How to Delete All Pending Comments in WordPress

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Having too many pending comments in WordPress can be annoying, especially if most of them are spam. Managing comments one by one is easy, but it becomes a challenge when the number of comments grows.

Bulk deleting comments can cause weird errors if there are too many at once. But don't worry, there's an easy way to handle this.

In this article, we will walk you through the process of bulk deleting all pending comments in WordPress.

Deleting all pending comments in WordPress
What are pending comments in WordPress?
Pending comments in WordPress are the comments that are waiting for approval.

You can find them in the WordPress admin area by going to the Comments page and switching to the Pending tab.

The number of pending comments germany telegram data showing in the WordPress admin sidebar and on the dashboard
We recommend that users enable comment approval on all their sites to combat spam . This means that all comments on your site will be placed in the pending comment queue before being approved.

Why would someone want to delete pending comments?

There are many situations where this is necessary. For example:

The Akismet anti-spam plugin has been disabled on your website and suddenly all spam comments appear as pending.
Articles on your website generate a lot of unwanted comments.
You forgot to disable comments on older posts.