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The User Registration Add-On can create users. However, there is no moderation. Users are created right away, unless you use the PayPal Add-On in which case you can set it up so Users are only created after payment is received.

So the User Registration does not have the ability to delay registering the user until after an admin approves the registration. This is, however, a neat idea and something we can consider adding as a feature in the User Registration Add-On.

HOWEVER what you could accomplish something similar if you change the workflow slightly. Use the Members plugin for managing user roles, setup a new custom role specifically for new users who haven't been approved yet. This role wouldn't have access to the pages that require the user be approved.

You could then have the admin review the application in the Entries, and if he wants to approve it he can edit the user and change the user role to the approved user role.

You could then use the Members plugin to manage access to pages/posts that should only be accessible by whichever role you want to use for the approved user.

So while it doesn't support the delayed registration there are always multiple ways to accomplish a task in WordPress. Using a temporary role, assign the user to it when they fill out the registration form, then have an admin approve them and change their role to whichever role you want to use for the approved role (ex. Subscriber, Member, whatever).

The Members plugin is a great plugin for role management and access control. It can be downloaded here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/

The bonus feature you mentioned would be possible, however it would require the user fill out another form that only members can access to be added to your MailChimp list. If you did the MailChimp integration on the registration form, all users would be added to MailChimp and not just the approved ones.

You can use Gravity Forms to populate user meta, including custom meta that you create. See this screenshot:

http://grab.by/884U

HOWEVER currently it does NOT add an interface for this custom meta on the WordPress profile page like in your screenshot. This is where you would have to either write the code to include the custom meta on the profile page, or use a plugin that provides this functionality.

Gravity Forms only provides the registration form and only creates the user. It can populate user meta, including custom user meta, and BuddyPress data but it does NOT provide any profile user interface or editing tools. After the user is created, it's up to your site to handle the rest (theme, plugins, custom code, etc.).

Gravity Forms wouldn't know where it is supposed to go, what order it is supposed to be displayed in, etc. We would like to add the ability to also handle displaying the custom meta information on the profile page, but we have to think through the implementation.

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@onealkl Gravity Forms User Registration Add-On is a v1.0 product. We plan on adding additional features in the future. Currently the user is registered immediately.

If you need to "moderate" you would have to install a plugin such as Justin Tadlock's Members plugin which implements role management and the ability to create and edit Roles in WordPress.

You would create a custom role and name it something like "Pending" and then you could go to Users and view users with that role and approve them by changing their role to "Subscriber" or whatever it needs to be.

Members can be found here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/

We do plan on implementing Moderation functionality to the Add-On in the future.