How to remove comment notifications in WordPress

Surely receiving the first comment on your WordPress installation is something that made you very excited (and who wouldn't?), but when this becomes normal, being notified by email can become annoying and even complicated to manage.

In this article I will teach you how to how to remove comment notifications in wordpressBut first let's review some notable points.

Is it bad to disable comment notifications in WordPress?

Stop receiving this type of email in your email inbox does not harm your website in any way. To see what comments you have received, you simply have to access the WordPress administration panel and go to the comment section.

Once there, you can easily manage your comments: You can approve, delete, edit and even reply to them.

Do not automatically approve comments

It may have crossed your mind to configure your WordPress to automatically approve comments so you don't have to read those annoying emails.

In mowomo, that It's something we NEVER recommend., since having to manually moderate the comments we completely filter the SPAM of them, thus avoiding them from being filled with unwanted texts that could create a bad image for your website.

How to turn off comment notifications

Disabling notifications of new comments in your WordPress is very simple.

First, you will have to go to the section of Settings and once there look for the section Comments.

In this section we will find a multitude of configurations, but we will focus on the third section, in «Email me when«.

Here we will see 2 boxes: “Someone sends a comment” and “A comment has been received to moderate”. Uncheck both boxes and click the save changes button.

And that would be all! You will no longer receive emails from your WordPress installation regarding comments.

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