How to Avoid the Need to Approve Comments

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  los4muros · Member · Oct 11, 2014 at 6:30 pm

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  I like my users commenting in the posts I put out. But it kind of bothers me having to approve them. Sometimes it can take me up to 24 hours to reconnect to the blog, so for all that time a visitor might comment and by the time somebody sees the comment, the post is kind of yesterday’s thing.
  Can I avoid having to approve them. If somebody does post anything inappropriate, I’ll just delete it when I connect.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 11, 2014 at 6:35 pm

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  Do be sure to set up full comment moderation ie. “An administrator must always approve the comment” because anonymous commenting is bound to increase the amount of spam your blog will receive. Currently 80% of all comments submitted to WordPress.COM blogs every day are spam.

  This page > Settings > Discussion is where you set up defaults for comments. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/
  Discussion Settings
  Other comment settings
  _Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
  _Users must be registered and logged in to comment

  Note that the prompt to submit an email address and a website URL will still appear, but providing an email address and logging in are not required.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 11, 2014 at 6:37 pm

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  See: Before A Comment Appears for two options.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#before-a-comment-appears