Title: Delete Old Comments
Author: Carlos Moreira
Published: <strong>April 19, 2019</strong>
Last modified: April 23, 2019

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Delete Old Comments

 By [Carlos Moreira](https://profiles.wordpress.org/carlosmoreirapt/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/delete-old-comments.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/delete-old-comments/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/delete-old-comments/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/delete-old-comments/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/delete-old-comments/)

## Description

The plugin will allow you to setup a task to run periodically to check for comments
older than a specific age and send them to trash or delete them permanently from
the database.

### Credits

 * Developed by [Carlos Moreira](https://cmoreira.net) and [Pedro Carvalho](https://goodomens.studio/)
 * Thank you [ARTE G.E.I.E.](https://www.arte.tv/en/) and [Marzee Labs](https://marzeelabs.org/)
   for development support
 * Icon by [themajiks](https://www.iconfinder.com/themajiks)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Options added to the Discussion settings page.

## FAQ

  Where can I find the settings for this plugin?

The plugin will add the options to the ‘Discussion’ settings page.
 Settings > Discussion.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Delete Old Comments” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Carlos Moreira ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/carlosmoreirapt/)
 *   [ pcarvalho ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pcarvalho/)

“Delete Old Comments” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/delete-old-comments/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Delete Old Comments” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/delete-old-comments)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/delete-old-comments/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/delete-old-comments/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/delete-old-comments/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/delete-old-comments/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### v.1.0.0

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.1.22**
 *  PHP version ** 5.3 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/delete-old-comments/) and [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/delete-old-comments/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/delete-old-comments)
 * Tags
 * [cleanup](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cleanup/)[comments](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)
   [GDPR](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gdpr/)[Maintanance](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintanance/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/delete-old-comments/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Carlos Moreira ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/carlosmoreirapt/)
 *   [ pcarvalho ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pcarvalho/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/delete-old-comments/)