I’m trying to create a comment, using the Python library for WordPress’s XMLRPC API, and set the comment’s status to unapproved or “hold”. But all comments insertions via the API seem to create approved comments.
comment = WordPressComment()
comment.content = body
comment.status = 'hold'
wp.call(NewComment(post_id, comment))
Is this parameter not supported on the create comments method?
Answer: it’s not directly possible by setting the status on the NewComment request.
But you can use the
pre_comment_approvedfilter to define your own handler and add an unapproved status when the comment is inserted into the database.