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Plugin info

Total downloads: 152,721
Active installs: 10,000
Total reviews: 94
Average rating: 4.7
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 3 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 1/28/2024 (703 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 10/11/2009 (16 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.7
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.4.7
Minimum PHP version: 5.3

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 703 days ago • 94 reviews

32/100

Is Delete Pending Comments abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 703 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.7
Tested up to: 6.4.7
Requires PHP: 5.3

Ratings

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Developers

Sudar Muthu (Owner)23Sudar Muthu2

Languages

Swedish14,890Chinese (China)9,700

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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.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Review feed

DannyCarlton
9/3/2016

Apparenty no longer works...

Warning: Missing argument 2 for wpdb::prepare(), called in ...\public_html\wp-content\plugins\delete-pending-comments\inc\admin.php on line 73 and defined in ...\public_html\wp-includes\wp-db.php on line 1246
Nick van de Veerdonk
7/15/2021

AWESOME

'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 :)

Screenshots

  1. <p>Go to Comments -> Delete Pending Comments to see the list of pending comments.</p>

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

  2. <p>Type the text that is shown to confirm the deletion of all pending comments.</p>

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

  3. <p>The success message that is shown after the comments are deleted.</p>

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

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
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