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What are WordPress spam comments and how to clean them?

Posted on March 2, 2016May 26, 2022 by Younes JFR.

A WordPress spam comment is a comment that you (or a plugin like Akismet) have marked as spam.

You can either use our plugin Advanced Database Cleaner to clean-up these spam comments or execute the following SQL code (which is used by the plugin) directly via your phpMyAdmin:

DELETE FROM comments WHERE comment_approved = 'spam'

Younes JFR.

Younes Jaafar known as (Younes JFR.), is the Founder of SigmaPlugin.com. I have spent the past 10 years developing websites and plugins for WordPress. Web development is not only a job but also a passion for me and always will be.