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(@dave92f1)
8 years, 10 months ago
Somehow my comment spam filters weren’t working for a long time, and now I’ve got over 17,000 comments “in moderation”.
Almost all of which are obviously spam.
Is there a tool that will help me filter out the spam and find the few real ones? No way I can look at 17,000 comments by hand.
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
Try the Akismet plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/
It’s not only a great anti-spam plugin, but it also adds a “Check for Spam” button to the Comments section of your blog’s Dashboard.
Thanks. I had to click “Check for Spam” abut 200 times, but it did the job eventually.
You’re welcome!
(@dave92f1)
8 years, 10 months ago
Somehow my comment spam filters weren’t working for a long time, and now I’ve got over 17,000 comments “in moderation”.
Almost all of which are obviously spam.
Is there a tool that will help me filter out the spam and find the few real ones? No way I can look at 17,000 comments by hand.