WordPress has become the content management system of choice for many bloggers and business owners. Once you start getting traction with your content strategy, new and repeat visitors will likely post comments to your blog.
Such being the case, you’ll need to keep a few things in mind while running your blog. Here are some comment management tips to help you handle that new and engaged audience like a pro.
Spam filtering
First things first: You need to get the Akismet plugin installed on your WordPress blog. This is an absolutely integral tool for comment management, and it will save you significant amounts of time.
Akismet automatically filters comments that might be spam, and places them into a special, pending “Spam” section, so you have the ability either to post or remove them from your blog. If you find comments that aren’t actually spam, you can simply click on “Not Spam” to approve it. [Read more…] about WordPress Comment Management 101
