Updated: 28 September 2026 · Applies to: WordPress 7.1
Visitors comment below your posts, and you decide which comments appear.
Write a comment
- Open the post on your website.
- Fill in the comment form at the bottom (name and email if you are not logged in) and click Post Comment.
Moderate comments
- Log in to your WordPress dashboard (
https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin). - Go to Comments.
- Hover over a comment to Approve, Reply, Edit, mark as Spam or move to Trash.
Set the rules, such as manual approval, in Settings › Discussion. An anti-spam plugin helps on busy sites.
