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Comments & Discussion

Moderating the comments visitors leave: approving, replying, editing, marking spam or trash, bulk actions, and the Discussion settings that control who can comment, how comments are threaded and paged, moderation rules, and avatars.

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How to edit a comment

Typos happen, and sometimes a comment lands on your site that you would rather clean up. You can fix it right in your dashboard — the comment keeps its place in the conversation, so you never have to delete it and start over.

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How to close comments on a single post

Sometimes a conversation has run its course on one post while the rest of your site is still happy to hear from readers. You can close comments on that single post, and leave every other post exactly as it is.

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How to leave a comment on a post

Commenting is the quickest way to join the conversation on a WordPress site. Scroll to the bottom of any post, fill in the form you find there, and your reply is on its way — though on some sites it appears only after a moderator has taken a look.

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How to choose who can comment on your site

Comments can make a site feel like a conversation instead of a broadcast. Your Discussion settings are where you decide who gets to join in, what they have to share first, and how much of it lands in your inbox.

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How to reply to a comment

A reply turns a one-way comment into a conversation. You can answer any reader without leaving the Comments screen, and your reply is posted to the site the moment you send it.

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How to set up comment moderation rules

Comment moderation rules do the first pass for you: hold the iffy comments back, bin the obvious junk, and let the people you already trust comment freely. You only have to set them up once.

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How to moderate comments

Comments are what turn a blog into a conversation, and they need a little tending to stay that way. WordPress collects everything your visitors write on one screen, and keeping it tidy comes down to two buttons: Approve and Unapprove.

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How to set up avatars for commenters

Avatars are the small pictures that sit beside each comment. You get to decide whether they show at all, how tame they need to be, and what appears for commenters who haven't set one up.

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How to mark a comment as spam

A few comments on your site will never be worth your time. WordPress lets you sweep them out of the way in a single click — one at a time, or a whole batch at once.

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Why is my comment waiting for approval?

A comment that's waiting for approval hasn't been lost or rejected. WordPress is holding it in a review queue, and it will appear on your site as soon as someone approves it.

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