Delete 18,000 WordPress Spam Comments At Once
Client with 4-year old WordPress site had accumulated 18,000+ non-approved spam comments. This tip from WPRecipes will delete all non-approved comments.
- Backup your database
- Log in to your phpMyAdmin account
- Select your WordPress blog database
- Run SQL:
DELETE FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_approved = '0';
Original article on WPRecipes: Mark asked: How to batch deleting spam comments on a WordPress blog?