{"id":4662,"date":"2019-10-04T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4662"},"modified":"2024-04-04T22:34:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T22:34:57","password":"","slug":"how-to-remove-all-spam-comments","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/docs\/kadence-theme\/how-to-remove-all-spam-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove All Spam Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you been overrun by spam comments? All too often, I see sites that have hundreds of comments pending, all of them spam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/10\/overwhelming-comment-count.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4663\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step to getting your comments back under control is bulk deleting all these unwanted spam comments. Within WordPress, you are limited in how many you can delete at once so you need a plugin that will bulk delete. I suggest: <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-bulk-delete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-bulk-delete\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/10\/bulk_delete-1024x336.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4664\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the plugin settings, you can select to remove all pending comments and in one click get control of your comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next step is to prevent this from happening again. For spam control, Kadence WP offers a <a aria-label=\"reCaptcha plugin (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/product\/kadence-google-recaptcha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reCaptcha plugin<\/a> that works with comment forms. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/docs\/kadence-general\/kadence-captcha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been overrun by spam comments? All too often, I see sites that have hundreds of comments pending, all of them spam. The first step to getting your comments back under control is bulk deleting all these unwanted spam comments. 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