Profile: jillT

Problem: I would like to allow new User signups with CRED, but I would like those new Users to be "pending" until an Admin approves them. If they try to login before approval, they should receive a message saying their account is pending approval.

Solution: The scenario you described isn't completely possible, but here's something similar you could accomplish with Access and CRED:
- Create a new custom role, something like "Pending Approval"
- Set up your CRED form to create Users in this role
- Use CRED notifications to send an email to the pending User to let them know you have received their request, but they must be approved before they are allowed full access.
- Use Access to show specific content to these Users when they log in to the site, and restrict all other content.
- To approve Users in wp-admin, switch them to whatever other role you want them to become.
- You could do something similar to decline their request, set them to some other role and use Access to show them some specific content that says you're not allowed to do this.

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/cred-user-forms/
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/automated-email-notifications-with-cred/
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/cred-user-forms-email-notifications/
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/access-control-for-cred-forms/