Yesterday, I uploaded a screen capture video that demonstrated how you might get rid of comment spam by using the "mass edit" mode moderation function in WordPress.  Of course, not all comments that appear in the moderation queue are spam – how do you quickly identify which comments are spam and which are legitimate.

If at all possible, you should download and install the Akismet plug-in for WordPress.  Akismet is free for personal use and carries a nominal charge for commercial use, and it can block most spam using a sophisticated spam detection algorithm.

What happens, however, if you just learned about Akismet and you have hundreds or thousands of spam comments, or you inadvertantly changed a WordPress setting that let all this spam in.  Is there any hope?

The short answer is "yes" – there is hope.  In this video, I show you how to use the search function in the mass edit mode to identify likely spam by keyword as well as by IP address.  Hope you find it helpful