Title: Help with comment moderation…
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Help with comment moderation…

 *  [megabrooke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megabrooke/)
 * (@megabrooke)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-comment-moderation/)
 * Hello! I’m having some trouble with comment moderation.
 * I have my settings setup right now so that nothing needs to be done before a 
   comment appears. Meaning, I don’t have to approve it, the commenter doesn’t have
   to have been a previous commenter.
 * I basically have the most allowable settings, yet comments are still being held
   for moderation. I also have it setup to email me when this happens, but I’m not
   always getting the emails. So, I’m going to write a new post and I’m finding 
   several comments awaiting moderation. And they are normal comments, not spam…
   no links, so I don’t get it.
 * Can anyone help please?

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-comment-moderation/#post-5502487)
 * Check your moderation list, and remember that ever parts of words will be checked.
   So, if you put “ass” (sorry about that) in your moderation list, it will hold
   a comment mentioning “passenger” for moderation.
 *  Thread Starter [megabrooke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megabrooke/)
 * (@megabrooke)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-comment-moderation/#post-5502495)
 * I have nothing in my list though?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-comment-moderation/#post-5502499)
 * Hm, that’s odd. Are you absolutely sure there isn’t maybe a single space in there?
 * Also, have you set “Hold a comment in the queue if it contains [x] or more links.”
   to be higher than 1? WordPress considers the Website included in most comment
   forms to be 1 URL, so if that’s set to 1, any commenter who has provided a Website
   will be held for moderation.
 *  Thread Starter [megabrooke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megabrooke/)
 * (@megabrooke)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-comment-moderation/#post-5502502)
 * Ohh… I have it set to 2! That’s what It suggested so I went with it… maybe I 
   should switch to one?
 *  Thread Starter [megabrooke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megabrooke/)
 * (@megabrooke)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-comment-moderation/#post-5502503)
 * Or actually, maybe I should make it to zero, since 1 will still get held?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-comment-moderation/#post-5502505)
 * No, don’t go lower. That would be comments with **more than** 0 links held for
   moderation, aka everything. 😉
 * Try something higher, like 5.
 *  Thread Starter [megabrooke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megabrooke/)
 * (@megabrooke)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-comment-moderation/#post-5502509)
 * Oh, gotcha. I still wonder why they were held even with 1? I had it set at 2…
   and some were held. So their website= one link, wonder what the other was? Hmm.
   Either way, I hope this helps- thanks again for the suggestion!!!
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-comment-moderation/#post-5502514)
 * Also, at Settings -> Discussion, make sure that **both** boxes under “Before 
   a comment appears” are **unchecked**.

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 * [comment moderation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comment-moderation/)

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-comment-moderation/#post-5502514)
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