Skip to Content
WordPress® All-in-One For Dummies®
book

WordPress® All-in-One For Dummies®

by Lisa Sabin-Wilson, Cory Miller, Kevin Palmer, Andrea Rennick, Michael Torbert
April 2011
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
908 pages
22h 37m
English
For Dummies
Content preview from WordPress® All-in-One For Dummies®

Managing Comments and Trackbacks

When you invite readers to comment on your site, you, as the site administrator, have full access to manage and edit those comments through the Comments page, which you can access on your WordPress Dashboard.

To find your comments, click the Comments link on the Comments menu; the Comments page opens (see Figure 5-4).

Figure 5-4: The Comments page contains all the comments and trackbacks on your blog.

image

When you hover over a comment with your mouse, several links appear that give you the opportunity to manage the comment:

  • Unapprove: This link appears only if you have comment moderation turned on. Also, it appears only on approved comments. The comment is placed in the moderation queue, which you can get to by clicking the Pending link that appears below the Comments page header. The moderation queue is kind of a holding area for comments that haven't yet been published to your blog.
  • Reply: Makes a text box drop down, where you can type and submit your reply to this person. This feature eliminates the need to load your live site in order to reply to a comment.
  • Quick Edit: Opens the comment options inline, without ever leaving the Comments page. You can configure options such as name, e-mail address, URL, and comment content. Click the Save button to save your changes.
  • Edit: Opens the Edit Comment page, where you can edit the different fields, such ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

WordPress® 24-Hour Trainer

WordPress® 24-Hour Trainer

George Plumley
Gaming Hacks

Gaming Hacks

Simon Carless

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780470877012Purchase book