{"id":16441,"date":"2013-01-22T15:42:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T23:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solidwp.com\/?post_type=it_bb_tutorials&#038;p=16441"},"modified":"2025-07-17T06:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:37:35","slug":"managing-comments-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"tutorial","link":"https:\/\/solidwp.com\/tutorials\/managing-comments-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Comments in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 55.8685%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/397183574?app_id=122963&#038;byline=0&#038;badge=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;title=0\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With WordPress, your site visitors can leave comments on posts and pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-managing-comments-in-wordpress-the-comments-page\">Managing Comments in WordPress: The Comments Page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Managing comments in WordPress is quite similar to the way posts and pages are managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the WordPress Dashboard, visit the <strong>Comments<\/strong> page. 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