It is only Thursday, and so far this week I have had to recover 17 genuine comments from either the Spam or Trash folders.
None of these comments contained any ‘banned words’, and none had any links, suspicious or otherwise. It appears that WP is dumping some comments randomly again, so you may all want to check these folders before deleting them in bulk.
beetleypete 
Frustrating to be sure!
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I have found so many genuine comments in those folders recently, I check them daily now.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Reblogged this on NEW BLOG HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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I’m finding the same thing, regular comments from followers landing in spam or trash. So I always have to check before deleting. Sigh.
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Definitely a new glitch, Susanne.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Some days I can comment here and other days not… this is a good day, Pete
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Glad to hear that, Lara. Always a complete joy to see you here. xx
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’ve been getting a nice line in American camper vans of late!
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I have had literally thousands of those, David! What a complete waste of their time and effort.
Cheers, Pete.
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Camper vans and RV adverts have been driving me mad for months, only on the travel blog though.
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I still get hundreds of those camper van ones most days, Jude.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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So strange Pete…one of your comments to me was in a spam folder for the first time ever! What’s going on with those folks at WordPress?
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This has all the hallmarks of another ‘glitch’ waiting to get worse!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks for the heads up.
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I found two more after posting this, Carolyn.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’ve had the same thing happen to me too.
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I have been checking it all the time lately. It seems to have been happening for weeks.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Wolfgang Petersen (WP) should stick to making movies.
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Thanks, Pete! I didn’t even know there was a folder! 😜 But I did find some in there that were not spam!
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Check the Trash folder too, I find quite a few in there. Happy to help.
Best wishes, Pete.
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On it! Thanks!
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Actually just check your “Comments” folder and it will tell you which ones are in spam or trash.
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Thanks, John. I do that too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I am going to assume that the people who have paid money to WP for a site are not experiencing this kind of problem.
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I pay for my site, John, and I am experiencing it. I currently have the ‘Premium Plan’.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Maybe you need the Pro plan … just kidding of course … have you spoken to the Happiness Engineers at WP about the problem? —- https://wordpress.com/support/live-chat/#how-to-access-live-chat-support
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I have spoken to them about it earlier this year, John. I was told it was because I have ‘banned words’ and the comments contained them. But none of the recent comments contained any of those.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Empty the banned words cache then … I don’t have any words in the banned words cache on my blog and have never as yet had any worries about somebody saying a horrid word on my blog and if it ever did happen, I would go down and edit the comment and remove the objectionable word and substitute has tags for it.
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Submitted onJun 9, 2022 7:03 AM
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Here is where you can edit the comments. Example, somebody makes a comment and says the “F” word … You go to Comments and edit it to remove the “F” word and insert something like, “****” in place of it.
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Then you can always check the COMMENTS section of your editor as follows:
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John
This will tell you how many comments are in trash and spam and then you can go to trash or spam folders to fix them or to retrieve them or to permanently delete them.
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Same here!
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Oh dear, thanks for the advice. I rarely check my spam folder.
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I just found two more, Peggy.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I generally find one or two every few days
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The system does not appear to be working, Beth.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I occasionally find comments in there, I have your kind of problem with my regular email. You know the old saying – “To err is human. To totally F**K up takes a computer.”
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Yes, that’s very true, GP.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I just commented on your censorship post suspect I’m in spam, lols. WP is doing this to a lot of us lately, or just not registering comments at all. Thanks for the heads up, Pete 💕🙂
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I will search for your comment. Thanks, Harmony. x
Best wishes, Pete.
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💖
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I found it and restored it. 🙂
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Thanks, Pete. I’m having to check mine so often now.
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Thanks for the heads-up, Pete. I’ve noticed the same thing.
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Seems to be an ongoing glitch, Liz.
Best wishes, Pete.
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