{"id":100,"date":"2022-05-01T08:13:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T08:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/?p=100"},"modified":"2024-01-06T11:36:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T11:36:53","slug":"manage-comments-on-your-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/manage-comments-on-your-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Manage Comments on your Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1. After you have&nbsp;created your site, you will often have to moderate and filter the&nbsp;comments&nbsp;that are made on the posts and pages on your site. &nbsp;All comments made on your site are listed in a moderation queue accessible via your site Dashboard. &nbsp;You can view these comments by going to your Dashboard and clicking&nbsp;<strong>Comments<\/strong>&nbsp;in the left-hand menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/05\/Managing_Comments_1-1024x355.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/05\/Managing_Comments_1-1024x355.png 1024w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/05\/Managing_Comments_1-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/05\/Managing_Comments_1-768x266.png 768w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/05\/Managing_Comments_1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. You can edit the settings for comment moderation (e.g., approving comments, holding comments for approval) by clicking&nbsp;<strong>Settings &gt; Discussion<\/strong>&nbsp;in the left-hand menu. &nbsp;The following settings are chosen by default, but you have the option of changing them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Comment authors must fill out their name and e-mail address before leaving a comment.<\/li><li>Comment author must have a previously approved comment. This helps to prevent spam comments from appearing on your site, but limits the admin\u2019s need to approve every comment, which could be a lot on an active site.<\/li><li>Comments will be held for moderation (i.e., approval) if they contain 2 or more links in the comment.<\/li><li>Comment authors must log in to leave a comment is turned off by default, meaning non-OpenLab members can comment, but if you would like to limit comments to OpenLab members only you can turn this on by checking the box.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Click&nbsp;<strong>Save Changes<\/strong>&nbsp;when you are done making any changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments2_V2-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments2_V2-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments2_V2-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments2_V2-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments2_V2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. If you would like to disable, or \u201cturn off,\u201d the ability to make comments on new posts or pages on your site, go to your site Dashboard and click<strong>&nbsp;Settings &gt; Discussion<\/strong>&nbsp;and then uncheck the box that reads, \u201cAllow People to Post Comments on New Articles.\u201d &nbsp;Click&nbsp;<strong>Save Changes<\/strong>&nbsp;when you are done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments3_V2-1024x259.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments3_V2-1024x259.png 1024w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments3_V2-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments3_V2-768x195.png 768w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments3_V2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Managing Comments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can manage comments on your site by going to&nbsp;<strong>Dashboard<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Comments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Hover your cursor under a comment in the \u201cComment\u201d column until a line of options appears beneath.&nbsp; You can choose to approve, delete, or mark a comment as spam.&nbsp; These are the most comment actions, but from here you can also reply, edit, or view the history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments4_V2-1024x355.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments4_V2-1024x355.png 1024w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments4_V2-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments4_V2-768x266.png 768w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments4_V2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. You can also do these actions in bulk, by checking the box next to the relevant comments, and then select the action you want to take from the drop-down menu above the comments box and click&nbsp;<strong>Apply<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments5_V2-1024x779.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments5_V2-1024x779.png 1024w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments5_V2-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments5_V2-768x584.png 768w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Managing_Comments5_V2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This article is adapted from<a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.citytech.cuny.edu\/blog\/help\/openlab-help\/\"> City Tech OpenLab Help<\/a>, under a<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\"> CC BY-NC-SA license<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. After you have&nbsp;created your site, you will often have to moderate and filter the&nbsp;comments&nbsp;that are made on the posts and pages on your site. &nbsp;All comments made on your site are listed in a moderation queue accessible via your site Dashboard. &nbsp;You can view these comments by going to your Dashboard and clicking&nbsp;Comments&nbsp;in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manage","category-manage-a-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}