Delete Pending Comments
A quick way to delete all pending and spam comments. Useful for victims of spammer attacks.
4.7(94 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, Delete Pending Comments is a WordPress spam plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 94 reviews. It has been downloaded 153K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 18% this week. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
4.7/594 reviews
10K+active installs
153K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
This plugin is a quick way to delete all pending and spam comments. It’s useful for victims of spammer attacks.
After installing the plugin go to Comments -> Delete Pending Comments and follow the instructions to delete all the pending comments.
Credits
This plugin was originally developed by Nicolas Kuttler and he maintained it till June 24, 2020.
From June 24, 2020, Sudar Muthu took over the development and maintenance of the plugin.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
mit einem Klick Spam entfernt
by rol69·2 years ago
Das Plugin hat mit einem Klick tausendfachen Spam entfernt. Es gibt keine weiteren Einstellungen. Nach Installation und Aktivierung des Plugins auf die Kommentarseite gehen. Oben steht ein Button “Spam löschen”.
Perfektes Plugin, vielen Dank.
Efficient
by pipi842·3 years ago
Best plugin to delete comments so far, please keep it updated. 🙏
Perfect
by KeithRowley·3 years ago
2000 spam cpmments gone in a moment on latest WP version 6.1. Nothing to worry about here!
Deletes all comments
by jrp1·3 years ago·2 replies
The latest update delets ALL comments, not just pending comments. Beware and do NOT use if you have valid comments that you don’t want to be scrubbed.
Deletes Everything
by malikjozane·4 years ago
It deletes all comments, even approved ones. So be careful before you use it guys.
Download Trends
Today: 8Yesterday: 15This week: 65Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.7+ requiredTested up to 6.4.8 |
| PHP | 5.3+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
88.2%
v0.2
11.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.0
- Added support for PHP 5.3 to 7.4
- Added support for WordPress versions upto 5.5
- Fixed deprecation messages and warnings
- Fixed a couple of UI issues
- Going forward this plugin will be maintained by Sudar Muthu
Contributors
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