Answers.Body: <p>Your two options are the only ones thus far. If you would like this feature you can leave a post on the <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/106505340287442511226" rel="nofollow">G+ group</a>, or email them at: support@buildwithcraft.com</p>
  
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Answers.UserDisplayName: Bryan Redeagle
Answers.Body: <p>As of Craft 2.6.2771, sections now have a “Default Entry Status” section.</p>
  
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Body: <p>The subject more or less covers it — is there any way to set the default status for Entries, either on a Section by Section basis, or globally?</p>
  
  <p>I have a client that doesn't want to accidentally set something live when they save something without deliberately setting it to published.</p>
  
  <p>At the moment it looks like I have two options:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Create an un-Crafty "Publish" checkbox field that I check for in my templates.</li>
  <li>Use User Groups to keep some users from publishing — this is a little overkill for them, though. They don't want to keep these people from publishing, just try to limit people publishing content without meaning to.</li>
  </ul>
  
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Comments.Text: Feature requested : http://feedback.buildwithcraft.com/forums/285221-feature-requests/suggestions/9328431-configure-new-entry-default-status-to-draft
Comments.UserDisplayName: migmaker
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Comments.Text: As far as I know, you just coined *un-Crafty* here. And I like it.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Matt Stein
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Comments.CreationDate: 2014-07-17T16:51:26.290Z
Comments.Text: This is a great question. It might be a functionality request. Similarly, I recently had a desire to make a post expiration date a required field. Would be nice to be able to control some of these items per section/entry type.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Ian
Tags: <entries><sections><workflow>
Title: Is there any way to set a default status for Entries, either globally or per Section?
ThreadText: # Is there any way to set a default status for Entries, either globally or per Section?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-17)
  
  The subject more or less covers it — is there any way to set the default status for Entries, either on a Section by Section basis, or globally?
  
  I have a client that doesn't want to accidentally set something live when they save something without deliberately setting it to published.
  
  At the moment it looks like I have two options:
  
  * Create an un-Crafty "Publish" checkbox field that I check for in my templates.
  * Use User Groups to keep some users from publishing — this is a little overkill for them, though. They don't want to keep these people from publishing, just try to limit people publishing content without meaning to.
  
  **Tags:** entries, sections, workflow
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: As far as I know, you just coined *un-Crafty* here. And I like it.  
  > **username_3**: This is a great question. It might be a functionality request. Similarly, I recently had a desire to make a post expiration date a required field. Would be nice to be able to control some of these items per section/entry type.  
  > **username_1**: Feature requested : http://feedback.buildwithcraft.com/forums/285221-feature-requests/suggestions/9328431-configure-new-entry-default-status-to-draft  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2014-07-17. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  Your two options are the only ones thus far. If you would like this feature you can leave a post on the [G+ group](https://plus.google.com/communities/106505340287442511226), or email them at: support@buildwithcraft.com
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2017-10-11. Score: 2
  
  As of Craft 2.6.2771, sections now have a “Default Entry Status” section.
  
  
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