{"id":4998,"date":"2022-08-12T17:39:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T14:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=4998"},"modified":"2023-02-16T14:48:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:48:28","slug":"managing-your-wordpress-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/managing-your-wordpress-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Your WordPress Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Managing the comments on a WordPress website<\/strong><\/a> requires administrative configuration of post settings, manual approval of comment posts, and automated anti-spam filtering<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The default WordPress comment system is designed to work with the Akismet anti-spam module<\/strong> from Automattic<\/strong>. This guide provides an overview of the administrative settings for WP comments so you can best manage all external content on your WP pages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you publish a post in WordPress<\/strong>, the comment system is turned on by default. This can be helpful for blog posts to develop community interaction<\/strong> or on product pages for valuable client feedback<\/strong>. As for landing pages and static content – WP publishers<\/strong> are better turning them off altogether as they serve no real purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But let\u2019s now take a closer look at WordPress comments and what we can really do with them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordPress Comment System – How does it work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a default WordPress installation, there is a \u201cHello World<\/em>\u201d page that is automatically created to illustrate the functionality of the CMS<\/strong>. If you go to the WordPress dashboard<\/strong><\/a> and open the page to edit it, you should see something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Under the Discussion<\/strong> tab in the right side of the Gutenberg <\/strong>editor, you will see the settings for comments<\/strong>, pingbacks<\/strong>, and trackbacks <\/strong>which can be toggled on or off according to the requirements of each post. Using this option, you can decide if your page\/post will show those features to visitors or hide them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you navigate to the \/wp-admin\/edit.php<\/strong> page, you will see a list of all content posts with the \u201cHello World\u201d page listed. The interface allows you to view how many comments have been posted to the page and how many are waiting approval:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The default setting of the WordPress CMS<\/strong> is that comments are allowed on posts, with administrator approval required for publishing. If you click on the Comments <\/strong>icon next to each post, you will get to the page with all comments awaiting your confirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the comments settings page, there are quick links to view All<\/strong>, Pending<\/strong>, Approved<\/strong>, Spam<\/strong>, and Trash comments<\/strong>. Use the links and bulk actions to approve the relevant comments on your WordPress blog pages and delete all spam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enabling Comments in WordPress<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To enable comments in WordPress, look under the Settings<\/strong> tab in WP Admin and navigate to the Discussion <\/strong>section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The default post settings for WordPress comments are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n