Delete Pending Comments

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.

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.

mit einem Klick Spam entfernt

By rol69 on February 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.

Efficient

By pipi842 on March 14, 2023

Best plugin to delete comments so far, please keep it updated. 🙏

Perfect

By KeithRowley on November 14, 2022

2000 spam cpmments gone in a moment on latest WP version 6.1. Nothing to worry about here!

Deletes all comments

By jrp1 on June 23, 2022

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.

Deletes Everything

By malikjozane on November 20, 2021

It deletes all comments, even approved ones. So be careful before you use it guys.

AWESOME

By Nick van de Veerdonk (nmvdvjr) on July 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 :)

Did it simply, well and fast

By Anthony Keller (antk3) on March 30, 2021

Great plugin my friends !

Damn Useful Plugin!

By Steve (aksteve) on December 25, 2020

Does what it says quickly and easily. Thank you!

esta muy bien

By tutimovil on April 22, 2019

pratico y muy bueno para eliminar comentarios

Excellent!

By lunathea on July 6, 2018

Works just as intended. Very easy to use.

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

Add icon by famfamfam to the Admin Drop Down Menu.
Re-organize files

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

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.