Nonexistant Pending comment
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Same problem found here: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/nonexistant-pending-comment?replies=1#post-404026
I have a couple of pending comments but no way to perform actions on them (approve/trash/spam). Actually these “ghost” comments only show in the notification area (upper bar); on comments management page none of these are listed among pending / spam ones.
I wonder if there’s actually a comment awaiting review or this is just a mistake of notifications.
If so, any way to get rid of the items?The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Could you describe the comment you are referring to? Or send me a link of the page where you see this issue.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Comments I refer to are related to the posts linked below:
http://extendedreality.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/secure-erase-introduction/
http://extendedreality.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/window-managers-2-openbox-eng/
but they neither appear on the posts (still pending) nor in administration page (among pending/spam comments).
I have a screenshot of the notification menu, from which I noticed the issue. Please have a look here, at bottom of page on my blog: http://extendedreality.wordpress.com/licenza-contatti/
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These are pingbacks. A pingback is a type of comment that’s created when you link to another blog post where pingbacks are enabled.
The pingbacks are listed at https://extendedreality.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?s&comment_status=all&pagegen_timestamp=2013-04-20+08%3A26%3A09&_total=696&_per_page=20&_page=1&_ajax_fetch_list_nonce=8a86b0b554&action=-1&comment_type=pings&paged=1&action2=-1
You can learn more about pingbacks at http://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/pingbacks/
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I don’t think they are pingbacks. I have filtered out all of them in the comments management page and even there those two “ghost” comments/whatever-they-are do not appear. In addition, pingbacks from external sites on the linked posts date back to 2012 (I enabled pingbacks since I started the blog), while the “ghost” comments (let’s name them this way…) appeared recently. What is weirder is that their date is updating! In the image I posted on 19th april the comment had that date. If I look now, the same comment is dated 22th april, today!
I am quite sure, although I can’t remember exactly, those were comments that managed to get past Akismet into the “pending” queue, so I had to trash them manually.
Anyway, they are not giving me any trouble with the blog; they are just a couple of dead items in recent comments list and I’d like to understand
1) if and how I can get rid of them, since the usual links to manage comments (Trash / Approve/Unapprove/ etc.) do not appear on these specific items.
2) if they are pingbacks, what website they come from (I am concerned about spam/malicious sites)
3) why I have no other evidence of them anywhere else than in the upper notification “balloon”.Thanks for support
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I have an update: another spam comment got past the filter, I manually marked it as spam and it became a “dead item” in the list, just like the previous ones.
Please see this page
http://extendedreality.wordpress.com/licenza-contatti/
for pictures.
So, the issue seems now to happen regularly… -
I’ve just reported this issue to our developers. I’ll contact your as soon it’s resolved.
Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
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Thanks for your support.
Please feel free to ask further details or “tests” if needed.
I will keep the pictures posted until issue is solved. -
Our developers fixed the issue. Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions.
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No more questions. “Ghost comments” have disappeared.
Thanks a lot for your support.
I have moved pictures previously posted here:
http://extendedreality.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/wordpress-support-nonexistant-pending-comment-an-happy-ending/
and added my appreciation for the quick fix! -
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