Title: Comment Moderation Problems
Last modified: July 13, 2017

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# Comment Moderation Problems

 *  Resolved [ilonagordon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilonagordon/)
 * (@ilonagordon)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-moderation-problems-2/)
 * I have a multisite with many active discussions. Unfortunately, about 15% of 
   the comments are going into pending queue. No matter how many times I approve
   the authors, WordPress insists on stuffing them back into moderation. They are
   getting frustrated and I am at the end of my rope here.
 * The problem first appeared while we were running Akismet. I switched to Antispam
   Bee, and the problem persisted. I tried changing the Discussion settings in every
   possible configuration. I tried changing Antispam Bee settings. I disabled Wordfence
   security. The problem persists. I don’t want to force people to register, because
   I would end up with 4,000 users. Can you please help me fix this?
 * The website: [http://www.ilona-andrews.com](http://www.ilona-andrews.com)

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-moderation-problems-2/#post-9316557)
 * Have you tried:
    – deactivating ALL (yes all) plugins temporarily to see if this
   resolves the problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate
   them individually (one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s). – switching
   to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Seventeen.) for a moment using the WP dashboard
   to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).
 *  Thread Starter [ilonagordon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilonagordon/)
 * (@ilonagordon)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-moderation-problems-2/#post-9316735)
 * I owe you a drink. It’s wordfence. Thank you.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-moderation-problems-2/#post-9316742)
 * You are welcome 🙂

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## Tags

 * [comment moderation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comment-moderation/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-moderation-problems-2/#post-9316742)
 * Status: resolved

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