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playingthehandiwasdealt on "Moderate all comments not working!"

playingthehandiwasdealt — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:37:30 +0000

Thanks for the reply. This IS what I did, hence the confusion! I only checked that box you wrote in bold--couldn't recall entire name, sorry--and the 1st comments were all held, but once I approved them, all people approved who re-commented came straight through to my blog. I did save changes and when I went back to check both boxes out of despair, the box you mentioned was still checked, so the save did go into effect. Makes no sense and I've been to sites like yours where every time I comment, it's held. I give up! Thanks. :-)

auxclass on "Moderate all comments not working!"

auxclass — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:34:30 +0000

Only check - An administrator must always approve the comment

Then you see all comments - I moderate all comments on my site and the other sites I Admin - prevents surprises - stops spam cold and once in a while someone puts a personal message in a comment and I can filter them out also

Remember to save changes (at the bottom of the page)

playingthehandiwasdealt on "Moderate all comments not working!"

playingthehandiwasdealt — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:13:25 +0000

Thanks for replying! I did--switched one for the other and then saw the issue happened. Now I have both checked out of desperation, but haven't had any double comments come through from people so no way of testing this out! I know there are ppl who moderate every single comment and I am so confused and about to shut-off comments--or the whole blog!
Thanks again... Wish that were the issue! :-)

danielisreading on "Moderate all comments not working!"

danielisreading — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:05:27 +0000

Have you made sure the second option is unticked and only the first option ticked? Hopefully this will resolve this issue.

playingthehandiwasdealt on "Moderate all comments not working!"

playingthehandiwasdealt — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:00:50 +0000

I apologize if this is the wrong place to put this but I have an eye disease and low vision and can hardly see the help section, which won't zoom up. Thanks--just trying to protect my blog, which helps others with my disease.

playingthehandiwasdealt on "Moderate all comments not working!"

playingthehandiwasdealt — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:12:30 +0000

Help please! I am being cyber bullied via posts and switched to "moderate all comments" as a precaution, yet when I approve a safe blogger's comment, their 2nd comment bypasses moderation and goes right through,as if I were on the default setting. How do I remedy this?
Thanks!

vivianpaige on "Annoying Moderating Comments"

vivianpaige — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:37:13 +0000

Glad to help :) Can you mark this resolved?

a81g567n on "Annoying Moderating Comments"

a81g567n — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:33:07 +0000

Thanks. That worked! :)

vivianpaige on "Annoying Moderating Comments"

vivianpaige — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:26:35 +0000

From your dashboard under settings>discussion unmark "Administrator must always approve comment" Also, make sure that under general settings, you have unchecked the box "Users must be registered and logged in to comment."

a81g567n on "Annoying Moderating Comments"

a81g567n — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:09:27 +0000

I know I've seen this here before, but I can't seem to get it right. How do I stop moderating comments?

cjwriter on "posting comments"

cjwriter — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:50:54 +0000

If an approved comment has disappeared, you might be able to find it in Dashboard > Comments and see if it's been unapproved. It might also be worth checking to see if it's been labelled as spam for some reason in Dashboard > Comments > Akismet Spam.

If it's been deleted, though, I don't think you can get it back. Maybe do a Google or Yahoo search for that post and see if there's a cached comment; if it's there, you could copy it as a new comment. That's one reason why I always get comment notifications by email; I file them away, and if I ever lose any comments I always have that copy I can use.

teric on "posting comments"

teric — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:02:39 +0000

I changed my options to the above recommendations and lost a comment that I had approved. How can I get it to show up?

timethief on "Have to moderate all comments?"

timethief — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:02:43 +0000

I do choose to moderate comments on my blogs to prevent comment spam, porno links and troll posts from appearing. However, you don't need to moderate comments if you do not wish to.
You can make your choices here -> Options -> Discussion.

Usual settings for an article:
(These settings may be overridden for individual articles.)
* Attempt to notify any Weblogs linked to from the article (slows down posting.)
* Allow link notifications from other Weblogs (pingbacks and trackbacks.)
* Allow people to post comments on the article

E-mail me whenever:
* Anyone posts a comment
* A comment is held for moderation

Before a comment appears:
* An administrator must always approve the comment
* Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
* Comment author must have a previously approved comment

Complete the fields and click "Update Options" to save.

travelingbroccoli on "Have to moderate all comments?"

travelingbroccoli — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:00:44 +0000

I've received a couple comments on my new blog, but they're forcing me to moderate them before posting -- is this a setting I change? I don't want to have to moderate each and every comment I receive.

Thanks.

unclesuuu on "posting comments"

unclesuuu — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:24:56 +0000

very helpful! I accidentally checked the membership box and my comments went drastically down! Thanks!

drmike on "posting comments"

drmike — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:30:17 +0000

Not a problem :)

bakinghistory on "posting comments"

bakinghistory — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:29:50 +0000

thank you both!

drmike on "posting comments"

drmike — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:25:44 +0000

I would like to be able to approve the comments before they are visible

Dashboard -> Options -> Discussion -> Check the box labeled "An administrator must always approve the comment" and uncheck the box labeled "Comment author must have a previously approved comment" Click on Save Changes.

but I do not wish to allow only readers registered at WordPress to leave comments

Dashboard -> Options -> General -> Uncheck the box labeled "Users must be registered and logged in to comment"

Hope this helps,
-drmike

judyb12 on "posting comments"

judyb12 — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:25:20 +0000

1. Options->General Options->Membership: make sure this box is not checked, click "Update Options"

2. Options->Discussion->Before a comment appears:->An administrator must always approve the comment: make sure this box is checked, click "Update Options"

bakinghistory on "posting comments"

bakinghistory — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:26:49 +0000

Hi :)

I have just started my blog and I don't know how to set my options for the comments area. I would like to be able to approve the comments before they are visible, but I do not wish to allow only readers registered at WordPress to leave comments. If this is possible,how can I do that? I don't seem to be able to find how to set my Options to allow people to write a comment without being registered first. I read the FAQ but don't seem to find the answer...
Thank you!

trent on "Can't modarate comments!!!"

trent — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:19:16 +0000

It shouldn't time you out on the comments as they are seperated into 'pages' and not all are loaded on a page, but rather about 30. I would just try it again. As for the blogs with most views, it is best to view something on the main http://wordpress.com page or at http://botd.wordpress.com/

Trent

paintboy100 on "Can't modarate comments!!!"

paintboy100 — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:15:46 +0000

Also can someone tell me which is the most viewed wordpress site? Thx

paintboy100 on "Can't modarate comments!!!"

paintboy100 — Sat, 12 May 2007 20:12:12 +0000

My site has 5,657 comments for moderation but i cant modarate them because when i click awaiting moderation(5,657) a message appears
Request Timeout
This request takes too long to process, it is timed out by the server. If it should not be timed out, please contact administrator of this web site to increase 'Connection Timeout'.

Plz help

timethief on "How do you moderate comments?"

timethief — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:18:18 +0000

You're welcome and happy blogging :)

thespacebetweenus on "How do you moderate comments?"

thespacebetweenus — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:40:51 +0000

Thanks! Obviously, i'm kind of new to blogging!

timethief on "How do you moderate comments?"

timethief — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:39:45 +0000

Yes
Comment moderation walk through
Dashboard => Options => Discussion
Fill in the check boxes provided
Be sure to check __ An administrator must always approve the comment
Click "Update Options" to save all your changes

Edit: oops it seems engtech and I were typing at the same time.

engtech on "How do you moderate comments?"

engtech — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:38:53 +0000

Yes.

Moderate from Dashboard >> Comments

Change settings to force all comments to be moderated at Dashboard >> Options >> Discussion

thespacebetweenus on "How do you moderate comments?"

thespacebetweenus — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:37:02 +0000

Is there a way to set your blog so that you can moderate comments before they appear? Thanks

secretlives on "Moderating Comments"

secretlives — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:29:22 +0000

Again...thank you so much. You've been a great help.

Giovanni

nosysnoop on "Moderating Comments"

nosysnoop — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 03:40:55 +0000

Go to your Dashboard. Then click Manage. Than click Awaiting Moderation. Right now mine says (0). But if there's any in there, just click the Awating Moderation button. Then from there, click if you want it approved or deleted.

Also check the Akismet Spam section. I think if someone puts more than two links in a comment, it gets sent there thinking it's spam. Just keep an eye on that part once in a while.