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Guest post statuses explained

Backlinker Guest drafts & statuses

Draft, Submitted, In review, Changes requested, Approved, Published, Rejected, Cancelled and Publish failed.

Every guest post moves through these statuses on the Network page:

  • Draft — written by your agent, not yet sent to the host.
  • Submitted — sent to the host.
  • In review — the host is reviewing it.
  • Changes requested — the host asked for changes.
  • Approved — accepted by the host, about to be published.
  • Published — live on the host's blog.
  • Rejected — refused by the host.
  • Cancelled — withdrawn by the guest author.
  • Publish failed — approved, but Shopify could not publish it; the host can retry.

With network automation on, a post often goes from Draft to Published in one step.

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