Recover Comment Marked as Spam?

  • Someone asked this a while back but there was no answer posted.

    I bulk-marked some messages as spam and accidentally included two friends’ posts. Is there any way to get those comments back? Also, how can I make sure that future comments by those posters will not be marked as spam?

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  • I am also very upset about problems with comments marked as spam. Because of the (poor) design of the new comment system for wordpress, it is very easy to accidentally delete comments that you have already approved. I am extremely unhappy with the default setup for editing comments as spam as I have accidentally deleted approved comments multiple times, despite trying to be careful. Obviously the only safe option is to click the button at the top of the list marked awaiting moderation, but I have scanned the list of “all comments”- had it look like only spam, clicked bulk spam and then found myself suddenly missing four comments. IS THERE A WAY TO RECOVER COMMENTS MARKED AS SPAM? If not, there definitely should be.

    AHHHHH! I have lost precious memories! IS THERE A WAY TO RECOVER SPAM MARKED COMMENTS??????

    PLEEEEEASE HELP!

    Okay so, I have figured it all out!

    No need to fret! All you need to do is install or activate Akismet Spam Plugin, and recover the spam posts.

    Goto “Plugins”
    Find “Akismet”
    Click “Activate”
    You will need to find your API, follow Akismets instructions.
    If you dont have Akismet, search google, find the download link and place it on your server.

    Any questions please reply to this post!

    Cheers,

    Geordie

    Ah darnit, geordie just beat me to it ?? I was having this problem on Sunday, finally figured it out, and posted the solution to my blog on Monday.

    For full instructions, please feel free to visit my post, Recovering a comment accidentally marked as spam in WordPress.

    I’m trying to build up a technical writing portfolio, so any feedback would be great!

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