Delete Pending Comments

Description

This plugin is a quick way to delete all pending and spam comments. It’s useful for victims of spammer attacks.

After installing the plugin go to Comments -> Delete Pending Comments and follow the instructions to delete all the pending comments.

Credits

This plugin was originally developed by Nicolas Kuttler and he maintained it till June 24, 2020.

From June 24, 2020, Sudar Muthu took over the development and maintenance of the plugin.

Screenshots

  • Go to Comments -> Delete Pending Comments to see the list of pending comments.

  • Type the text that is shown to confirm the deletion of all pending comments.

  • The success message that is shown after the comments are deleted.

Installation

From WordPress Admin

You can install the plugin directly from WordPress admin interface by going to Plugins -> Add New and then searching for ‘Delete Pending Comments’ plugin.

Normal WordPress installations

Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.

FAQ

How do I delete the pending comments?

Go to Comments -> Delete Pending Comments and follow the instructions to delete all the pending or spam comments.

Can the plugin also delete all spam comments?

Yes, the plugin can delete both pending and spam comments.

Is there a way to retrieve the comments that were deleted?

No. There is no way to retrieve the comments that were deleted. So please take a backup if you need to restore the deleted comments.

Reviews

Èrèlé 5, 2024
Das Plugin hat mit einem Klick tausendfachen Spam entfernt. Es gibt keine weiteren Einstellungen. Nach Installation und Aktivierung des Plugins auf die Kommentarseite gehen. Oben steht ein Button “Spam löschen”. Perfektes Plugin, vielen Dank.
Ẹrẹ́nà 14, 2023
Best plugin to delete comments so far, please keep it updated. 🙏
Bélú 14, 2022
2000 spam cpmments gone in a moment on latest WP version 6.1. Nothing to worry about here!
Òkúdù 23, 2022 2 replies
The latest update delets ALL comments, not just pending comments. Beware and do NOT use if you have valid comments that you don’t want to be scrubbed.
Agẹmọ 15, 2021
‘There’s a plugin for everything’, sure, but this one solved a problem I’ve been having for a LONG time… Thanks! Easy and quick, almost as if nothing happened at all 🙂
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Contributors & Developers

“Delete Pending Comments” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Changelog

1.0.0

  • Added support for PHP 5.3 to 7.4
  • Added support for WordPress versions upto 5.5
  • Fixed deprecation messages and warnings
  • Fixed a couple of UI issues
  • Going forward this plugin will be maintained by Sudar Muthu

0.2.1.2

  • Documentation update and test against 3.5

0.2.1.1

  • Documentation update

0.2.1

  • Manipulate the database directly. Using WordPress functions was way too slow with 10k or more pending comments.

0.1.1.1

  • Fix version number…

0.1.1

0.1.0

  • Improve I18N, styling, layout, readability, add info

0.0.3

  • More small fixes

0.0.2

  • Small fixes

0.0.1

  • Initial release