Title: spam problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# spam problem

 *  [aragorn777](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aragorn777/)
 * (@aragorn777)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-problem-1/)
 * I upgraded from 1.5 with Karam 2 to 2.7 in multiple steps. Everything seems to
   work fine, but I have 81,000 spam comments now. How do I clear these out in bulk
   and then get spam protection going again?

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 *  [purentonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/purentonline/)
 * (@purentonline)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-problem-1/#post-1016787)
 * 81,000 spam comments wow, thats a lot!!!
 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-problem-1/#post-1016790)
 * See the following to clear them out in bulk.
 * [http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=133](http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=133)
 * Then activate a good spam plugin (like askimet) to help control them in the future.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * Last activity: [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-problem-1/#post-1016790)
 * Status: not resolved

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