Why not delete them from your WordPress admin panel?
Thread Starter
sbysky
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When moderate the comments in the WordPress admin panel, i have marked these comments as “spam”. So I can’t see them at all in the WordPress admin panel. That’s why I want delete them from tool PhpMyAdmin. I just want to know whether it’s safe to delete them directly from the database. thanks
Thread Starter
sbysky
(@sbysky)
Does anybody can answer this question? Thank you very much
Yes, it is safe. Execute this query, assuming your “comments” tables is called wp_comments
:
delete from wp_comments where comment_approved = 'spam';
have you tried using the Akismet plugin yet?
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sbysky
(@sbysky)
Thanks. Done.
I’m not using Akismet plugin but using “Anti Spam Image” plugin, which inserts a security image for the WP comment page, requiring the poster to enter the right characters in the image. (By Krazy Nio) .After using this “Anti Spam Image”, now spam decreased largely.
Thanks for the tip, but that plugin page is down. I’m using another one with smart captcha, which is nice.