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Useful for victims of spammer attacks.\n\n## Description ##\nThis plugin is a quick way to delete all pending and spam comments. It's useful for victims of spammer attacks.\n\nAfter installing the plugin go to Comments -\u003e Delete Pending Comments and follow the instructions to delete all the pending comments.\n\n## Credits ##\n\nThis plugin was originally developed by [Nicolas Kuttler](http://www.nkuttler.de/) and he maintained it till June 24, 2020.\n\nFrom June 24, 2020, [Sudar Muthu](https://sudarmuthu.com) took over the development and maintenance of the plugin.\n\n## Installation ##\n### From WordPress Admin\nYou can install the plugin directly from WordPress admin interface by going to Plugins -\u003e Add New and then searching for 'Delete Pending Comments' plugin.\n\n### Normal WordPress installations\nExtract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.\n\n## Frequently Asked Questions ##\n\n### How do I delete the pending comments?\n\nGo to Comments -\u003e Delete Pending Comments and follow the instructions to delete all the pending or spam comments.\n\n### Can the plugin also delete all spam comments?\n\nYes, the plugin can delete both pending and spam comments.\n\n### Is there a way to retrieve the comments that were deleted?\n\nNo. There is no way to retrieve the comments that were deleted. So please take a backup if you need to restore the deleted comments.\n\n## Screenshots ##\n\n![](assets-wp-repo/screenshot-1.png)\nGo to Comments -\u003e Delete Pending Comments to see the list of pending comments.\n\n![](assets-wp-repo/screenshot-2.png)\nType the text that is shown to confirm the deletion of all pending comments.\n\n![](assets-wp-repo/screenshot-3.png)\nThe success message that is shown after the comments are deleted.\n\n## Changelog ##\n### 1.0.0 ###\n * Added support for PHP 5.3 to 7.4\n * Added support for WordPress versions upto 5.5\n * Fixed deprecation messages and warnings\n * Fixed a couple of UI issues\n * Going forward this plugin will be maintained by \u003ca href=\"https://SudarMuthu.com\"\u003eSudar Muthu\u003c/a\u003e\n \n### 0.2.1.2 ###\n * Documentation update and test against 3.5\n \n### 0.2.1.1 ###\n * Documentation update\n \n### 0.2.1 ###\n * Manipulate the database directly. Using WordPress functions was way too slow with 10k or more pending comments.\n### 0.1.1.1 ###\n * Fix version number...\n### 0.1.1 ###\n * Add icon by \u003ca href\"http://www.famfamfam.com\"\u003efamfamfam\u003c/a\u003e to the \u003ca href\"http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-admin-menu-drop-down-css/\"\u003eAdmin Drop Down Menu\u003c/a\u003e.\n * Re-organize files\n### 0.1.0 ###\n * Improve I18N, styling, layout, readability, add info\n### 0.0.3 ###\n * More small fixes\n### 0.0.2 ###\n * Small fixes\n### 0.0.1 ###\n * Initial release\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsudar%2Fdelete-pending-comments","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsudar%2Fdelete-pending-comments","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsudar%2Fdelete-pending-comments/lists"}