Manage Blog Comments
This article applies to: Blogs
Default Settings
- Notify the administrator via email when new comments are added.
- Notify the administrator when comments are held for moderation.
- Commenters must include Name and Email.
- First comment from a commenter is moderated (held for approval). After first comment is approved, comments from that person are posted immediately.
Moderated Comments? Moderated comments do not automatically appear on the blog; an administrator must approve them before they are published. You can choose how much moderation you want.
Change Settings
- Click and then click . Some useful options are outlined in the table below. Make your choices, and then click . (Scroll to the bottom of the page.)
| Setting | Instructions |
|---|---|
| Turn off all comments | In , remove the check from Allow people to post comments on the article. |
| Allow anonymous commenting Note: May increase spam. | In Other Comment Settings, remove the check from Comment author must fill out name and e-mail. |
| Allow discussion with a wider community | In Other Comment Settings, remove the check from Users must be registered and logged in to comment. |
| Notified by email when a comment is posted, or is in need of approval | In E-mail me whenever, select Anyone posts a comment and/or A comment is held for moderation. |
| Administrator's approval required for all comments Note: May create a lot of work for the administrator, depending on comments frequency. Also slows the speed of and may discourage conversation. | In Before a comment appears, select An administrator must always approve the comment and click Update Options. |
| First comments allowed without administrator approval | In Before a comment appears, remove the check from Comment author must have a previously approved comment. |
| Comments moderated based on the content of the comment (links or certain words) | In Comment Moderation, change the number in the Hold a comment in the queue if it contains # or more links and/or enter any names, URLs, e-mail addresses, words or IP addresses into the When a comment contains any of these words in its content … area. |
Manage Comments
- Click . You'll see a list of all published comments.
- To see moderated comments waiting for your approval, click .
- Hover your mouse over a comment to see options to delete or approve or mark as spam. (Marking spam helps the spam protection plug-in recognize spam and improves accuracy).
Note: To manage groups of comments, select the box next to the comments, select an action from the Bulk Actions list, and then click . 
Prevent Spam
CU Blogs has an excellent spam filter built-in.
On the Settings > Discussion page, WordPress gives you several more tools to combat spam.
- Automatic moderation of any comment with more than 2 links. (Lots of links in a comment are often a sign of spam.) You can adjust the number of links if it's moderating more legitimate comments.
- Automatic moderation of any comment if certain words appear.
- Automatic blacklist (complete rejection without notification to or moderation by administrator) if certain words appear. Note: Use this very cautiously as it will reject any comment that contains part or all of these words without notification.
- Automatically close comments on articles older than "X number" days. We recommend setting the days to 120 in order to prevent spam posting on old posts.
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