesn’t adhere to group rules and regulations.

To manage this feature:

  1. Navigate to your Groups homepage.

  2. Select the applicable group from the list under Your groups.

  3. Click Pending posts on the left pane.

    Note: You can also click Manage group, select the Content tab, and then view the Pending Posts.

  4. Click Edit next to Review new posts. The Review new posts pop-up window appears.

  5. From the two available criteria, group admins can set up both or select one based on their preference.

    • Review all posts: This will send all posts made in the group for admin approval.
    • Only review posts that meet the criteria: This will enable the group admins to set criteria for the posts that they want to review. Currently two criteria are available. Group admins can set up both criteria or just one criteria based on their preference.
      • New group member: Post from a member who joined the group in the last 30 days will require admin approval before it is published.
      • External links: Posts which contain one or more links to a third-party website will require admin approval before they are published.
    • No review required: This will disable post review and any group posts will not require admin approval and will be published directly in the group.

    Note: If you select Only review posts that meet the criteria, more options will be available in the future. You can select multiple options from them using checkboxes.

  6. Click Save.

    • The status next to Review new posts will change to On if you select Review all posts or Only review posts that meet the criteria.

  7. Click Edit and follow steps 5 and 6 to edit the post review settings for your group.

To review pending posts:

  1. Navigate to your Groups homepage.

  2. Select the applicable group within which you’d like to review from the list under Your groups.

  3. Click Pending posts on the left pane.

  4. Under Content in the Manage Group page, Approve or Delete any listed pending posts.

To manage post permissions:

  1. Navigate to your Groups homepage.

  2. Select the applicable group from the list under Your groups.

  3. Click the  Edit icon next to the group name.

  4. In the Edit group pop-up window, select the Require new posts to be reviewed by admins checkbox.

    Note: Deselect the checkbox if you want to disable the feature.

  5. Click Save.

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