Often, we give big tech carte blanche to mine, share and delete our data – and there is nothing we can do about it, because we have given our permission. We forget that most of us have thoughtlessly agreed to terms and conditions that let companies do whatever they see fit with our personal information. The moral of this story is: “Back up your stuff.” Many of us treat the internet as if it is a big filing cabinet in the sky, but we forget that we do not have the master key. On Twitter, one former Yahoo user noted that their erased inbox included emails from a loved one who had since died someone else mourned the loss of their angsty teenage conversations. But that doesn’t make the perfunctory deletion of so much personal history any easier. We have only ourselves to blame, of course: we should have archived anything important and we should not have trusted a company that styles its name with an exclamation mark. Go to WP Bulk Delete => Delete Comments from the Dashboard side menu.I am not the only person who was blindsided by Yahoo’s clear-out lots of people are in my position. Install and activate the plugin from your plugin screen. PLEASE PERFORM A COMPLETE BACKUP OF YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE OR BLOG BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THESE STEPS. The basic features of the free version of WP Bulk Delete are fine for our purpose. Delete comments by conditions and filters.The Pro (paid) version offers these additional options: Delete comments by specified date intervals.The free version allows you to perform the following actions: It lets you bulk delete Posts, Users, Attachments, and more.
It has several deletion options aside from comments should you need them. The one used for this tutorial is by Xylus Themes. There are several free plugins available that bulk deletes WP comments. Read ‘ How to Install New Plugins in WordPress’ first if you’re an inexperienced WP Administrator.
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