Moderating comments
Now that we've thoroughly explored the settings for which comments need to be moderated, let's discuss what you actually need to do to moderate comments. Moderating means that you look over a comment that is in limbo and decide whether it's insightful enough that it can be published on your site. If it's good, it gets to appear on the frontend of your website; and if it is bad, it's either marked as spam, or is deleted and is never seen by anyone but you, and the person who wrote it.
To view comments waiting for moderation, log in to your wp-admin and navigate to Comments in the main menu. If you have any comments waiting for moderation, there will be a little number in the main menu telling you how many comments await ...
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