What You’ll Learn
- How to manage comments across multiple sites
- Using bulk actions for comment moderation
- Approving, unapproving, spam marking, and deleting comments
- Customizing comment display settings
The Recent Comments Widget
A great addition to this extension is the Recent Comments widget. You will always be able to track the latest Approved, Pending, and Trashed comments on your sites. You can also use the provided links to quickly moderate the latest comments.Manage Comments
The MainWP Comments Extension allows you to manage comments on your Websites. It will allow you to remotely- Approve
- Disapprove
- Mark as spam
- Un-spam
- Edit
- Delete
Log in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > Comments page
Select wanted Child Sites
In the Search Options section, set your search preferences
- Status filters will allow you to narrow down the search to only selected comment statuses
- The keyword field will allow you to find comments where an entered word is used
- Date Range will narrow down the search to comments that have been submitted in the selected date range
Click the Show Comments button
By default, the MainWP Dashboard plugin is set to return (show) a maximum of 50 comments from one Child Site.
Unapprove Comment
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > Comments page
Select wanted Child Sites
In the Search Options section set your search preferences
Click the Show Comments button
Once the list of found comments appears
- Locate the Comment you want to update
- Click the Unapprove action in the Actions menu
Approve Comment
Login into your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > Comments page
Select wanted Child Sites
In the Search Options section set your search preferences
Click the Show Comments button
Once the list of found comments appears
- Locate the Comment you want to update
- Click the Approve action in the actions menu
Mark Comment as Spam
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > Comments page
Select wanted Child Sites
In the Search Options section set your search preferences
Click the Show Comments button
Once the list of found comments appears
- Locate the Comment you want to update
- Click the Spam action in the actions menu
Edit Comment
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > Comments page
Select wanted Child Sites
In the Search Options section set your search preferences
Click the Show Comments button
Once the list of found comments appears
- Locate the Comment you want to edit
- Click the Edit action in the actions menu
Delete Comment
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > Comments page
Select wanted Child Sites
In the Search Options section set your search preferences
Click the Show Comments button
Once the list of found comments appears
- Locate the Comment you want to trash
- Click the Trash action in the actions menu
Delete Comment Permanently
Since WordPress allows you to permanently delete only comments that are currently in Trash, before you can permanently delete them, you need to send them to Trash. Once they are in Trash, the Delete Permanently action will be available.Set Custom Comment Display Length
To set the custom comment length, please see this gist.Related Resources
- Administrative Add-ons - Browse administrative add-ons
- Add-ons Overview - All add-on categories