Title: How does WordPress flag comments
Last modified: November 22, 2017

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# How does WordPress flag comments

 *  [jebus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jebus/)
 * (@jebus)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-wordpress-flag-comments/)
 * Can anyone point me to an explanation about how WordPress decides to flag comments
   Pending, and if it learns to recognize approved commenters, etc. I’ve looked 
   but can’t find anything but descriptions of how to configure Settings >> Discussion.
 * Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-wordpress-flag-comments/#post-9711933)
 * It’s up to the spam plugin you use, like Akismet or AntiSpam Bee or any of the
   others.
 *  Thread Starter [jebus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jebus/)
 * (@jebus)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-wordpress-flag-comments/#post-9711959)
 * I’m talking about the built in functionality of WP. It will flag comments as 
   spam and pending without a plugin installed.
 *  Thread Starter [jebus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jebus/)
 * (@jebus)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-wordpress-flag-comments/#post-9711965)
 * There’s a brief hint at this here: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Comment_Moderation](https://codex.wordpress.org/Comment_Moderation)
 * “WordPress runs a number of tests on each new comment before posting it to your
   blog. If a comment fails one of these tests, it is not displayed immediately 
   on the site but is placed in a queue for moderation, the process of manual approval
   or deletion by the blog’s administrator.”
 * I’m curious about the details of this, and if it learns to recognize approved
   commenters and not moderate their comments in the future. I’m assuming it does,
   but I can’t find any details.

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