{"id":976,"date":"2026-04-22T09:18:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/?p=976"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:18:56","slug":"dealing-with-spam-comments-on-a-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/dealing-with-spam-comments-on-a-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With Spam Comments on a WordPress Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Your WordPress site received a suspicious comment with weird links or promotional content. Don&#8217;t worry\u2014this is spam targeting your comments section, not a sign your site is compromised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s Happening<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spammers submit comments through your WordPress comments form hoping:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You&#8217;ll approve it and they get a link from your site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visitors will click their suspicious link<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You&#8217;ll think your site is hacked (you&#8217;re not)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The external website mentioned in the spam has no connection to cloudabove or your hosting. It&#8217;s just spam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remove the Spam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Log into WordPress admin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to your WordPress login page and sign in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-982\" style=\"width:419px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-19.png 703w, https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-19-300x283.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Go to Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the left-hand menu, click <strong>Comments<\/strong>. You&#8217;ll see all comments awaiting moderation or already published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-981\" style=\"width:532px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-20.png 560w, https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-20-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Find the suspicious comment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look through the list for the spam comment. You&#8217;ll spot it\u2014odd wording, suspicious links, promotional text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Delete it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the comment to expand it. You&#8217;ll see options to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Spam<\/strong> \u2014 Mark it as spam (trains your spam filter for future similar comments)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trash<\/strong> \u2014 Delete it permanently<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>Spam<\/strong>. WordPress will remove it and remember this type of comment for next time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"955\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-21.png 955w, https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-21-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-21-768x125.png 768w, https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-21-770x125.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Verify it&#8217;s gone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the post or page where the comment was left. Confirm the comment is no longer visible to visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prevent Future Spam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re getting spam comments regularly, tighten your defenses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log into WordPress admin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings &gt; Discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review these options:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Comment moderation<\/strong> \u2014 Require manual approval before comments appear<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Comment author whitelist<\/strong> \u2014 Only auto-approve repeat commenters you&#8217;ve already approved<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Require name and email<\/strong> \u2014 Discourages spam bots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enable anti-spam plugin<\/strong> \u2014 Consider Akismet or similar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-22.png 416w, https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-22-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-24-1024x613.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-977\" style=\"width:716px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-24-1024x613.png 1024w, https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-24-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-24-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-24-770x461.png 770w, https:\/\/kb.cloudabove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/image-24.png 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Your Site Actually Compromised?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re seeing spam comments repeatedly, or if the comments seem connected to suspicious activity on your site (like files you didn&#8217;t add), contact support with the affected domain and a brief description of what you have found. We can review the site and confirm it&#8217;s just spam targeting, not a breach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your WordPress site received a suspicious comment with weird links or promotional content. Don&#8217;t worry\u2014this is spam targeting your comments section, not a sign your site is compromised. What&#8217;s Happening Spammers submit comments through your WordPress comments form hoping: You&#8217;ll approve it and they get a link from your site&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel","category-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=976"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1001,"href":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions\/1001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudabove.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}