Title: Duplicate Comments
Last modified: July 17, 2025

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# Duplicate Comments

 *  Resolved [vtechbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtechbox/)
 * (@vtechbox)
 * [10 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-comments-6/)
 * I know WordPress has it’s own system about preventing duplicate comments. But
   we are having problems on our site, some comments is being posted twice. Not 
   sure what is the reason, maybe the writers clicking the “Post Comment” too fast
   or something else. Any idea about this and how to fix this?

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 *  [Candra O.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/candraoc/)
 * (@candraoc)
 * [10 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-comments-6/#post-18559008)
 * Hi [@vtechbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtechbox/), sometimes these
   issues are related to/caused by a theme/plugin on your WordPress, to make sure
    1. Please try to switch to the default WordPress theme, like Twenty Twenty Three
    2. Temporarily disable the plugin; you can disable it one by one to make sure
 * If it’s still the same, you can share the other details such as WordPress version,
   the theme that you’re using and also the screenshot of the issues
 *  Thread Starter [vtechbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtechbox/)
 * (@vtechbox)
 * [10 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-comments-6/#post-18559015)
 * Thank you!
 * I still think it’s when the Post Comment button is clicked multiple times too
   fast, because I tested it and it only happens when I do that.
 * Is there a way to disable the Post Comment button when the user clicked it once?
 *  [Candra O.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/candraoc/)
 * (@candraoc)
 * [10 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-comments-6/#post-18559023)
 * hm… I’m not entirely sure it may need to add custom JavaScript for that. If that’s
   the case, maybe you can use an alternative comment like using Disqus / WP Disqus
   or other comment options instead of using the default WordPress comment, as normally
   custom comments like Disqus, Jetpack have validations? You can try that
 * Or,,, adding CAPTCHA may also help. Have you tried adding CAPTCHA to your website?
 *  Thread Starter [vtechbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtechbox/)
 * (@vtechbox)
 * [10 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-comments-6/#post-18559027)
 * Got this. Thank you so much for your help!
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [10 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-comments-6/#post-18559920)
 * Akismet, if installed, should catch the duplicate comments and mark them as spam.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * Last activity: [10 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-comments-6/#post-18559920)
 * Status: resolved

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