Approve & reject comments

The moderation queue lives at dashboard → your site → Moderation. By default, comments auto-publish — turn on manual review under Site Settings → Comment widget → Auto-publish: Off to send everything to the queue first.

Filter the queue

Use the top filter row to narrow the list by:

• Status — All / Pending / Approved / Rejected / Spam
• Author — search by username or email
• Date range
• Article — paste any article URL to see only comments on that piece
• Text — search the body of the comment

Approve, reject, edit, delete

Each row exposes the same five actions:

Action	What happens
Approve	Publishes the comment immediately.
Reject	Hides the comment from the thread. Author can be notified.
Edit	Open the editor, fix typos or trim, save. Edited flag is shown to readers.
Delete	Permanent removal — can’t be undone.
Mark as spam	Hides + trains the spam classifier.

Bulk select

Check the row checkboxes on the left and use the Bulk actions dropdown above the table. Useful when cleaning up after a brigade.

Send to manual review automatically

If you’d rather every comment land in the queue first, set:

• Site Settings → Comment widget → Moderate every comment → On

Or via JS:

comments: {
  // Stop auto-publishing
  commentingClosed: false,
  // Toxicity/spam tightened to send borderline content to queue
  toxicityLimit: 60,
  spamLimit: 40,
}

Related

• Auto-moderation thresholds
• Block specific words
• Block IPs and emails