# Lock Page while Editing plugin

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/lock-page-while-editing-plugin/3832>\
**Category:** Plugins\
**Created:** [April 11, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/lock-page-while-editing-plugin/3832 "2016-04-11T15:46:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![pedroborges](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/pedroborges/32/7038_2.png) [@pedroborges](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/pedroborges)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/lock-page-while-editing-plugin/3832/1 "2016-04-11T15:46:08Z")

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I started working on a plugin and would like to hear your thoughts before investing more time on it.

It locks the form when a page is being edited so no other user can edit the same page. Then removes the lock a few seconds after the page is closed. If another user has the locked page opened, it’s refreshed automatically and locked again. See for your self **(It’s not done yet)**:

 ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/getkirby/original/2X/6/6c71999122cedb03235e8e820a6a005893cfdfe1.gif)

It also works on multilingual sites. Locking each language individually so that you can have a user editing the EN version and another editing the DE one, for example.

This plugin would mainly benefit companies with large content/marketing team doing lot’s of editing daily. Is this a plugin you or your clients would need and pay for?

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**Author:** ![pedroborges](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/pedroborges/32/7038_2.png) [@pedroborges](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/pedroborges)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/lock-page-while-editing-plugin/3832/2 "2016-04-11T16:26:16Z")

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I’d like to add that this doesn’t require any external service neither mess with the core of Kirby.

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**Author:** ![pedroborges](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/pedroborges/32/7038_2.png) [@pedroborges](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/pedroborges)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/lock-page-while-editing-plugin/3832/3 "2016-04-12T13:49:09Z")

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Just updating with a multilingual sample:

![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/getkirby/original/2X/5/58942819a36d9ffdf3366a40ea6bba2371345591.gif)

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**Author:** ![thguenther](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/thguenther/32/16708_2.png) [@thguenther](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/thguenther)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/lock-page-while-editing-plugin/3832/4 "2016-04-12T16:23:45Z")

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That’s definitely very useful. Me and my clients sometimes override each other’s changes.

So answering your question, yes I would gladly pay for this plugin.

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**Author:** ![pedroborges](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/pedroborges/32/7038_2.png) [@pedroborges](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/pedroborges)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/lock-page-while-editing-plugin/3832/5 "2016-04-13T12:05:39Z")

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Now displaying the editor’s name.

 ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/getkirby/original/2X/b/bfe7adc1cf2d521350e8a3ccdfbcc67704c65bf2.gif)

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**Author:** ![jakobploens](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/jakobploens/32/1315_2.png) [@jakobploens](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/jakobploens)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/lock-page-while-editing-plugin/3832/6 "2016-04-13T12:36:32Z")

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Would also love such a feature, and gladly pay 🙂

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**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/lock-page-while-editing-plugin/3832/7 "2017-03-13T17:36:07Z")

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Topic for current version: [Page Lock Plugin](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/page-lock-plugin/6935)

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**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/lock-page-while-editing-plugin/3832/8 "2017-03-13T17:36:15Z")

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Closed on March 13, 2017, 5:36pm UTC


