Clean Up Comment URLs In One Click

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If you’re struggling to handle comments left solely to help someone else’s SEO, the solution is one click away. Alex King, the author of so many indispensable WordPress plug-ins, has come up with another nifty one: De-Link Comment Author.

Although the plug-in isn’t officially supported, I’ve installed it on all of my blogs and have been quite pleased. The plug-in adds a new line to email notifications and to the comment-moderation screen. Both have worked fine in WP 2.5 and 2.5.1, although I don’t know about previous versions.

One advantage of using the plug-in: you can leave the comment body intact. With comment authors using paid links as their URLs as part of a money-making link-building campaign you can keep their supposedly “helpful” comments without worrying their links might be making your blog spammy.

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5 Comments

Comment by pam

2008-05-23 16:25:43

Thanks for the heads up, Kate!

I especially like that I can leave the comment body… some of the spammers are getting smart, leaving intelligent comments that could easily have come from another blogger… I usually just spam the whole thing, so this would work great.
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Comment by Charlotte

2008-05-24 07:26:32

I’ve been using that plug-in for awhile now and I love it!

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Comment by Kate

2008-05-24 13:11:25

It’s such an ingenious plug-in. Wish I’d found it earlier!

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Comment by Karen

2008-05-24 19:32:40

I go to edit and remove the link from the comment. How is the plugin better? I am not saying it is not better. I just need to know why. Thanks.

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Comment by Kate

2008-05-24 20:46:39

Well, it probably doesn’t matter unless you’re not pressed for time. I’m always trying to make my online hours more efficient, so compare the following:

Current way:
1. Get email notification of comment.
2. Realize it’s note unhelpful but not quite a spammer.
3. Click to your WP dashboard.
4. Scroll for the questionable comment.
5. Click “edit”.
6. Clear the URL box.
7. Save the comment.

OR….

1. Get email notification of comment.
2. Click on “De-link Comment Author” and be taken directly to a comment editing screen.
3. Click “Yes”.
4. Done.

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