October 26, 201411 yr When I log into my wp admin, there are 3,171 comments and 2,110 in moderation. These are actually all spam because I have manually deleted those in my Outlook Express emails as they have come in over as many months. Is there a quick and simple way to delete all of these at once? As opposed to checking them off manually and deleting all on a single page, one page at a time....it would take days I think. Too much spam and really I have no comments worth saving as my blog and site don't get any traffic...YET
October 26, 201411 yr One way to do it would be through the database but the simplest for you I think may be this way https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcommentcleaner/
October 26, 201411 yr In your Wordpress Dashboard, Click on Comments >> Spam Comments >> "Empty Spam" Email Edited October 26, 201411 yr by DewlanceHosting
October 27, 201411 yr Author That suggestion you made DID help dewlance....thank you....3,170 comments flushed just like that...now see the screenshot....there are still these "in moderation"....how to get rid of them? Do I still need to manually delete these? I appreciate the other suggestion but trying to avoid relying on too many plugins. Thank you though. See attachment if you can help.
November 25, 201411 yr I'd suggest you install Akismet or another spam filter to prevent this happening in future.
November 25, 201411 yr As above, try Anti Spam Bee https://wordpress.org/plugins/antispam-bee/ Have had massive success with this plugin, be sure to turn off email notifications though. Not great to have hundreds of emails
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