WordPress.com Forums » Topic: whitelists for commenters http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whitelists-for-commenters WordPress.com Forums » Topic: whitelists for commenters en Sun, 19 May 2013 16:34:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "whitelists for commenters" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whitelists-for-commenters#post-139253 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:55:30 +0000 timethief 139253@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ In case you want more specific instructions here is the FAQs reference link http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/can-i-stop-someone-from-leaving-comments-on-my-blog/

]]> mymyspacelayouts on "whitelists for commenters" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whitelists-for-commenters#post-139248 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:38:09 +0000 mymyspacelayouts 139248@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

to automatically prevent people not on the whitelist from making comments

You can also ban someone's IP number also through Dashboard>Options>Discussion if they keep on causing a problem.

]]> timethief on "whitelists for commenters" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whitelists-for-commenters#post-139184 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:05:03 +0000 timethief 139184@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ In essence this can be effected by choosing this comment moderation option on this page -> Options -> Discussion
Comment author must have a previously approved comment
Hth :)

]]> prodigiousblog on "whitelists for commenters" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whitelists-for-commenters#post-139183 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:02:08 +0000 prodigiousblog 139183@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I was looking at the discussion and user options, and I was wondering if WordPress will add support for comment whitelists, to automatically prevent people not on the whitelist from making comments. Or, perhaps WordPress could add a new kind of user role, to allow adding/editing comments but not articles? Thank you very much for your help.

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