Comments randomly going into moderation

  • I’ve noticed since the last upgrade that comments by members at my site will occasionally and randomly go into moderation and need to be approved by me to be posted.

    This is a severe problem as it leads members to think it is intentional and they are being sanctioned.

    In my settings, I have always had the checkboxes set so there is no moderation of comments.

    Your assistance on this is urgently needed and very appreciated.

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  • What about the Settings->Reading for these two:

    * Hold a comment in the queue if it contains [X] or more links (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.) – Not too long ago, comment spammers would have five, ten, or more hyperlinks in their comment spam. This made it very easy for bloggers to quickly screen comments but spammers recognized that and commonly use only one or two hyperlinks. You can enter a number in this box to tell WordPress how many links you allow in a comment before holding it for moderation.

    * When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be held in the moderation queue. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so “press” will match “WordPress” – In this text box you can add your own spam words which will filter the comments when posted. For an extensive and updated list of frequently used spam words and phrases click the link to the article on Spam Words; consider adding these to your own list.

    Thread Starter phinx

    (@phinx)

    Michael, thanks so much for your quick response, it really is an urgent issue that could damage my blog if people think they’re being targeted for censorship.

    The comments that were held did not have any links in them and I don’t have any entries in that filter to send any comments into moderation.

    What else could it be?

    Are you running Aksimet? It could be that 1 or 2 of your members have ended up on Akismet’s spam list.

    Thread Starter phinx

    (@phinx)

    Thanks esmi, I am running Akismet, maybe that’s what’s acting up but it shows no spams being caught. The comments are just sent into moderation, needing to be approved, not treated as spam. I’ll try disabling Akismet that but not sure that’s the problem.

    Anyone have any other ideas on what else might be doing this?

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