I would like to know how to avoid the amount of spam that comes in wordpress comments, either through some plugin (free of preference) or through wordpress configuration.
I would like to know how to avoid the amount of spam that comes in wordpress comments, either through some plugin (free of preference) or through wordpress configuration.
ALTERNATIVES
Through Plugin: Spam Comments Cleaner: link
Through PhpMyAdmin:
You can do this in PhpMyAdmin with a query:
DELETE from wp_comments WHERE comment_approved = '0'
DELETE from wp_comments WHERE comment_approved = '1'
DELETE from wp_comments WHERE comment_approved = 'spam'
DELETE from wp_comments WHERE comment_approved = 'trash'
This will delete all approved comments - see if this is the current wp_ prefix of the database table and remember to backup your database first.
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